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Thankful for the Season

by gidget family

We had such a wonderful Christmas season and New Year’s Eve.
Here’s a little look at how we celebrated…

I’m excited to see what the Lord has in store for us in 2010, and hope it’s a great year for all of you reading as well.
Welcome back and thanks for reading!

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Christmas Traditions: Creative Gift-Giving

by gidget faith

There’s a lot of talk about gift giving these days, to do or not to do Santa, homemade or store-bought, a lot or a little… Here’s a little glance at how we do it (or rather, are going to do it as some of this is new for us this year).

For starters, we aren’t doing [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Celebrating Advent

by gidget crafty

Celebrating Advent
Advent is the term that is used to refer to the Christmas season, a season of hope and anticipation, as we await the celebration of the birth of our Savior. There are many ways to celebrate Advent, all of which help focus our thoughts on Jesus rather than the hustle and bustle of the [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

by gidget family

Just a quick note to wish my readers a very happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours. I am so thankful for our yearly tradition of camping at the beach this week with family and friends.
Here’s to family, friends, food and football!
Thanks for reading my blog, too!

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Retro Reading~ Boycott Black Friday

by gidget crafty

This post was originally published November 19, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.

I love this time of year, because my family has a tradition of camping at the beach for the long Thanksgiving weekend. My dad smokes a turkey and we have a big potluck dinner with our friends and family who are [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 5

by gidget family

This week I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Christmas. Here are just a few ideas to help you simplify Christmas, and make gift-giving simpler, more sustainable, and/or homemade.

Here’s a great starting point for Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas.
We all know babies often love the packaging better than the gift… Check out SimpleMom’s list of [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 4

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 18, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.
Celebrating Christmas

We’ve always been as purposeful and personal as possible in gift giving, so our transition to a different way of celebrating Christmas hasn’t been super difficult. I like how McKibben, in Hundred Dollar Holiday, points out that this change can [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 3

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 16, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.
Summary/Review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben

This short book is packed with information! I want to just give an overview here– the book is such quick read that you’d do better to just read it yourself than for me to [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 1

by gidget life

This post was originally published August 11, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.

Most of us love Christmas, but it can tend to be a stressful season, too. When we’re deep in the season, with all of the hustle and bustle, there’s often little time for reflection. I thought I’d take this week as [...]

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Happy Halloween!

by gidget food

We had a long, fun day today!
Starting with a delicious breakfast (I even baked my first real pumpkin!) …

Preparing for the festivities, a la Martha…

Party #1 (a birthday party)…

Party #2 (a halloween party)…

Whew, thank goodness we get an extra hour of sleep tonight! We need it after all that fun.

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