10 Questions for Christmas Conversation
I know, the holidays are over. Because of my schedule and the changes that are going on in my family’s life over the past month since I was told that I had to find new employment, I’ve been a pretty delinquent blogger. That couldn’t stop me, however, from noticing this great post by Christa Taylor at Empowered Traditionalist, and from wanting to take part.
So, pardon my lateness.
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Have You Had Enough?
Another holiday season has come, and one thing is certain—we’ve all had a lot to eat. I’m not sure where the tradition came from, but what I am certain is that this is not just the season for presents and good cheer, it’s also the season to make exotic dishes in the hopes that family will eat them.
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You R Going 2 Die
So said the scrawling on the bathroom stall I found myself in Monday morning. Now, I guess I could have taken it as a warning, and left immediately, but instead I found myself reflecting on the fact that we’re all mortal, and we all have a short time on Earth to make an impact.
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Are You Ready to Party?
We’re preparing for a party!
Christmas time is always a busy time in my family. This week, we have a birthday on Friday, a birthday on Sunday, and then we celebrate Christ’s birth on next Thursday—with the rest of you!
This will be the first year that we will be doing a party and inviting friends over for our oldest, so we’re out tonight getting all sorts of the normal party supplies.
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Corporate Christmas Traditions
At my previous employer, every day before a holiday we were able to go home from work at roughly 3:00 pm. At first I thought it was just a fluke—and then I realized that it was a standard rule.
When I started with my current employer on November 17, I didn’t know if this would be something that would happen there as well—and so you can imagine that I was pleasantly surprised when, at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, my boss came in and said that I could come home early. He also said that while he worked of IBM they would actually play holiday music around the building to let the people know that it was time to go.
It was then that I realized that it wasn’t only my former employer that tried to be nice.
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Good To Be Employed At Christmas
Today was my first day at my new job. Yes, I was unemployed for all of two days, and now I’m back at it—building websites for customers.
This new company that I’ve joined does a lot of client work, and though it’s small it is growing well. There are a lot of new faces—even for those that have been there a while, and I would think that these are one of the times that finding some good Business Christmas Cards would be in order.
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How Do You Make Custom Holiday Cards?
I can type pretty quickly—as you probably imagine—so for a while there I was getting the family newsletter from my mom’s parents to type out so that they didn’t have to do it. One year I actually spend the time making a DVD of my kids to send to the rest of the family.
What do you do for Custom Holiday Cards? Whether they be for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc., do you make them, buy them, or a mixture?
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A Different Kind of Christmas
It’s amazing how a single day can change all of your plans. That’s part of the reason that I’ve made the consistent pitch of getting out of debt and having an emergency fund. It’s because the future is not guaranteed, and at any moment you can find yourself in a situation you didn’t contemplate wondering what to do next.
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