What I love most about the holidays

Greetings internet friends! For Blogmas day 14 I was thinking about the things I love the most at Christmas. Honestly, this goes hand in hand with my Christmas traditions post, as those are the main things I love. I also love the lights when I'm driving down the street. I love the snow, if I...

Letter to Santa

Dear Santa, I know it's been a few years since I've written, but hear me out: I grew up and somehow let the world convince me that you don't exist. Silly, right? It's a thing that happens to the best of us though. Now that I'm in my mid-30s I like to think I have...

Leonidas!

For Blogmas day 12 I bring you a short(ish) photo diary of the second annual Leonidas. Now, Leonidas is not a "real" holiday. Last year one of my friends had a small kitchen accident that resulted in a bit of skin at the top of her finger being cut off. Somehow we saw a Spartan...

Useful gifts for bloggers

It's Blogmas day 11, and also Leonidas! By the time you read this I'll be packed into a car with my four best friends, on our way to do some ridiculous things. We don't know exactly what we'll be doing yet, but it'll be fun. If they don't have any objections I'd like to do...

How I cope with holiday stress

For Blogmas day 10 I wanted to talk about stress, because we're at the point in the holiday season when I start to feel it. For me the stress doesn't only come from not having enough time; it also comes from being in high demand. I know that sounds kind of terrible, but I'm what I like...

Christmas Dad jokes

It's Blogmas day 9! I'm not even running out of ideas yet! My stepdad is the king of bad dad jokes. He's been the standard by which I judge all other dads when they tell jokes. So when I started to come across Christmas dad jokes I knew I had to do a post about...

Stocking stuffers

Blogmas day 8! Woo! I'm a big fan of stockings. Up until last year, my mom got us all stockings every year. She's never quite gotten the concept that a stocking is supposed to be filled with cheap things; one year she got us all cool electronic gadgets, another year she got the girls diamond...

The Christmas Tag

For Blogmas day 7 I give to you... the Christmas tag! I've seen this tag in a few of my favorite blogs since Blogmas started, and I figured that since it's my very first Blogmas I should probably do it. I've seen a bunch of different questions so I'm just choosing a few of my...

My wish list

I've seen a bunch of these posts recently, and my boyfriend has been asking me incessantly what I want for Christmas, so I decided to sit down and think about what I actually want. I'm the kind of person who'll typically buy myself something if I want it, so this is kind of hard for...

Top 10 Christmas movies

It's Blogmas day 5, so today we're talking about Christmas/holiday movies! We're getting to the point in the season when all I want to do when I'm home is wrap myself in a fuzzy blanket and watch Christmas movies with a cup of tea. I haven't done it yet because the other human in my...

What’s the deal with Elf on the Shelf?

For Blogmas day 4, I was thinking about Elf on the Shelf. As I mentioned in my Christmas traditions post, yesterday was the day that the family gathers at my parents' to decorate the numerous Christmas trees in their house. The day wasn't exactly what I expected, since my sister and my niece are sick...

Gifts for people you don’t really like

It's Blogmas day 3, so we're talking about gifts again. I know the title of this post is a little weird, but let's be honest; sometimes we're obligated to get gifts for people we don't really like. You know, the random cousin who shows up every Christmas with a gift for you, or the receptionist...

Christmas traditions

For Blogmas day two I want to talk about some of my traditions. I didn't mention this yesterday, but I love Christmas. LOVE IT. I'm not the "Let's listen to Christmas music in August" type, but it's something I look forward to all year long. My family has a bunch of long-standing traditions. My mom...

On the first day of Blogmas, Teresa gave to me…

Happy Blogmas friends! My gift to you today is... Ideas for your Secret Santa! Assuming the recipient of your Secret Santa is human, has skin and a sense of humor. Gifts for men around $10 Jack Black ULTAmint Lip Therapy - Who doesn't need lip balm in the winter? I can't think of anyone. This...