by JillSavage | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
When Nancy, who lives in California, responded to my email communicating that she had won the Day 17 drawing, she included her family’s Christmas picture. I loved the picture and asked her if I could share it with all of you.She said that they are creative...
by JillSavage | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our Day 18 discussion was about who does the Christmas shopping at your house. I was really surprised at how many people shop online! I need to tap into that more because I hate shopping so much. You all inspired me!The Day 18 drawing winner is...
by JillSavage | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
First things first for todays post. It was 19 years ago today that we added another Savage to our household. Erica was born sometime during the 4am hour (honestly, there are five of them….I remember the generalities, but not always the...
by JillSavage | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I loved reading so many wonderful Christmas stories. I think it’s safe to say that Christmas brings many wonderful memories to our hearts and minds. Congratulations to Nancy! She’s our Day 17 winner and I’ll be sending her the Hearts at...
by JillSavage | Dec 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
My boys are officially on Christmas break now, so we’re launching our two weeks of togetherness. We’re staying close to home this year, just enjoying the holiday with our immediate family.What do you do during the holiday break? Do you...
by JillSavage | Dec 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our discussion about Santa or no Santa was a great one! I think people on both sides of the issue have great reasons for the choices they make. If you’d like to see all the great discussion, you can see it here. Our Day 16 drawing winner is...
by JillSavage | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
At our house, my hubby is more of a shopper than I am. In fact, he often leads the way in Christmas shopping. We usually Christmas shop together for most of our gifts, but he’s more likely to run out and get specific items or run to the 10 different...
by JillSavage | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
I loved reading all the gift wrapping ideas and traditions! Some of the great ideas shared were wrapping all gifts in brown paper bags and letting the kids decorate the gifts with Christmas stickers or stamps, or wrapping gifts in reusable shopping...
by JillSavage | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve experienced 40 something Christmas celebrations in my lifetime. When I think back over those years, one of my favorite celebrations was one when I was a child and my mom made my sister and I matching floor-length skirts and blouses. I put my...
by JillSavage | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
I loved hearing about everyone’s family food traditions! Thank you for sharing! The winner of our Day 14 giveaway is Susan! I’ll be sending her the Hearts at Home book I’m Glad I’m A Mom!And guess what? I completely...
by JillSavage | Dec 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
At our house we don’t do Santa Clause. Never have. Our reasons for doing so are simply because we didn’t want to take away from the reason for the season.What about you? Santa Clause or no Santa Clause?Those who participate in...
by JillSavage | Dec 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
I loved our Day 13 discussion about gift-giving between you and your spouse! Two comments stood out to me: Nancy shared that she and her hubby write each other love letters for Christmas. What a powerful gift that must be! And Devin shared that she...
by JillSavage | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I hosted a Christmas luncheon at my house for our senior leadership of Hearts at Home. We chatted about all things holiday and one idea was shared that has really stuck with me. This was an idea about gift wrapping in a simple,...
by JillSavage | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Elizabeth! She’s the winner of the Day 12 drawing for the Hearts at Home book Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This by Jenn Doucette.Keep these discussions going! I’m learning so much!
by JillSavage | Dec 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of the things I look forward to every Christmas our a family tradition of having persimmon pudding for dessert. Anyone else ever had persimmon pudding? (Some of you are thinking, “what is a persimmon?”) Even though my mammaw has been...
