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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Wednesday
Dec232009

Tis the season...

Merry Christmas Eve Eve to you! We're going to have a beautiful white Christmas here (yes, it's snowing again) which adds an air of perfection to the whole holiday, methinks. How's your holiday shaping up? We've been truly enjoying it and even spreading a little cheer ourselves (you can read more about at least one aspect of that in the middle of this post). In the spirit of the season, then, here are some fun ideas that I just loved and thought I'd share. Even if you can't make use of them for this year, still fun stuff. :)

1. Check out this awesome (and free!) downloadable calendar for 2010. If you need a last minute gift, this could very well be it! (And, if you're like me, you might just want one for yourself, lol.)

2. If you need a few tags for gifts still, check out this free tag! (While you're there, check out the other recent posts...lots of fun holiday stuff!)

3. If you have little ones on your list, why not make some of these? (I'm totally thinking we'll do this soon!)

4. I'm always on the lookout for ornament ideas and totally love both these snowflakes and these balls! Very, very cool.

5. I haven't tried this myself (yet) but, man, it sounds heavenly!

6. If you love fonts like me, here's one that's free (and cute) right now! Also, my pal Arleigh has some free ones on her blog right now, too (hope she doesn't mind me sharing!).

Okay, I should stop and go finish wrapping those last few gifts now. :) Gonna do that while watching "Miracle on 34th Street" and the snow out the window. A perfect afternoon!

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