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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa, This year for Christmas I would like the following.... Snow on the ground, Peace in the world, No one to be hungry, No one to be cold, Everyone to have jobs, and a full nights sleep..... If that is too much to ask, could I have a relaxing day with my family instead?  One full of happiness and love? Love, Me

Stressed out or Relaxed holiday? Materialism or Nativityism?

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Hard to believe it is December already!  Are you ready for Christmas?  Do you stress out about gettting Christmas just right?  In the past Christmas for me it has been about stress...get the ornaments out, get the baking done, buy the perfect presents, mail out the cards, and the list goes on.  All the things a good old fashioned Christmas is.  This year I have decided its going to be a little more relaxing around here.  Yes, the tree is up...but I did not go all out and decorate the whole house.  The presents are a little more simple.  Who knows it any baking will get done or not.  Instead of hustle and bustle I am looking for morning cups of coffee with time for reflection..preferably coffee with peppermint mocha creamer!  Listening to my holiday music, preferably without words, while dancing with the little ones in the morning.  Snuggly afternoons with my now 4 year old puppy and maybe my knitting.  And family filled evenings at least once a week!  Yep, still busy running around

Wow How Time Flies!

I cannot believe my last post was in April!  How time has flown by. Here are some highlights! A very busy summer was had by all in the Chittick household.  Jeff spent a great week in Wisconsin with his dad and got to see Stephanie and Tom!  Jeff also went on his second trip across Iowa on RAGBRAI.  He came home tired but rode the whole way this year and is looking forward to going again next year.  Jenna and Taylor went to Kentucky with the church youth group and served in many capacities.  One of the things Jenna did was to play with children and served in a soup kitchen.  Taylor got to help with the renovations at a churchy international building he says.  Greg moved into an off campus apartment and spent the summer driving a fork truck at a local factory.  He is in school again this fall at UNI and is working with some of the local speech teams. Jenna Bea is now enjoying her senior year of high school and the fact that marching band is now over.  She has her first job at a l