annogus

blackest friday

I know this could come across as somewhat hypocritical since I will, in fact, be working at the mall tomorrow.

but…

Here’s a couple cool things to consider as we kick off the season.

Advent Conspiracy

Buy Nothing Day

However, I don’t want Christmas to become the season of guilt either. I love the tradition of gift giving. I just think it needs to be much more personal and simple, not out of obligation.

I also am going to try (and encourage you to do the same) to consistently read, pray, and talk about the incarnation. I have this book called Waiting for the Light, with daily readings from amazing authors about advent and Christmas. I hope that doing this will make the joy of the season all the more potent.

Here are some other Christmas traditions that I am super excited to participate in…

ice skating
cookie (and caramel and fudge) making
music listening
snowflake catching
tree decorating
photographing

what are some of your favorites?

I just bought a Christmas tree!!

and all my little heart wants to do is decorate it and bake cookies and make gift lists and watch movies and listen to music.

but I have a French presentation to practice and 6 pages of a workbook to complete. :-(

wake up fail

9:00am - Alarm goes off.

“Whoa… what time is it? What’s going on? What time do I have to work this morning?

You don’t have to work until this afternoon.

What on earth did I set my alarm for?

You were trying to be productive.

What, are you nuts? Go back to sleep!

ok…”

12:30pm - I actually wake up.

"Do you ever just think, 'I'm fooling everybody.'?"

“You have no idea.”

-Elizabethtown