2010

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

December 24, 2010 By Blonde Mom 7 Comments

Taken at Percy Warner Park, November 2010, by the hubby who always seems to capture “the one” (dammit.) Not that I’m jealous of his photography skills or anything! Cough.

It’s time for us to unplug a little over the weekend and maybe even enjoy some snow here in Nashville. At any rate we will definitely be enjoying some good ole country cookin’ with our families, taking some time off, and reflecting on the true spirit of the season.

I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend with your friends and family. Thank you so much for being part of my blog life. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Many blessings to you and yours!

Love,

Jamie, Alan, Miss C and Miss A

Filed Under: Bloggy Things, Mi Familia, My Girls 7 Comments

Five Easy Apps From My Recipe Stash

December 23, 2010 By Blonde Mom 9 Comments

We’re not having a big fancy dinner Christmas day, although I may make a pork tenderloin. We do our extended family gatherings Christmas Eve. The girls stay in their pajamas all Christmas morning playing with their toys from Santa and this Saturday my sister, niece, and my niece’s boyfriend are stopping by our house. I’m going to be making some appetizers and I thought I’d share a few of our favorites. These are all recipes from my personal recipe stash and have been passed on to me from friends or family. They’d also be great for New Year’s Eve weekend.

I’m not a big cook, so anything I make? Is easy…enjoy!

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Filed Under: Domestic Diva 9 Comments

Here Comes Monkey Claus, Here Comes Monkey Claus

December 22, 2010 By Blonde Mom 14 Comments

Looking through old photographs last night the ghost of Christmas past visited me in the form of a monkey…Ricky the Santa Monkey to be exact.

It was Christmas 2004. I was 5 months pregnant. I had a 2-year-old. Those last two factors alone pretty much guaranteed a very hormonal holiday, wrapped up in a neat little package.

The hubby and I got in an argument over something, which I’m sure was exacerbated by my knocked-up condition.

He offered to escape my wrath take Miss C to the mall and when they returned he handed me this picture:

Yes for a small fee you too could have received this classy keepsake photo, complete with digital date stamp imprinted on the side. This is a family heirloom moment just waiting to be airbrushed on a t-shirt.

I laughed for hours over this picture…hours.

I cried I laughed so hard.

Well played hubby, well played.

Our local mall shut down not long thereafter, so let this be a lesson for you. If your mall is so broke they hire a monkey Santa, they probably won’t make it much longer. Our mall finally closed four years later. I’m sure the Santa monkey was a tipping point.

The real moral of this story, though, is for the husbands out there. Get thee to a mall with a Santa monkey if your wife is ticked off at you this holiday season. She’ll never remember why she was mad at you once you’ve made the pilgrimage to see a primate in a Santa suit.

Filed Under: My Girls, Nashville, Parenting 14 Comments