tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post4986919131997361650..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Were There Cars in Bethlehem?Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-75763003360222803892007-12-22T16:43:00.000-05:002007-12-22T16:43:00.000-05:00Tape lives in a locked toolbox in the locked works...Tape lives in a locked toolbox in the locked workshop and it still disappears before Christmas at least once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-50695922058525220862007-12-21T12:01:00.000-05:002007-12-21T12:01:00.000-05:00I LOVED the drive through pageant! The church I g...I LOVED the drive through pageant! The church I grew up in did those, and we LOVED participating in them. The church we go to now does indoor Christmas cantata/productions, but no live animals. Good memories, good memories.<BR/><BR/>Note to self: HIDE WRAPPING TAPE FROM TODDLER!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362618797920704090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-70507743479785590312007-12-20T11:13:00.000-05:002007-12-20T11:13:00.000-05:00That is exactly what my children think tape is for...That is exactly what my children think tape is for!Layton Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807876618806203203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-70018128441123297472007-12-20T08:44:00.000-05:002007-12-20T08:44:00.000-05:00Wow, I love the pictures. I'm also grateful we don...Wow, I love the pictures. I'm also grateful we don't get snow like that in Kentucky (at least not in the last several years)! The lights are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.<BR/><BR/><BR/>www.kathy-iamwhoiam.blogspot.comKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421713950020402708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-68603665776189675362007-12-20T07:36:00.000-05:002007-12-20T07:36:00.000-05:00So, they have a pregnant woman playing the Mary in...So, they have a pregnant woman playing the Mary in the Manger part. <BR/><BR/>After she gives birth to Jesus, do they then switch her out for an non pregnant look-a-like?<BR/><BR/>Which by now I'm sure the half frozen pregnant actress is ready to jump into a vat of hot chocolate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-69811784305902723722007-12-20T00:46:00.000-05:002007-12-20T00:46:00.000-05:00That baby donkey is the cutest thing I've ever see...That baby donkey is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-4011323165989562232007-12-19T23:41:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:41:00.000-05:00Your comments brought to mind a place we used to g...Your comments brought to mind a place we used to go every year in Ohio called "Rudds Farm." You walked through it and the story starts way before Christ's birth and goes on to His death and resurection. I think every time we went it was "50 below" or so it seemed. But every year was worth the trip. They had somewhere around a million lights. It was awsome. <BR/><BR/>Now here in FL we do a A Moment in the Life of a Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123118307499045081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-83254831407814979802007-12-19T22:43:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:43:00.000-05:00So I was suprised to see that noone else thought o...So I was suprised to see that noone else thought of the movie "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" when seeing the taped up kids! I would always steal my moms tape and try to tape my face to look like Pee Wee's in that movie!! The memories that you bring back are amazing! I am only 25 and already feel like my mind is totally gone!! I have lost soooo many brain cells from having kids!!! I just think its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-3602924677595461372007-12-19T22:05:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:05:00.000-05:00I will never catch up on your blog. I was moving ...I will never catch up on your blog. I was moving into my new house on December 1st and my dh was in a head on collision. Luckily he is alive and kicking-not literally-but he has plates and screws in both legs-he has to learn to walk again. He won't be home until spring, but your blog made me laugh during my bleak Christmas season. I need laughter daily to keep my spirit up.Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358268271940590058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-86138186553246506932007-12-19T19:16:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:16:00.000-05:00Wow, the nativity is nice, but it looks COLD! I wr...Wow, the nativity is nice, but it looks COLD! <BR/><BR/>I wrote a post a little while back about how I bought a package of four rolls of tape, hoping I'd have some left when I went to wrap presents. I even hid it. When I went to get it? Three of the rolls were gone. The fourth disappeared soon after. I think they eat it.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042222907090463909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-30500138389947865162007-12-19T18:07:00.000-05:002007-12-19T18:07:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn,The Living Nativity was beautiful. I'm gla...Hi Dawn,<BR/>The Living Nativity was beautiful. I'm glad you got pictures because I forgot to charge my camera before we left and I got two bad pictures before the battery went dead. Now I can share it with the grandparents through your blog. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>It was so cold at the Living Nativity two years ago that my toes hurt. I went out and bought really good snow boots the next day. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-70935124798660366352007-12-19T17:31:00.000-05:002007-12-19T17:31:00.000-05:00wow, I've been to nativities at church before, but...wow, I've been to nativities at church before, but I've never been to one with live animals! What an experience that must be.tearesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362666264858845959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-22747750939476741302007-12-19T17:10:00.000-05:002007-12-19T17:10:00.000-05:00So, poor Mary has to navigate the icy patches and ...So, poor Mary has to navigate the icy patches and hope that she doesn't really go into labor while sitting among the farm animals in the freezing cold.