Despite my being sick all day yesterday, and having to cancel our Christmas Eve gathering, we’ve had a wonderful holiday so far, and hope you are having one too! Everyone in our house gets new jammies on Christmas Eve, and we took a moment to take a photo. Often we get too busy wrapping presents and rushing in from church to remember to take
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This is the time of the season when our kids start plotting how they will spend their Christmas money. Very confident of them to assume they will HAVE Christmas money, I think. I’m also guilty of planning some post-holiday shopping for myself, once I see how the budget shakes out. So here are some suggestions for either last minute gifts (if you’re a fan
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I don’t have a lot of patience for wrapping gifts, but somehow using all bags seems like a little bit of a cheat! So I save the gift bags for truly hard to wrap things, and look for other ideas that are quick and easy for the rest! Here are some great ideas I found: Ponytail Holders/Tissue/Clear bags The good people at Real Simple
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I needed some new things for our Christmas Card this year, so I borrowed from a kit you might recognize if you attend our Thursday night crops – the one I made with the Laurie Brushes from Jen Furlotte at Pixels and Ice Cream. (Visit her amazing site for all kinds of freebies with a generous Commercial Use license, and some very inexpensive exquisite
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I was 30 years old when I learned that my grandfather was born and raised in the Jewish faith. Turns out, he married a Methodist shiksa, and was considered dead to his family. Only 2 of his 12 siblings ever spoke to him again, but they taught my grandmother to cook his favorite foods. I grew up eating matzo ball soup, latkes and other
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