Laura Sherr

Homemade Christmas Gifts

laura — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:47:11 +0000

In 2011 I decided to make homemade Christmas gifts instead of spending tons of money on random sweaters and things that nobody would remember. My mom liked the idea, too, so we ended up exchanging homemade gifts and both made each other a quilt! Great minds think alike! For Christmas 2012 I wanted to go

25 Days of Giving Wrap-Up

laura — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:14:23 +0000

Happy 2013!! Our second 25 Days of Giving is officially over and done. But it didn’t end on Christmas Day, surprise surprise! No, Stephanie and I couldn’t resist one last activity. More details are below but first I wanted to reflect a bit on 2012′s 25 Days. 2012′s 25 Days of Giving was… crazy. Fun,

Day 25: Christmas Gifts + The End

laura — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:28:38 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone! Today was spent in a flurry of family, presents, and food. Ian and I were thrilled to gift our family members with a mix of new and homemade gifts, like puppet theaters, infused bourbons, candle holders, onesies, Hot Wheels, and so on. If it feels good to give to strangers, there’s nothing

Day 24: Gift Wrapping

laura — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:47:37 +0000

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!!! In a new Christmas tradition, this year once again we joined Stephanie & Burt to gift wrap on Christmas Eve! This year we went up to Harford Mall, about 10 minutes from where we grew up, to wrap gifts to raise money for the Chesapeake Cancer Alliance, a volunteer-led non-profit that

Day 23: A Bit of a Bust

laura — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:58:55 +0000

Today’s Day of Giving was sort of a bust. Today was our big travel day, getting from SFO back to Baltimore in time for Christmas. I had big plans to take post-it notes with me and do Operation Beautiful, like Steph and Janelle did earlier this month. But when I got a text from Southwest saying

Day 22: Samaritan House + Habitat Restore

laura — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:32:39 +0000

Well it might be 3:30am, but I am done! All I need to do tomorrow morning is pack everything into suitcases and get to the airport. East Coast here we come! Today Ian and I drove down to Belmont, where Ian grew up, to volunteer with the Samaritan House of San Mateo. The Samaritan House

Day 21: Ragazzi Boys Chorus

laura — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:09:07 +0000

Tonight Ian and I trekked down to Palo Alto to attend an alumni event for Ragazzi, the Boys Chorus he belonged to as a child. He had a great experience singing with the group, singing not only all over the Bay area, but also traveling as far as Europe to sing. He has a lot

Day 20: Christmas Cards!

laura — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:23:33 +0000

5 Days Until Christmas! So much to do, so little time! Today I mailed out a giant stack of Christmas cards to our friends and family members. This was actually one of my New Year’s resolutions last year, to be better at sending cards. I did a little better than the previous year, but I’m

Day 19: Reading Partners + Bonus Giving!

laura — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:23:18 +0000

Not Enough Days until Christmas!!!! Tonight is the 3rd Wednesday of the month, which means that it was Book Club night! After reading Michael Chabon’s book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and having no one to talk to about all of my favorite moments in the book, I decided to start a book club

Day 18: SF SPCA’s Macy’s Holiday Windows!!

laura — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:12:31 +0000

ONE WEEK UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!! It’s hard to believe that Christmas is one week from today. I think it’s been hard for a lot of people to keep up their Christmas spirit this year after the tragic shootings in Newtown last week. 25 Days of Giving has certainly kept me uplifted, not just my own activities, but