I went to Seattle back in April to do some work with Solace for Mothers. It was the first time I ever traveled by myself and it went great! It was quite the confidence booster actually. Who knew I could navigate an airport by myself?

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James’ sister and brother in law, Diane and Mike, came over on the 28th to celebrate Christmas with us. We had a nice meal, exchanged a few gifts, and had a good time. We got Diane a rooster apron, which she loved and even wore home. We got Mike a sweatshirt he [...]

On Christmas eve, we had no fancy feast this year like we did last year. I had already cooked for Yule and I had to make a Yule log cake and my Christmas Pinwheels for our feast at my Aunt and Uncle’s house, so I really wasn’t in to cooking a big meal this [...]

We didn’t observe Chanukah in any way except for playing the dreidel game with Owen on the first day of it. We contemplated getting a Menorah, but decided against it. I was much more focused on Yule, and so I asked James to look into Chanukah. When I asked him what Chanukah [...]

This year we celebrated Yule for the first time. Yule is celebrated in a remarkably similar way to Christmas, since Christmas is based on the Pagan customs that came before it.
Yule is observed on December 20th to 21st. It is the longest night of the year. To kick off our [...]

James says that the holidays are turning into my time to shine. I don’t know about that, but I did take on quite a few projects this year.
I dyed play silks to give to my niece. Play silks are basically just silk cloths that are played with to encourage imagination. [...]

December 1st:
We went to pick out our tree. After choosing a saw and a sled, we headed up the hill and let Owen choose the type of conifer to cut down. He chose the most common type, and was adamantly apposed to the kind with long lighter green needles. Together we all [...]

For Thanksgiving we went to James’ Sister’s husband’s Mom’s house again. Did you follow that
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