Comments on: The Elves We Forget http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/ Rewriting Life...One Day at a Time Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Kristen http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Kristen Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:32:30 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1576#comment-971 I adore and completely relate to this line: "In my desire to make things beautiful, I make things complicated." My children's babysitter is my elf. My husband is a bit of a Grinch (which is fair, since he's Jewish) and so the holiday-ification of our home is up to me. Without our beloved Nicole to keep my two wee ones occupied every now and then, Christmas would be passing us by this year. I adore and completely relate to this line: “In my desire to make things beautiful, I make things complicated.”

My children’s babysitter is my elf. My husband is a bit of a Grinch (which is fair, since he’s Jewish) and so the holiday-ification of our home is up to me. Without our beloved Nicole to keep my two wee ones occupied every now and then, Christmas would be passing us by this year.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-965 jennifer Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:00:18 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1576#comment-965 My brother is here from St. Louis. He drove me around to thrift shops today as I searched fruitlessly for cheap baskets - all stores closed due to snow! - and he'll cheerfully help with anything we ask of him. So grateful for this visiting elf! My brother is here from St. Louis. He drove me around to thrift shops today as I searched fruitlessly for cheap baskets – all stores closed due to snow! – and he’ll cheerfully help with anything we ask of him. So grateful for this visiting elf!

]]> By: Gale http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Gale Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:04:07 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1576#comment-964 My elf is my husband. Every year we throw a big cocktail party, and this year's was on Saturday. The last guests departed at 2:30am (I had given up and gone to bed at 1:30), and he stayed up until 3:30 in the morning cleaning everything up. I awoke the next day to a completely clean house. It was amazing. And I appreciated it SO much! My elf is my husband. Every year we throw a big cocktail party, and this year’s was on Saturday. The last guests departed at 2:30am (I had given up and gone to bed at 1:30), and he stayed up until 3:30 in the morning cleaning everything up. I awoke the next day to a completely clean house. It was amazing. And I appreciated it SO much!

]]> By: ABF http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-963 ABF Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:16:43 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1576#comment-963 My biggest Elf is my wife. Even though she hasn't been able to do much this season, she has helped me keep calm with everything on my plate, and when stuff gets to built up she somehow finds the energy to swoop in and take some of the load. The biggest thing she has done for me this season, however, is she stood back, rolled her eyes, and didn’t say much when I went Clark W. Griswold on the house. So, thank you to my wife for being my elf and putting up with Capitan Crazy Clause. My biggest Elf is my wife. Even though she hasn’t been able to do much this season, she has helped me keep calm with everything on my plate, and when stuff gets to built up she somehow finds the energy to swoop in and take some of the load. The biggest thing she has done for me this season, however, is she stood back, rolled her eyes, and didn’t say much when I went Clark W. Griswold on the house. So, thank you to my wife for being my elf and putting up with Capitan Crazy Clause.

]]> By: Danyiel http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/12/21/the-elves-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Danyiel Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:14 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1576#comment-962 My biggest elf right now is my husband Marc. This pregnancy has made me so sick and tired I haven't been able to do much but work, try and help with Madison, and sleep. He has done much of the decorating, wrapping, shopping, cleaning, cooking, and general nursing and taking care of his girls. If it weren't for my elf I have no idea how I would have made it to December 21st. I know there are also many other elfs in my life right now and thank you to all of them, but my biggest thanks is to my hubby!!!!!!!! My biggest elf right now is my husband Marc. This pregnancy has made me so sick and tired I haven’t been able to do much but work, try and help with Madison, and sleep. He has done much of the decorating, wrapping, shopping, cleaning, cooking, and general nursing and taking care of his girls. If it weren’t for my elf I have no idea how I would have made it to December 21st. I know there are also many other elfs in my life right now and thank you to all of them, but my biggest thanks is to my hubby!!!!!!!!

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