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No Christmas, Just Carnies

( Holidays and Photos and Stella )

Considering we have spent pretty much every day since Christmas trying to figure out how to assimilate the hulking pile of Christmas largesse into our living space in a way that doesn’t involve just piling it all up in the guest room, I have had nary a moment to sift through photos and organize my [...]

Ulcers the Elf

( Holidays and Steve )

For whatever reason, Christmas this year has been what I can best describe as disorganized. And I’m not talking the can’t-find-my-car-keys type disorganized, but rather the can’t-find-my-car disorganized. The holidays are usually hectic, and usually, at some point my stress level reaches a critical mass, and I begin a passive-aggressive rant, enumerating the [...]

Anatomy of a Christmas Card

( Holidays and Photos and Porter and Stella )

You all should be receiving your Christmas Card in the next couple of days. Being that this is a task of such biblical scale (if memory serves, it took somewhere between 40 days and 40 nights to actually get through this process), I wondered if the theme of the card should actually revolve around [...]

The Gathering of the Tree

( Holidays and Photos and Porter and Stella )

Considering we bought our tree the absolute first day of the month of December, this post is coming a little late, but at least this year’s did not include a spitting angry 3-year-old. Instead, Stella was in good spirits, and it didn’t take us long to pick out a sweet little tree. That [...]

Accessorizing is what separates us from the animals.

( Birthdays and Photos and Stella )

If there was one thing that Stella’s 4th birthday made clear, it was that this girl will not be pigeon-holed. When you see the pictures of her dressed in her princess gear playing veterinarian you’ll understand why. Label her as tomboy or girly at your own risk.
It’s almost ridiculous how amazingly wonderful the [...]