tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post3584899525620799544..comments2024-03-27T02:15:33.647-05:00Comments on a boy, a girl and a pug: everyday unwrapped {tree}a boy a girl and a pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821446457064733994noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-51070934876135231442008-12-10T23:05:00.000-06:002008-12-10T23:05:00.000-06:00Found your blog from "chatting at the sky" blog......Found your blog from "chatting at the sky" blog...great post! Love your comments about real ornaments. Also love your header and little pug. Check out my blog and see our little 9 wk old visiter we had a week ago. I fell in love. Merry Christmas!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598505285693421365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-36609269601321677302008-12-10T18:40:00.000-06:002008-12-10T18:40:00.000-06:00The homemade, weird, ugly, etc. ornaments are the ...The homemade, weird, ugly, etc. ornaments are the best. They have stories.mkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955491032007092785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-88218381792250959872008-12-09T13:45:00.000-06:002008-12-09T13:45:00.000-06:00I gave up on the real ornaments years ago when my ...I gave up on the real ornaments years ago when my son was able to help decorate the tree. The first few years I would go right behind him and move the ornaments apart so they weren't so crowded. Now, I just let them stay where he puts them. It's our work of art together. Great post! Happy Holidays!*Just Jen*https://www.blogger.com/profile/02342309575441656217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-76524631728974010802008-12-09T11:38:00.000-06:002008-12-09T11:38:00.000-06:00isnt it funny how we've conditioned ourselves? i w...isnt it funny how we've conditioned ourselves? i was just sitting here thinking...ive never celebrated Christmas without having a tree up. the gifts thing, i get...HE gave us the greatest gift - we give gifts to others in the celebration. but the tree. do i really need the tree? it would be super strange without it, i admit it. i dont know if, immediately, i would have the same giddy emotion with out having my tree up and decorated.<BR/><BR/>ok. i know that was a bunny trail.<BR/><BR/>i love the pic, btw!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000597076912773169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-41511388069641997682008-12-09T09:49:00.000-06:002008-12-09T09:49:00.000-06:00Good post! I'll have to have one of these meeting...Good post! I'll have to have one of these meetings with myself when I have kids I'm sure. :)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208876592515494927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-47581785962735530062008-12-09T06:13:00.000-06:002008-12-09T06:13:00.000-06:00Great post! We have four children, so we have ood...Great post! <BR/><BR/>We have four children, so we have oodles of ornaments made in at school. The wife and I also started buying ornaments for each other way back when we were dating, so all our ornaments are originals and mean something. Just this morning, we were contemplating the need for a second tree . . . <BR/><BR/>All this gives me a great idea for a post . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-90245544803645736042008-12-08T21:43:00.000-06:002008-12-08T21:43:00.000-06:00I wouldn't trade my cheap Menards tree with its ho...I wouldn't trade my cheap Menards tree with its hodgepodge of memories for the most beautiful designer tree in the universe. Each of the ornaments on my tree (even the HUGE hideous fun foam gingerbread man) makes me happy. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-30853520807175818372008-12-08T21:31:00.000-06:002008-12-08T21:31:00.000-06:00oh, this is a really good post! thank you so much...oh, this is a really good post! thank you so much for writing it, for living it, for stopping by my blog and for your sweet comment. KellyMiss Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-12218004626336251702008-12-08T20:23:00.000-06:002008-12-08T20:23:00.000-06:00well said and I like your tree - "as is" is a good...well said and I like your tree - "as is" is a good thingI am Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541677013575449541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-42976396159695847712008-12-08T20:15:00.000-06:002008-12-08T20:15:00.000-06:00Our tree is always covered in our ornaments dating...Our tree is always covered in our ornaments dating back 70 or 80 years up to ones from today. It's really great to think about the memories they hold.<BR/>We bought our first fake tree this year, and wouldn't you know it, we can't figure out the switch for the center lights. Grr.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675576869395449536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-3248893329050334912008-12-08T17:27:00.000-06:002008-12-08T17:27:00.000-06:00This is fabulous! I love this post. Let's here it ...This is fabulous! I love this post. Let's here it for the real memories and the imperfections! Now you can get on with enjoying the gifts of the days rather than stressing, right?! Easy to say. Hard to do. But we are off to a pretty good start, I think.emily freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094011385792878344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-27256185925342844432008-12-08T16:47:00.000-06:002008-12-08T16:47:00.000-06:00Great reminders of what is really important! Than...Great reminders of what is really important! Thanks for sharing this insight today! :-)Denise K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08024622351992408422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-76797718498353813592008-12-08T16:06:00.000-06:002008-12-08T16:06:00.000-06:00thank you for visiting me - I loved your post as w...thank you for visiting me - I loved your post as well! <BR/><BR/>Check back in on Dec 17 when I do BOOMama's tour of homes....my tree is a pathetic second hand tree, and I put it up every single year because I refuse to let something like a TREE dictate my joy in this season!V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16277897129405516559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-55289013025903665452008-12-08T16:00:00.000-06:002008-12-08T16:00:00.000-06:00Well said! Our Christmas tree would never win any...Well said! Our Christmas tree would never win any design awards, but it has a little half walnut shell holding a plastic Baby Jesus in it that I'll treasure forever because my little girl (now almost 20) made for me. <BR/><BR/>I bet your tree look maaaaaahvelous!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401228301242999507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178120149412945093.post-24150433566883649922008-12-08T13:33:00.000-06:002008-12-08T13:33:00.000-06:00hooray for the "real" ornaments! how i love to l...hooray for the "real" ornaments! how i love to look back and see where we've been... i think i'm going to need a bigger tree next year... because we don't quite have room for where we are going!"Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037135437820258553noreply@blogger.com