Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rudolph Day for January

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As regular readers know, I follow along with a Christmas forum at Our Home for the Holidays .   Here, Rudolph Day is observed on the 25th ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A few kid pictures from Christmas

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I love this picture ~ my favorite from Christmas this year! Here are just a few photos from Christmas evening at the home of our daught...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Quote of the day

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A scene from one of my favorite Christmas fabrics, now made into a throw Recently I finished reading Homemade Hospitality , a book by ...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

A few Christmas decorating pictures

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Now that it is time to take the Christmas decor down and put the winter decor up, I finally am managing to post a few pictures of this year...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wonderful idea for entertaining friends

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Yesterday I happened to be glancing through one of my favorite Gooseberry Patch Christmas books, Simple Joys of Christmas .  You can read...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Pecan Cherry Bark

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(Photo by Taste of Home ) I enjoy making candy as well as cookies at Christmas time, and this recipe for Pecan Cherry Bark has been on ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

Almond Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

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(Photo by Land O'Lakes For the past few years, I think this fantastic cookie has been my very favorite of the special-occasion cook...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Chocolate Butter Cookies three ways

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One of my favorite cookies which is a "must-make" on our kitchen gift list each year is Sacher Torte Cookies.  These yummy co...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

More fun with felt food

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Darrin and Emily enjoying some of the felt food I've made previously   I am going to try over the next few days to share some photo...
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

The actual baking list for Christmas 2011

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Okay, now it is time for a reality check.  Time to check the tentative baking list against the actual one.  I found that out of the 12 ite...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Fun after-Christmas buy from Tractor Supply!

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Or, if you prefer, neat stuff for the tree from TSC! A Tractor Supply Co. recently came to our area and I visited it for the first tim...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Cookie Dough Truffles

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(Photo by Taste of Home ) As mentioned earlier, Mr. T did a lot of our baking and candy making this Christmas.  Maybe later I can post o...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Some after-Christmas deals

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Here are a few of my after-Christmas deals.  I found a few more today at Tractor Supply, but those will have to wait for another day.  So fa...
Monday, December 26, 2011

A quiet morning in the Christmas kitchen

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Yes, it's quiet in the Christmas kitchen this morning after weeks of cookie-baking, candy-making and just general merry food prepara...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Quote for the day

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Last night as I was wrapping gifts, I came upon some old gift tags -- not vintage, just old -- that had come from some charity or other. ...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Cranberry Cheese Log ~ a yummy appetizer!

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(Photo by Taste of Home ) Last night I went to a ladies' Christmas fellowship and needed to  bring along finger foods to share.  I b...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Christmas Star Dishcloths to crochet

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I saw these adorable dishcloths over at Miss Abigail's Hope Chest and just had to share.  Here is the link to the free pattern, which...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Free Christmas Letter Templates from Better Homes and Gardens

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Have you written your Christmas letter yet?  Or would you just like some nifty Christmas paper to print out recipes and lists on?  Head on...
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