merry christmas from the cottage

Dec 21st, 2011 by damsel

The Damsel wishes you and your family the very best at this time of year.

Here’s an “infographic” about what we’ve been up to:

Gigiss

Your infographic is so full of awesomeness that I may have to steal the concept for our own, belated, family letter.
- Anonymous
  
  You are welcome to…and I’d love to see what you come up with. Yours would be a billion times better!
Erica Michaelis

That was AWESOME! Did you design it? Way cool.
slacsjbing

I love this idea. I’d never be able to figure out how to do it myself, but it’s brilliant!
Tamilyngf

What a great clan! And I love the info graphic! Are you THAT handy on the computer or did rose help with this? Love it…
- Anonymous
  
  Rosalie definitely got me unstuck in a few places. It’s great having a whiz in the family! She spruced up the photo too.
Linda Ann

Heavenly! Now this is really, really cool.
http://parentingbydummies.com/ dumb mom

Love the infographic! It’s so awesome!
http://twitter.com/galitbreen Galit Breen

Love this! I hope that you and yours had a lovely holiday!
- Anonymous
  
  Thank you! Hope you had a great Christmas.
DJ

A Belated Merry Christmas to you, as well! What an absolutely lovely family! Nice Family Tree chart also! Your blog is very inspiring to me, and now, with my kids grown, and with my youngest driving himself everywhere, I now have all the free time in the world to devote to the projects and ideas you post here.

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Why would you want to learn old stuff? Two reasons. 1. Last time the Damsel checked, the economy was still tanking. Some things you'll learn in Old School will help save money. 2. Other things will help you be more self-reliant. You'll learn how to do things that Grandma used to do all the time, but people have forgotten. But why, Damsel? Why? Because the day may come that we'll need those skills, and it's part of being prepared. Plus, the Damsel thinks it's nice to keep those skills from being lost.
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