Holiday parties are on our horizon and there is always a big New Year’s Bash that our family goes to at the grandparents. So to make parties easier for my daughter, Elizabeth, who has food sensitivities to rice, corn, eggs & wheat the plan is to take her own food and party on as normal.
Alert! Make Over Your Mornings eCourse opportunity
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I don’t often post on Sunday but I want to share a special sale & it can’t wait until tomorrow!
Make Over Your Mornings SALE!
One of my favorite bloggers, Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom has put her Make Over Your Morning eCourse on sale. (affiliate link). It is ONLY $9(normally $17).
After I bought this eCourse in August, I was blown away by Crystal's down to earth guidance on getting the most out of your mornings and whole day. There are not many products that I promote on this blog but this eCourse has made a difference in my life and I think you would get a lot out of it too.
It's a bargain at $9 for all that you get in the course. There is a video each day plus a PDF workbook and related links that tie into each lesson.
You NEED this if you are struggling!
So . . . . if you struggle with having productive days, Crystal gives excellent guidance in this course on how to start your day the right way so that the rest of your day goes well.
You don't have to be a morning person!
I've changed into a morning person and I like it Ask my family, I've never claimed to be a morning person. In fact I know that I am not but in the past 6 months I've found out what happens when I get up and have a plan for the day. After implementing the things that I've learned from Make Over Your Mornings shared with my readers how I changed my mornings to be awesome.
I plan to use this eCourse again in January to set up our routines going after the holidays to get 2016 off to a great start. Get
Make Over Your Mornings today and begin the new year with a fresh start.
Note: This sale runs from December 26, 2015 – January 8, 2016.
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Merry Christmas from Day to Day Adventures!!
CommentI hope you don't see this for several days because you have chosen to turn of the internet and enjoy friends & family through the holiday season!
On the other hand I want to wish you a wonderful Merry Christmas from our family!
Pursue Peace & Celebrate Joy!
How to know when you are ready for Hip Replacement Surgery
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Hip Replacement Surgery: Am I ready?
Deciding to replace your hip is not a small decision. It's been a long journey to be ready.
I’ve been putting it off for a decade.
God says that he formed me perfectly but there are certain parts of me that I would like to trade in for an upgrade.
My hip socket is too shallow and my femur (leg bone) doesn’t fit right. The bones were knocking around back in 2011.
That was when I had my first surgery.
After 6 weeks of healing and being on crutches I felt much better. But we knew that the adventures were just beginning with my hip.
Life is not normal & Symptoms are worse
I can't do normal things and it is limiting my activities. The one that convinced me was that I am unable to carry my granddaughter for very long. That one was convicting.
I am ready to be done with these things. Life is not much fun right now.
- Rolling over means waking up. I’m unwilling morning person because I can’t sleep past 6
- I don't go to bed much earlier than 11:30 because if I do I am up at 5
- 6 hours of sleep isn’t enough
- Pain meds aren't doing the job. Walking any distance is terrible.
- My heat pad is loved more than just about anything right now
- Headaches/back aches are my constant companion from walking funny
- Kids are ducking and running any time after 5 p.m. when I say their name
- I’ve learned to schedule my walking in stores around my PT days. Can't do both
- My recliner is my “place” in the house. ALL.the.Time.
- Making meals is just not happening. It is often fend for yourself here.
Today is the day. I’ve probably left the house already and might even be in surgery. I scheduled this post a couple of weeks ago when I was keeping myself busy trying to be distracted from how I felt.
I would appreciate your prayers sooooo much. I have 4-6 weeks of recovery to live through. So it should be pretty quiet on the blog for a while. If you want to keep up with how I am doing then be sure to follow Day to Day Adventures on Facebook or Twitter!
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December traditions that build family culture
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Christmas is CLOSE and we are preparing for CELEBRATING the holiday!
We have VERY few priorities this month and this keeps us from becoming too frazzled during the holidays.
Each family is different, special and unique.
Each year we celebrate that uniqueness in our family traditions. We started some of our December traditions leading up to Christmas very intentionally.
Others just happened, worked for us and we keep doing them year after year.
Story of Jesus
There is no better time to share with your children the love that Jesus has for us.
The whole Christmas story is full of love and wonder. Wrapped up in a wild story of a child being born in a BARN are dozens of teachable moments about how a BIG God came to earth. The drama and danger that surrounded the baby Jesus when he was a baby can teach even the youngest about sin and why we needed a savior.
Advent Calendar
When our kids were really little we used old Christmas cards to made our own advent calendar. It has survived 20 years. Last year was the only year we didn’t put it up. This calendar has pointed us to Jesus’s birth and created anticipation in all of our children each year.
Each year we would cut up paper to cover each picture and the kids would get to write the dates on one side in “their” color. They would choose the dates of the pictures they liked best. Then when that date came they knew it was "their" day to pull off the paper taped over it.
Megan always chose the date that was “hers”(birthday) and the rest were totally random.
On Christmas morning, we pull the last paper off before checking out the filled stockings. It created anticipation but gave a very concrete way for little people to know “how long it was until Christmas.”
When to put up the tree
Let’s face it. When your birthday is in December Christmas can be not as much fun.
Megan has never felt that way because we’ve tried to make it special for her. Once she was old enough to know how close her birthday is to Christmas, we’ve let her choose if we put up the tree before or after her birthday.
She has almost always chosen before. She likes that her birthday pictures can be in front of the tree.
No other kid in the house gets to do that. It turns a downer for her into something special.
Homemade Stockings
My mother-in-law started the tradition of homemade stockings at her house. She has 49 stockings up now. Grandma & Grandpa, 4 kids, 4 spouses, 33 grandkids & 6 great grandkids. CRAZY fun!!!
We continued that tradition and made our own. Our family is growing with 7 stockings now to hang up each December. This year we need to make a new one for little Cecily!
Decorating the house
We might have a new tradition in the works this year.
The past two Christmas’s my girls have decorated the house together. Every time I walk through the living room and kitchen I get a little thrill of JOY over the beauty of the decorations. They did such a good job and had a BLAST singing and being silly while they decorated.
What are some of your December traditions? What are your favorite ways to get ready for Christmas? Share in the comments, I’d love to know!
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