After almost a week of blogging vacation, I am back. 'Twas a very needed break---after NaNoWriMo AND NaBloPoMo, I couldn't string more than three words together and have them make any sense.But somehow the calendar has turned and Holidailies is upon us. This is my third year participating, and I encourage all bloggers to sign up and participate. :-)
Because I decided several months ago to make our family's gifts this year, our free days and nights of late have been busy putting the finishing touches on several projects and getting the international packages ready to send in the next few days. Despite a bit of grumbling yesterday when I may have said to my husband, "Remind me next year when I suggest we make our gifts that we could just send everyone gift cards and be done with it in 35 minutes," I am really pleased with how everything is shaping up. (And after all the gifts have been received and opened, I'll share with you some of what we've done. :-)
If you too find yourself with a mean case of the grumbles in the coming weeks, here is an article that reminds us about the importance of giving AND notes that daily giving can actually make us healthier. And coincidentally, the subject of the article is the founder of the web site I mentioned recently (and is posted in the sidebar), 29-Day Giving Challenge. I finished my 29 days last month during the writing frenzy, so I didn't have a chance to share some of the neat experiences I had here. I will be sure to do so soon, and in the meantime, read the article and consider taking a 29-day challenge of your own. 'Tis the season. :-)
