Tag Archives: holidays

Christmas Snapshots

By Erin | Published: January 6, 2012

While opening presents, it’s pretty much a requirement that you wear at least one element of the wrapping. I swear, there was nothing in the egg nog. No, really! Mom and I decided to take silly self-portraits. At first, she didn’t get the “make silly faces” memo. But, she’s a quick learner… Mom and Dad [...]

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Transition

By Erin | Published: January 4, 2012

The holidays, in scenes: We host a Star Wars-themed Christmas party, and I bake and bake and bake, and our friends come over and howl with laughter over the notoriously bad Star Wars Christmas Special we torture them with. The house is full of happy sounds–talking, laughing, eating. The Christmas tree glows. Our friends compete for [...]

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How to Tell the Semester’s Over

By Erin | Published: December 19, 2011

In case you ever wondered how to tell whether I’m on break or not, here are some signs. 1. This weekend, I made bread. The most beautiful, glorious, lovely loaf I’ve ever made. (Okay, fine. That was the second batch I made that day. The first batch never made it to the rising stage because [...]

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The Waiting

By Erin | Published: December 8, 2011

Yesterday was the last day of regular classes this semester. I must admit, I’m more sad than I expected to be. I really enjoyed this semester; I loved my classes and my students, and I felt like my work load this semester was just right. As much as I’m looking forward to the break (and [...]

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Decorations

By Erin | Published: December 6, 2011

Our decorations are finally up! I love the way the house looks when it’s decorated for Christmas. We’ve got lights outside and lots of sweet, tacky decorations inside. Perfect. We’ve been powering through the Christmas movies, too. We’ve made it through Elf, A Muppet Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Santa Clause, A Charlie Brown [...]

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