December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments
One of the first things I wrote in my diary last year was: “Write a Se7en Jars Post…” Well here it is, nothing like the present!!!
We have been collecting jars for a while because I think this is the year where jar gifting really came together. The Thing about jars is that you can pack [...]
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Tags: Organizing Se7en
December 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
It’s a couple of days until Christmas and every body is dashing around getting ready, which mostly means getting packages and parcels and gifts ready. Popular culture tells us that “It is better to give than receive” but what does the Bible say? The Bible is packed with the parables of Jesus teach us about [...]
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Tags: Sunday Snippet
December 4th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Our Christmas to Do List is moving along – and December is here…
Step 1: Operation Christmas Box – We are totally done.
Step 2: Christmas Cards – We have a photo, envelopes nearly all addressed, stamps – we putting cards into envelopes and posting ours off this weekend.
Step 3: Plotting and Planning Gifts [...]
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Tags: Holiday Crafts · Organizing Se7en · Tuesday Art Task
November 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Our Christmas to Do List is moving along – and I just discovered the truth that next week December arrives and that we need to get moving…
Step 1: Operation Christmas Box – We are done… the closing date for Cape Town is this Sunday 29, November 2009 (pop into the link if you need [...]
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Tags: Organizing Se7en
The thing about Christmas is that it happens just once a year and because of that everyone feels a desperate need to get “all” of it right. I mentioned in our GiveAway on Sunday that we spend the month of November doing all our Christmas preparation, it works for us!!!
I think as a culture [...]
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Tags: Organizing Se7en
We needed to do an Earth Day project and so I looked around for some recycled goodies: Some flexible wire we had lying around and beads from all my little girls broken necklaces and yes the toy necklace elastic never lasts… and we were good to go.
Now one thing we have in South Africa [...]
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Tags: Recycle Crafts · Tuesday Art Task
February 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This week was so removed from our normal week. The weather continued as usual. No rain over Cape Town.
In fact it has been so warm that we have had a lot of late night visitors, battling to sleep. Here is one of them, we popped him on the couch with a cook book. He glanced [...]
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Tags: The Week that Was