Friday, October 10, 2008

Family Room quote

So I'm looking for a quote to have Aunt Nettie make into vinyl letters to put up above our large family picture in the family room. Do you have any suggestions? Here are some of my first thoughts, but I want all of yours too.

Out of the dreariness,
Into its cheeriness,
Come we in weariness
Home.
--Stephen Chalmers
(I like the sentiment of this, but am not sure I want the words dreariness and weariness on the wall.)

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Peace and rest at length have come,
All the day's long toil is past;
And each heart is whispering,
'Home, Home at last!'
--Thomas Hood
(I like the idea of home being peace and rest, but am not sure about having long toil on the wall.)

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He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(This is OK. The author's name is almost longer than his quote.)

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What gift has Providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
--Cicero
(I love this thought because it is absolutely true. It's also shorter and would maybe look better.)

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Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.
--Lord Byron
(Same thought as the last one.)

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So . . . please do some research and help me find some more possibilities . . . or is there one of these I've listed that jumps out as PERFECT?

Thanks a million.

Love, Mom

Monday, October 6, 2008

Christmas is Coming the Goose is Getting Fat . . .

Here is the list of names for the gift exchange we drew last night.

David has Heather
Jill has Lee
Melanie has Maurianne
Lee has David
Maurianne has Sam
Heather has Jill
Graham has Melanie
Sam has Graham
What is the price range this year? I'm not sure I remember what it has been in the past.