It’s just not Christmas around here if we don’t dunk something in chocolate. Preferably several somethings. Some years, if you stand still too long in my kitchen, you might find yourself encased in a sweet, warm, coating. We’ve done chocolate dipped: pretzels, peanut butter balls, more pretzels, nuts, raisins, even more pretzels, peppermint sticks… you name it! But this year, I’ve discovered a new
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If you’re not already wasting time on Facebook (be sure to ‘like’ our page) or YouTube (don’t miss Stan’s tutorial on digital tape) here’s a GREAT way to avoid wrapping presents or cleaning the kitchen: You can make your own snowflakes! Click on the image above to go to the website, and follow the directions. The best part about this is you can download
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Today was one of the most fun days of the whole holiday season for me: Craft day. My good friend Erin (who is 10 years old) comes over to make crafts with us. Her mom’s more sporty than crafty, and I’m more crafty than sporty (THERE’s an understatement!) so I do the crafty mom thing with her. Last year we made snowball soaps (which
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Back in the day, one day a year the peasants were invited into the Manor to be served the best food and drink by the Lord of the Manor in a reversal of roles. The people began to see this as their due, and would get rowdy – even violent! – if they thought they were being served less than the household’s best supplies.
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If you’re like me, you’ve done a fair amount of your holiday shopping online this year. There are pros and cons to that: PROS: you can do in in your jammies (or even less, if you’re so inclined…) you can shop at any hour on any day of the week. no dodging crazy people in the parking lots. no dodging crazy people in the
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