Shhhh!!!

I've written before about how we are refocusing our Christmas this year. We are not buying the usual hot toys, iPods, video games....but we are making many fun gifts and really trying to give from the heart.

SHHHH!! I did get the girls a gift:



They were a bit more than I'd planned to spend, though I spent $40 on all 3. It will be the "big" gift, packaged with their own special box of tea.

I haven't been this excited about a gift! Oh, and they are all made in England and actual antiques. How special is that?

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End of the Year Traditions

I've already blogged about our Journey to Simplicity for Christmas this year and, so far, it feels great to not be caught up in the shopping frenzy. The countdown to Black Friday has begun and I couldn't care less!

But as this has been a really rough year for me, I'm wondering what traditions everyone has to celebrate the end of one difficult year and bring in new blessings for the new year?

How do you shake out the sadness and difficulty of one year and start a new year fresh?

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Easter Eggs

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