Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, Food, Personal, Recipes, tagged Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, Food, Holidays, Personal, Recipes on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It must have been in the mid 1980’s when this famous fudge recipe was published in the local paper. I remember wanting a new fudge recipe and since this was from my favorite candy store, I was excited to try it for the holidays.
This candy store is in the Western United States…as far [...]
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Posted in Christmas, Family, Life, Personal, Relationships, Scrapbooking, tagged Christmas, Family, Holidays, Life, Personal, Relationships, Scrapbooking on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of my fans…..I think there are two of you….who have been following the saga of the heritage albums that were being created as Christmas gifts for my in-laws….our tale continues…
When we last heard from our heroine, it was the 11th hour and the albums were still not finished. On the 23rd, [...]
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Posted in Christmas, Family, Personal, Recipes, Scrapbooking, tagged Christmas, Family, Holidays, Personal, Recipes, Scrap booking on December 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay – It’s the eleventh hour…..
The fabulous gifts for my in-laws are still not finished. They are with-in hours though…..I hope.
I really should have realized that making two albums for lives over 7 + decades long was going to take me more than a month…..no thanks to the photo developer in my area…who will remain [...]
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Posted in Children, Christmas, Family, Kids, Life, Motherhood, Thanksgiving, tagged Children, Christmas, Crafts, Family, Holidays, Kids, Motherhood, Thanksgiving on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The dishes are washed, the turkey is digesting, the L-tryptophan is rising in my blood stream….I will be nodding off shortly. What I really should do is grab my sister-in-laws, and take a brisk walk, before coming back to indulge in Round Two….PIE!
We’ve drawn names for Christmas Day’s gift exchange….we’ve taken my ’tongue in [...]
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Posted in Cancer, Children, Christmas, Family, Kids, Life, My Life, Personal, tagged Cancer, Children, Christmas, Family, Holidays, Humor, Kids, Life, My Life, Personal on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With that title, it does not seem like this post will be about the warm “fuzzies” of Christmas.
When I was a child we got a huge tree every Christmas…flocked. A Noble Fir looking like it was right out of a child’s picture book, covered with snow. My father NEVER went with us to get a tree, [...]
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