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Taking Out The Christmas Tree

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Merry Christmas From The Jonas Family

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Jonas Family 25 Holiday Events

If you listened to my podcast about Simplifying and Organizing your Holidays, then you know that the first week of every October, the Jonases sit down and discuss what we’re going to do as a family for the first 25 days of December. These events are very intentional and designed to build memories and make…
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How To Organize A Control Journal

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Episode 028 Keeping a family of ten and Goat Milk Stuff running smoothly requires a lot of organization. One of the things that I rely upon to help keep me organized is my Central Notebook or Control Journal. It contains everything I need in a central location. During this podcast episode,…
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Twas The Week Before Christmas

It was a week before Christmas, 2007. All of the presents had arrived. The Christmas Tree was set up, and we had our turkey. All was in readiness for Christmas morning. Then Mom and Dad announced that we would be leaving, driving up to NH, (where Grammy and Gumpy live) and having Christmas with them.…
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Ulterior Motives

Everyone around here always loves Christmas. But this year, Brett, Cole, and Emery got really excited about it. Most of their gifts were very altruistic and something the receiver would really desire. But there were a few that I think were a little bit selfishly motivated. One of them was the box set of the…
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Read Alouds

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Thoughts on our Hotel

We stayed at the Country Inn & Suites for almost a full week while we were in Pennsylvania selling soap at the PA Christmas show. We’ve stayed at lots of different hotels since we started doing shows and festivals. The children decided this was their favorite hotel. They loved the pool and hot tub (of…
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Merry Christmas!

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Recording Audio

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Almost Christmas
