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It’s The Little Things: Advent Calendars

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Oh my gosh! It’s December! It’s the holidays! How did this happen? I am beyond unprepared.

What better way to increase the panic than a countdown of days you have left until you implode into a falling pile of wrapping paper?

Awww, I love it.

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Every year I do an advent calendar that ties on the little Christmas tree in my family room. I fill the small bags (I bought my darling Matryoshka Doll bags from Etsy many years ago) with random small items for the kids. If there is not a small item in the bag then it may contain a date with their dad and me (such as a note that says, “get your coat on. We’re going for ice cream.”). Don’t worry I keep track on my calendar as to what day they are going to open their little notes. This way I can switch them when their little heads are turned in case I need to change the dates.

Well, as of today, the fifth, I have not stuffed these advent bags. I am so behind. Oh well, it will just have to be us counting down the eighteen days until Christmas here.

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I finally got them their chocolate advent calendars from World Market yesterday. I know Trader Joe’s makes them as well. They love opening the boxes and popping out a chocolate.

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My son gets a Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar every year. It is considered an early Christmas present. I am not providing a link, because the prices for it are ridiculous right now. Check your local Target. I have always seen them there for the correct price each year (retail $40. I actually purchased mine months ago. Wha’?). My daughter gets an extra present to open on Christmas to make up for it. I was not quick enough to score Sephora’s advent calendar they produce every year. I wanted to surprise her. Next year! Next year I will be more on top of it. Do you believe me?

I love the holidays. I love counting down the days until Christmas. To say this is my favorite holiday is laughable. I love it so much I almost always cry when the twenty sixth arrives.

Do you do advent calendars at your house? Are you prepared for the holidays? I am 75% done with my shopping. I hope to finish by Friday. We will put our two real trees up this Sunday. I want wrapped presents under the tree. Now, I just need to get on that.

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Do I look ready?

It’s the little things: making every day a mini holiday. Let the countdown begin!

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My Crazy Obsession

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“My Crazy Obsession” is a show on TLC. I am, well, I am…obsessed.

Things I Have Learned From Watching This Show:

* You can keep a deceased rabbit frozen in your freezer and still have it stuffed ten years later.

* The average freezer will hold ten dead pets and a quart of ice cream.

* It shouldn’t.

* There are many varieties of squirrel tombstones.

* Outfits for squirrels are expensive.

* I need to learn to sew.

* You can buy an airline ticket for a mannequin. And buckle it up, on take off.

* You can be cremated and placed in an old ketchup container.

* Dolls are a big thing. A big scary thing.

* Speaking of which, a love doll can be called a virgin. This poses way too many questions in my head.

* Who knew they were called love dolls?

* People will buy these used. And call it a good deal.

* I have a very weak stomach.

* Love comes in all forms.

* You can feed your friends garbage and this will not make them happy. (Don’t worry, I all ready knew this! Just checkin’ to see if you are reading.) And yes, someone did this.

* Women in the 1950s had small feet. And small shoes.

* I would be barefoot in the 1950s.

* I would not be able to tell if someone was wearing a wig.

* A 300 pound man can sleep in a crib. Or they make cribs large enough to fit a 300 pound man. I have not done the research. Just knowing it is one of these two scenarios is enough.

* They make onesie pajamas in adult sizes. With teddy bears…And tears.

* You can own a capybara.

* You shouldn’t.

* Wedding cake lasts a long damn time in the freezer, especially with dead rabbits as companionship.

* The cameramen taping this show are made of stone.

* And they are geniuses.

* Housing regulations and child protective services must be pretty lenient.

* If you put a troll doll in the freezer (because why wouldn’t you?), it needs a scarf to keep it warm.

* This is a quote, “He wants the man cave. And I want the room for my trolls.”

* Trolls eat men. And live in caves. I do not see a problem here.

* Swimsuits are used for many things. Except swimming.

* “Stuffed” and “mounted” are funny words…

* For Taxidermy.

* A live squirrel should play in bed with you. A dead squirrel should be thrown in the kitchen sink.

* I have never spent so much time thinking about squirrels.

* Freezers should be used for everything. Except food.

* When staring at a dead giraffe in someone’s home, it is important to say the following quote, “You know, it’s just animals you only get to see on t.v….and to see them LIVE is
pretty neat.”

* Yes, “live.”

* “Get out there and start peeling, my son,” is something I hope to never say.

* Or hear again.

* Mickey Mouse makes everything better.

* And I have too much time on my hands.