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15 new year’s eve playlist songs

by Kimberly on December 30, 2009 in Home, home_entertainment · 2 comments

Some of my favorites for some New Year’s Eve mixing, mingling, flirting, toasting, and two-stepping

Fly Me to the Moon–Frank Sinatra
The Best is Yet to Come–Frank Sinatra
Save the Last Dance–Michael Buble
Everything–Michael Buble
Come Fly With Me–MIchael Buble
Be Ok–Ingrid Michaelson
It Had to be You–Harry Connick, Jr.
We Are in Love–Harry Connick, Jr.
Better Together–Jack Johnson
Melody–Kate Earl
Moondance–Van Morrison
The Show–Lenka
Auld Lang Syne–Bare Naked Ladies
Auld Lang Syne–Straight No Chaser


all available at itunes


This is a pretty good mix, also

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Auld Lang Syne

by Kimberly on December 30, 2009 in Family, family_holiday · 3 comments

New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of Mr. J and I meeting for the first time. He tracked me down three weeks later for a first date, and the rest is history! Thus, we make a point to mark the holiday in some way. Sometimes we eat out, sometimes we order in, perhaps watch a few movies and share a special moment and a fizzy drink at midnight. It has been, though, a little more difficult to celebrate in a big way since having children. Still, it’s one of my favorite holidays and I hope to build some traditions around it that my whole family can enjoy. Some ideas:

-make a family calendar with photos and mementos.
-create a special page in our family photo album honoring each member’s milestones or favorite moments from the past year.
-invite friends over for an early evening celebration, turning all clocks ahead several hours so that little ones can countdown the new year, too, without staying up until midnight. this seems a great activity for such a party, so is this. And you know you have bubble wrap leftover from last week!
-celebrate with the Spanish tradition of eating grapes at every chime of midnight.

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Home » happy things » off to see a man about a horse.

off to see a man about a horse.

by Allison on December 29, 2009 in happy things · 24 comments

We open our presents on Christmas Eve, it’s a European Catholic thing. You have to open up those toys so you can hurry off to Midnight Mass at the local cathedral! We don’t go to Midnight Mass, but we have kept the tradition of opening presents early; it’s all about priorities, and clearly ours are in order.

This year when Viktor handed out the presents he whispered in my ear *you’re going to kill me when you see what I got Precocious*. He was right, I did want to kill him. I still do.

First, she unwrapped a halter. Then, a lead rope.

I think I was in denial until Precocious started screaming at the top of her lungs. She understood perfectly.



*Daddy, you bought me a horse! You got Reuben!*

Yes, daddy did in fact buy Reuben for Precocious.

Oh my.



We have a good friend who grew up on a ranch in small town Utah with horses. He couldn’t say goodbye to them when he moved to the *big city*, so he brought a handful of them to live in a pasture near his house. He’s been kind enough to let us ride his horses on a regular basis since Precocious was old enough to walk, and we all fell in love.

There was one horse in particular Precocious fell in love with, broke {taught him to tolerate humans on his back}, and nursed back to health after an injury. Reuben. Like the sandwich.

When our friend offered Reuben up for sale Viktor *had* to buy him. Precocious would be heartbroken otherwise.

Never mind the fact that I asked Santa for a horse every year for Christmas as soon as I was old enough to be cognizant of the animal. We don’t want Precocious to be heartbroken like I was.

We all love Reuben.


Especially me.

Merry Christmas to me, 25 years too late?

I’m trying not to think about the fact that we still don’t have a living room floor and we’re going to be feeding a pet that weighs several hundred pounds.

Ever heard the phrase *eats like a horse*? Me too. At least this one stays outside. For now.

{photos by Nicole Carman Photography}

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safe cough syrup for kids.

by Allison December 28, 2009Family
honey cough syrup

December has been filled with nothing but sickness at my house, which is par for the course. Kids coughing, cat coughing {I jest}, me coughing my little lungs out. It’s literally been a month-long lie-in over here; as I type this I’m sick in bed. Again. Enter ZarBee’s Cough Syrup for kids. You know how [...]

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homemade muesli.

by Allison December 28, 2009Home

I’m on day 5 of pajama wearing heaven, and I’m not coming down off this high anytime soon. I only interrupt my magazine consuming, chocolate devouring, Netflix watching euphoria to share a little something we did on Christmas morning. Something we do every Christmas morning at my parents house actually; we made German müesli. And [...]

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A Christmas Carol Movie

by Kimberly December 23, 2009Family

“A  Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is beloved in our home. Mr. J reads the original story to his students each December, and we are familiar with its many cinematic interpretations. Last weekend we seized upon a babysitter in order to have a certifiable date night, and went to see the latest version, Disney’s “A [...]

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how to: make homemade toffee.

by Allison December 22, 2009Home

I make homemade toffee for Christmas every year. I give it to friends, neighbors, family, and the mailman. No seriously I do, he’s the nicest guy ever. Sometimes I wish I’d never started this tradition because my kids won’t let me stop. It’s not that making toffee is complicated {it’s not} but that I make [...]

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fun idea for neighbor christmas gifts

by Kimberly December 18, 2009Family

A lot to celebrate at my house this weekend: our 9th wedding anniversary, the completion of graduate school, and our beloved babysitter is home from college, so we get to go out on a real live celebratory date. Oh, and Christmas is here, so we are  delivering some goodies to neighbors and friends this weekend. [...]

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how to: make homemade sugar scrub.

by Allison December 17, 2009Home
homemade sugar scrub

This year for Christmas we’re doing a little less of everything. A little more homemade, a lot less commercial. My kids are getting a small smattering of presents {and I do mean small} and Viktor and I are keeping the gifts between us pretty basic and practical. I already bought myself the camera I wanted, [...]

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