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2009 Recap

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This was so much fun the last two years that I decided to do it again and hold a carnival for anyone who wants to join me. On this, the last day of 2009, I give you the first line of the first post of every month. * * JANUARY I know, New Years Resolutions [...]

New Years Meme

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I wasn’t going to pressure myself to post every day this week, but when I don’t post, I miss you guys!  Funny thing about not posting, you don’t get many comments.  Since I have nothing worthwhile to say (not to suggest that even half of my posts are actually meaningful), I thought I’d dig up [...]

Homemade Hot Cocoa

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I don’t know about where you are, but here in eastern PA, it’s quite the blustery morning — the perfect sort of morning for a hot sweet treat. Making hot chocolate without those chemical-laden packets is really quite easy; you just need to make sure you have unsweetened powdered cocoa and milk in the house.  [...]

Out With the Old, In With the New

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The dust has settled. The crumbs have been swept. Christmas carols have been sung. The gifts have been relegated to their respective rooms. The toy box has been emptied to make room for the new. Family members have returned home. Egg nog has been consumed. Cookies have been eaten in massive amounts. We will have [...]

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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Why do I feel the need to post not one, but TWO times on Christmas Day? When only two people in the whole world are probably online anyway. Or, perhaps, there are more than two people out there who, like me, find themselves spending a quiet Christmas at home looking for entertainment in some form [...]

Christmas Through The Years

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If I was really industrious, I’d go back through my albums of old and scan in the photos from Christmases before we entered the digital age.  But I’m not feeling too industrious tonight.  So this is it — Christmases from 2003 and on.  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 I hope you are making [...]

Happy Birthday, Sweet Baby C!

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Seven years ago tonight, after a few frustrating days of false labor and mixed signals, a full four weeks before you were due to enter the world, I finally couldn’t sit still for another minute.  I busied myself around the house, organizing the basement, and putting the finishing touches on your nursery. At midnight I [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Theirs and Mine

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I think you can guess which is which. Visit 5 Minutes For Mom for more Wordless Wednesday.

Tastemaker Challenge #3: Potatoes in a Time Crunch

This is it!   The moment you’ve all been waiting for — it’s the 3rd and final Tastemaker Challenge video. What?  You weren’t on the edge of your seat, waiting for my next video? Well anyway. This month we were asked to make a meal using potatoes that takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, [...]

What I’ve Learned This Week

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Top Ten Seven Reasons Why I Hate Artificial Trees 1) They require storage. 2) They are heavy as the dickens to bring down from the attic. 3) They smell like dust, not pine. 4) They come apart when you try to move them. 5) They wreck my hands, having to arrange every ding-dang branch. 6) [...]

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