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Advent: Christmas Charity
What charities do you support? Is there something that really tugs at your heart? Are there charities you give to all year long or just at the holiday time? Share with us who you give your donations to....
Advent: Its Christmas When
Complete this sentence – “It’s Christmas when…” or “It’s not Christmas until…”...
Advent: Community Traditions
Does your community have holiday traditions? Parades, concerts, tree lighting. What “starts” the holiday for you? What marks the beginning? Do you miss traditions from the community you grew up in or are you grateful for the...
Advent: Christmas Tree
Today is all about Christmas trees. As you reflect on your Christmas tree and traditions, let me challenge you with a couple questions: a. Decorations – do you use the same ones every year, do you change them. Are...
Advent: Christmas Pictures
Tonight I sat down and worked on my Christmas cards. This year, I planned ahead and had our photo cards ready to go. I cannot say that I’m always that good. But, I usually try to use pictures from our year to design our cards. We were...
Advent Week 2: Dec 3-9
Its Week 2 of the Advent Blog Challenge. This week brings some of my favorite topics!!! 3. Pictures – a. Favorite Christmas family picture – what memories go into getting the right...
Advent: Christmas Music
Today is all about the “sounds of the season”. What does your dream soundtrack for Christmas sound like?...
Heart of Christmas Blog Challenge
This past weekend while I was driving home from Thanksgiving, I picked up a random Christmas station that was playing this song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ASJktrBObrI” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> I know I’ve heard it before and I...
turning the wheel
Yesterday, I posted about my awesome weekend with my friend Kate in Tulsa. While watching her complete her marathon, I saw this guy not too far in front of her. One of the interesting things with supporting a person in a marathon is that you begin to see the...
tulsa marathon
This weekend, I took a much needed hiatus to Tulsa to watch my friend Kate complete her 5th marathon….yes, I said 5th. Every time she says this is my last for a while…like 365 days ago!! It was the Route 66 Marathon.  She did...
I need thee oh I need thee
I woke up this morning with snot rags in my sheets. Which, I’m guessing is a sign of a rough night and that it was. Without going into details and trying to draw sympathy votes I want to say this. I mourned. Part 3 of the bigpittstop is documenting the...
Halloween Hangover
After seeing all the pictures last night on facebook of all my friends babies, I had to ask my dad to guest post the story of my first Halloween. While I was there, lets be honest no one really remembers their first Halloween. However the...

















