by Tina on January 27, 2012
Recently on Christmas Eve, I was sitting in my library, wearing my favorite custom embroidered sweatshirt, drinking my favorite tea and feeling rather reflective. As a result, I wrote this post for my Facebook friends:
Peace in your heart and in your soul is not always easy to come by. But tonight, on this very special night, that is my wish for you.
That no matter where you are, whether you are with your loved ones or far from them, that you have peace, if only for this one night.
Whether you are spending tonight surrounded by others celebrating or spending it alone, that you have peace, if only for this one 
night.
That no matter what may be happening in your life, that you have peace, if only for this one night.
I haven’t had a lot of peace in my life over the last couple of months, but somehow have found it again, if only for this one night.
So that is my hope, my Christmas wish for all of you, that you too find fulfillment and peace, if only for this one night…
by Tina on January 24, 2012
With the most recent batch of doomsday predictions pointing to December 21, 2012 as the next end of the world (not that I actually believe that nonsense, although the idea that it may simply be the end of the world as we know it has more of a ring of possibility to it), I have come up with a plan for our 2012 Christmas slumber party and gathering for my family next December (that doesn’t 
involve me spending the evening wrapped in an embroidered blanket while hiding in a closet and waiting for the world to end). Since December 21st falls on a Friday, my brother and sister and I and the kids that are heading down to my parents’ place should spend that night for the slumber party and do all our usual slumber party fun stuff and craft projects (maybe I’ll include some kind of embroidery this time) that night. Then we should have the rest of our families (spouses and kids too old for the slumber party) come down the following day to have our Christmas gathering (food, opening gifts, etc). Then one of the things we should get for everyone is a custom embroidered sweatshirt that says, “December 22, 2012 – I’m Still Here!”
night.
