Author: Tammy Litke

It’s been nearly 4 months since we’ve moved and I cannot believe the amount of papers and documents we already have cluttering up our office space. You know all those HIPPA forms from all the new doctors and dentists, the supplemental forms we needed for our mortgage, and of course I’m always getting papers and contracts for my blog.  We have a pretty good file organization system but I’ll tell you a little secret …we’re kind of paperwork pack rats.  Meaning we keep papers way longer than we need to.

The whole family gets involved in the fun this holiday season with toys that inspire creative, imaginative play for kids of all ages.  Reeves International has made holidays special since 1946 with its engaging choice of toys for kids, offering play experiences that are remember for years to come.  A couple that we thought were worth mentioning in our holiday gift guide this year are:

I can’t believe I’m doing this but here goes….

Inspired by the best-selling books, the animated adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare hop to rich life in this DVD from the series, broadcast on Disney Junior.

Little Nutbrown Hare, his father and all their forest friends explore the world around the with the same endearing simplicity and love that has made the book series a timeless calssic.

Without a doubt, the biggest shopping day of the year is coming up.  Black Friday.  I usually skip out (at least the really early morning sales), but this year my parents are visiting for Thanksgiving and I’m pretty sure my mom will want to scoop up some bargains, at least in the afternoon.  I prefer to buy the gifts for Christmas online though, and Everbuying.com is a great place to shop.

During the holiday season I enjoy serving wine to my guests.  However, I am anything but a wine coinesseur.  Which is fine when I’m choosing something for just myself, or for me and my mom or my sister.  Truthfully, I don’t even really know ‘what I like‘ when it comes to wine.  By that I mean, I don’t know if I like a Riesling over a Chardonnay or a Merlot over a Shiraz.

Delicious, handcrafted meals for two from Old El Paso – now available in the frozen aisle!

We’re not big pet lovers around here.  Don’t get me wrong, we don’t mind animals, or other people’s pets, we just don’t want the responsibility of having one of our own.  We forayed into being ‘pet’ owners once when our daughter came home from a school carnival with a goldfish.  We figured that was a pet we could handle, and we all actually enjoyed watching it swim around its bowl.

I don’t know if you remember, but last year I posted a short video on packing a Shoebox for Operation Christmas Child.  This is something we’ve done for many years with our daughter from when she was just a little girl as part of our Christmas preparations.  Over the years, OCC has been able to send 100 million gifts to children all over the world.

This year, they hope to send 9.8 million shoebox gifts to children in need.

Good news. Great joy.

The Snowman and The Snowdog, is a great addition to your holiday DVD library.

It is the brand new and charming sequel to the Christmas classic, The Snowman.  When a young boy an dhis mother move to a new home, the boy discovers a secret box hidden under the floorboards of his bedroom.  In the box, he finds a hat, scarf, some lumps of coal and a shriveled tangerine – it’s a snowman-making kit!  Later that day it starts to snow.