A Tumbleweed Christmas

Written by Jane Fulton


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I took sewing in school, had made men's suits at one time and had an old sewing machine. A friend of mine had given me ten bolts of material they had stashed away when cleaning out their garage. I would make my daughter some clothes for Christmas.

My daughter, at 11 years old, was so brave. After I explained our situation to her, she set about asking one of our neighbors to teach her how to do macrame. If you aren't familiar with this craft, it was used to makerepparttar plant holders they had then out of yarn.

I didn't know she was doing this and I set about sewing her Christmas gifts while she spent time atrepparttar 130444 neighbors house. I thought she was playing and having a good time.

I still had one problem. What would I do about a tree? I told my daughter that we wouldn't be able to have a tree this Christmas. She said to me, "Mom, why not use a tumbleweed?". I thought about it and said why not? They were plentiful inrepparttar 130445 dessert and free.

We went out and chose a tumbleweed just as if we were picking outrepparttar 130446 perfect Christmas tree. When we foundrepparttar 130447 right one, we came home, put lights on it and popped pop corn and strung them forrepparttar 130448 tree.

Christmas morning we arose full of anticipation and excitement. I was surprised to find two gifts underrepparttar 130449 tree with my name on them. How did my daughter get me two gifts? She had no money.

When I questioned her about it, she said, "Just open them mom!". I opened them and was pleasantly surprised! They were simply beautiful. They even matched my decor! She explained how allrepparttar 130450 time she had spent atrepparttar 130451 neighbors house, she had been learning to make these for me. This touched my heart torepparttar 130452 core.

I have never forgot it to this day. Neither has my daughter. When she talks about Christmas now, she always mentions our tumbleweed Christmas and how she remembers that Christmas over allrepparttar 130453 rest. She always refers to it asrepparttar 130454 best Christmas we ever had.



Jane Fulton owns 5 sites and publishes 3 newsletters. She has been helping people online since 2000. For more articles like this on, sign-up for Woman 2 Woman at: http://woman2woman.biz


A Girlfriends Getaway -- Do's and Dont's

Written by Valerie McDermott


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Don’t...overpack. One tip is to stay with 1 color scheme forrepparttar weekend so everything can mix and match. (FYI Black is always in) Do...bring along a financially savvy person. There is always one inrepparttar 130442 bunch they can help with tips, negotiating for better hotel rooms, splitting costs, bargain shopping, they will talk you out of that impulse buy, etc. If you do not have a girlfriend like this really make a point of finding one. Don’t...pack new shoes. Whether at a spa or resort hotel you're sure to do a lot of walking. Nothing ruins an evening like sore feet. Do...make it a point to travel withrepparttar 130443 special girls in your life annually.

Valerie is mother of 2 and co-founder of http://www.million-dollar-mama.com a website devoted to helping mothers rediscover their favorite hobbies like travel, fitness and girls night out.


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