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Christmas Photo Shoot
The deadline is fast approaching to mail off Christmas cards. We try to always send a photo with ours each year. Its fun to look back on past Christmas photos. Which reminds me-I should make them all into some sort of cutesy album. (I'll add that to the One day list...like One day I'll have so much free time to do all the cutesy things I want to do.) Levi was home and we grabbed the chance to get the photo out of the way. We had too much fun though. Let us know what you think.
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Nativity Advent
This year we are reading through a Nativity Advent Book a friend gave us as a gift a few years ago. Every night we have a prayer, sing a Christmas song or hymn, read a few scriptures, and a short story or explanation of the events leading up to Christ's birth and then add a piece to small nativity poster. It has been a nice Christmas activity for our family. Usually Levi is gone driving and traveling around the US as he is a truck driver, so we have him on speaker phone for this activity. It was fun to have him in person this time. Enjoy the Smilebox!
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The Trouble With Plots
The trouble with plots is-they change. Writing your own story. Dictating the lives of your characters. Making the characters in a do, say and be whatever you want. It's just way to much power for anyone. Of course, I let all that mad power go to my head and I think about my peeps in so many situations and plot twists that it's truly insane. "Enough!" I say, hit my delete button and return to that boring old plot outline.
Dear Diary,
Shh-don't tell anyone, but I've got this thing for John Mayer. He is so very talented, and that voice! Unlike some people, he can actually sing and does it without a whole lot of technology. That great simple pairing of his voice and the guitar makes you feel like you are being serenaded. Well lets just say-it makes me melt. I say- "You keep singing John and I'll keep melting and it'll all be good."
Moving on
Quietly forgiving and moving on is a gift to God ~ and yourself. ~ Unknown
There are are few things that have happened this year that have bugged me. I've decided that going back in my mind and dwelling on them is not helpful at all. Confrontation as fun as it seems in theory is just so messy in reality and rarely results in closure. So I guess I am just getting good at moving on. Somethings and some people, you just can't fix. So you move along and just let go. That sort of thinking could seem despondent I suppose. As melancholy as it seems, I think it can be healthy. The same as seeing an accident scene on the side of the freeway, the police and ambulance lights flashing. You want to stop and help somehow, but the traffic cop is waving his hands to say, " Just move along, nothing to see here, nothing you can do, move along."
There are are few things that have happened this year that have bugged me. I've decided that going back in my mind and dwelling on them is not helpful at all. Confrontation as fun as it seems in theory is just so messy in reality and rarely results in closure. So I guess I am just getting good at moving on. Somethings and some people, you just can't fix. So you move along and just let go. That sort of thinking could seem despondent I suppose. As melancholy as it seems, I think it can be healthy. The same as seeing an accident scene on the side of the freeway, the police and ambulance lights flashing. You want to stop and help somehow, but the traffic cop is waving his hands to say, " Just move along, nothing to see here, nothing you can do, move along."
