{"id":2000,"date":"2011-12-03T03:35:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T03:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2011-12-03T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T03:35:38","slug":"christmas-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/03\/christmas-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas reads."},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was December 1st, just in case you didn’t know.<\/p>\n

Even though we had a very crappy (putting it nicely) day here yesterday (you’d have to be on the facebook page to hear about that because honestly, I don’t want to rehash it, SO not worth it!) I decided that I was NOT going to let it ruin our December.<\/p>\n

First off, it doesn’t matter what happened yesterday, because this is Christmas time, AND we WILL be together as a family this year! Now it’s December, and we only have a short time before the 25th! I WANT<\/strong><\/em> to be in the ‘season’ this year. Not just in this survival mode<\/em> we’ve been living these past months and months, but to really ENJOY this Christmas season.<\/p>\n

No matter what.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So last night, when I realized it was December 1st, even though I really just wanted to send the kids off to bed and go to bed myself, I decided, “No, we were going to enjoy some Christmas cheer anyways!”<\/p>\n

So I started what I’d been planning to do for a couple of weeks now, start off December with a Christmas story every single night before bed.<\/p>\n

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My original plan has been to find my boxes of books packed in our workshop, and unpack until I find the Christmas books. However, between several house showings, yesterday’s fiasco and all the time it consumed, and then regular daily life around here, I have yet to find the box. I did however, find two of my Christmas books on my shelves, and Elsa had one from the library, so the December Christmas Stories plan was able to begin anyways.<\/p>\n

I really do enjoy reading to the kids. I need to stick with it more often!<\/p>\n

And maybe sometime soon, before I run out of stories in these books, I can get into the shop to do some searching and unpacking. The poor girls need their winter coats, and clothing.
\nActually, so do I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was December 1st, just in case you didn’t know. Even though we had a very crappy (putting it nicely) day here yesterday (you’d have to be on the facebook page to hear about that because honestly, I don’t want to rehash it, SO not worth it!) I decided that I was NOT going to […]<\/p>\n

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