<BR/><BR/>Has that ever happened?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-53510057217570965982007-12-19T17:09:00.000-05:002007-12-19T17:09:00.000-05:00Love the tape!Love the tape!Michelle Hixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183208546874192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-15007068070585381292007-12-19T16:55:00.000-05:002007-12-19T16:55:00.000-05:00I got this story in an email and had to share it. ...I got this story in an email and had to share it. It's a little long, but I think you'll like it:<BR/><BR/>THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT<BR/><BR/>My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn't been blessed with a baby.<BR/><BR/>I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if he would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, love it with all my Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287705196381038216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-41568412604541681452007-12-19T14:59:00.000-05:002007-12-19T14:59:00.000-05:00Oh man! I can relate to the tape issue. My 5 year ...Oh man! I can relate to the tape issue. My 5 year old found my stash and somehow made a perfectly round ball of tape..(kind of like a ball of yarn). He's having the best time with it! Maybe I'll just take back his gifts and buy him tape instead! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-61093624420241774422007-12-19T13:35:00.000-05:002007-12-19T13:35:00.000-05:00Ahhhh, rest easy you weary child laden mothers. Y...Ahhhh, rest easy you weary child laden mothers. Your tape will come back to you. My son returned the roll with my personal note taped to the holder "Return this to your mother!" and it only took him 43 years. Some of my bath towels have yet to find their way home, and I'm not sure I even want them at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20070474076870687042007-12-19T13:23:00.000-05:002007-12-19T13:23:00.000-05:00Nice post.Reminds me of "The Vicar of Dibley" Duri...Nice post.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of "The Vicar of Dibley" During a living nativity- the woman playing Mary did go into labor. Was quite the re-inactment. Thank goodness that doesn't happen other than the tv.<BR/><BR/>Cute kids. Where on earth did the idea to scotch tape their faces evolve?Kikiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05848190244660492116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-42185977918866561642007-12-19T12:39:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:39:00.000-05:00Dawn, I've been reading your blog for a while but ...Dawn, I've been reading your blog for a while but this is my first comment. I suspect that we'd get along very well if we ever met in person. I have lots of respect for moms of big families - I come from 12 kids myself.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I was reading along about the Nativity thing and thinking how nice it was and how we need to do that with our kids in the next few days. Then I got to the Nurse Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701919857269926765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-57745866779257894962007-12-19T12:27:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:27:00.000-05:00Thank you for reminding me I need to but scotch ta...Thank you for reminding me I need to but scotch tape for this year. I think mine disappears in the same fashion yours does.<BR/><BR/>BTW: I have a question to ask you about referencing to your blog. Would you please email me about it. I'm not sure you want to post it in the Sunday Sound Off.Terri Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843377322433134394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48067680708166213252007-12-19T11:53:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:53:00.000-05:00It looked like a fun time! When the kids are "gro...It looked like a fun time! When the kids are "grown", gone, come back, gone again...the tape will magically reappear...many years from now you will find rolls of tape long hidden in the recesses of your home...so far, in my Christmas cleaning frenzy I've found 11 rolls!Grandmother Goddess of the Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561858166668539282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-21853790917586099972007-12-19T11:52:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:52:00.000-05:00This year my seven year old asked me why Mary wasn...This year my seven year old asked me why Mary wasn't pregnant in the nativity scene at chuch. He got a chuckle out of a bunch of adults. Now thanks to your blog I can tell him that some churches have a pregnant Mary. P.S. I never have any tape in my house either and it doesn't matter what time of year it is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-43673949987432858372007-12-19T11:39:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:39:00.000-05:00Thought you would enjoy this: Dear Santa,I've been...Thought you would enjoy this: <BR/>Dear Santa,<BR/><BR/>I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-83206865831233507302007-12-19T11:37:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:37:00.000-05:00Dawn, while I am not Christian it looks like a won...Dawn, while I am not Christian it looks like a wonderful performance and celebration of what is sacred to you this time of year. What a special thing to be able to celebrate the birth of your saviour in such a special way. And that resourcefulness with the car cd player should be applauded! Though DAAANNNG! It looks cold!<BR/><BR/>Looks like your kids and mine got together with the tape!<BR/><BR/hpalleikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189811609526263665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20795159182724376412007-12-19T10:55:00.000-05:002007-12-19T10:55:00.000-05:00Hey Dawn,A question for your Sunday sound-off: Do...Hey Dawn,<BR/><BR/>A question for your Sunday sound-off: Do you do laundry everyday? If so, how many loads of laundry do you do in a day?<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a silly question (yep. I know it is..) but I get asked this question ALL the time since I have 5 kids. Why are people sooo curious about my laundry habits? I dunno. I get asked that question as well as the typical question: "Are theseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com