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99 Non-Shopping Things to do on Black Friday

1. Sleep 2. Eat leftovers. 3. Watch old movies 4. Watch new movies (“Frozen” springs to mind) 5. Adopt this really cool custom on Thanksgiving. Do the embroidery on Friday. 6. Go on a long, long, long walk 7. Make Borax snowflakes 8. Play with your dog 9. Video games 10. Board games 11. Card […]

Saturday Siblings ~ Oldest and Youngest Heartbreaking Edition

Last night, I stood in our tiny kitchen and sliced pizza. All nine of the kids were in the kitchen, ready to pounce. Obviously, it wasn’t the first time I’ve been in a room with all nine kids, but something struck me about the moment. Remember this. The feeling must have been contagious. Beatrix jumped […]

Baby Jesus and the Loud Cows

I hate doing this two posts in a row. Why bother having Lifenut if I spend all my time writing elsewhere? I don’t. It just happened to hit all in one busy, eye-bag spawning week.

Today, my latest post is up at A Deeper Family. I wrote about Christmas music preferences and prejudices—specifically in […]