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Soft Almond Cookies

It is a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the color of wet cement, hinting at some possible showers today.  It will be a quiet day. Normally our children and their spouses/friends/roommates show up for sometimes the only and best homecooked meal of their week but today everyone has other plans. So because I am… 

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Christmas Crafts Crafts for Home Decor Hobbies

Free Christmas Advent Calendar

It’s official, now that Thanksgiving is done the Christmas season has begun! I’m one of those people who LOVES all things Christmas. I can’t seem to get enough of it. One favorite of mine is advent calendars. I decided to do a advent calendar round-up, below you will find 31 (yes 31!) ideas with free… 

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Christmas Drinks Gluten Free Kid-Friendly

Hot Chocolate Dippers

I love chocolate in almost any form! So using a “Hot Chocolate Dipper” that will add more chocolate to my hot cocoa sounds great to me! Another reason I like these “dippers” is they are gluten free. Thanks to you Brandy from The Moody Fashionista for her tutorial on how to make these. The holidays can… 

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Christmas Crafts for Home Decor

Lush & Sophisticated Garland

Monday morning. If you are like me you are finishing up your last minute shopping, cleaning and preparing for Thanksgiving. Our family will start arriving Tuesday night. I’m so excited to have our daughter and son-in-law home, I can hardly stand myself! Kaitlynn, our oldest, is expecting our first grandchild in May and I can’t… 

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Crafts Hobbies Thanksgiving

FREE Thanksgiving Coloring Pages Printable

I can feel Christmas coming and that’s okay with me, however I love to enjoy every holiday to the fullest and am looking forward to Thanksgiving.  So I immediately re-pinned this when I saw it on Pinterest.  Who doesn’t have a “kids” table set aside from the “grown-up” table during Thanksgiving dinner?  I thought this… 

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Crafts Crafts for Home Decor Hobbies Thanksgiving

Burlap Wreath

For the longest time I wondered what all the fuss is about with using burlap. That of course is because I had never used it before. My first project to have burlap was my Welcome Guest Basket. That’s when I had my big “Ahhhh”! moment. I now buy my burlap on sale at Hobby Lobby… 

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Desserts Kid-Friendly Snacks Thanksgiving

Sugar Cone Cornucopia

How do people work full-time and prepare for a wedding?  My last daughter is getting married on Dec. 22, 2012.  Yes you read that right.  If you look at the calendar you will realize that this is the Saturday BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  Nothing like putting my Christmas season into a tail spin. And needless to say… 

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Get Me Organized! (Cleaning too!)

Water Bottle Spout

Today I am coming out of the closet.  I am baring my soul and confessing that I am not a recycler, re-user or re-purposer.  I really want to be.  I truly care about our environment, love nature and want to be frugal by recycling, re-using and re-purposing.  But for some reason I don’t do as… 

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Christmas Side Dish Side Dish Thanksgiving

Crash Hot Sweet Potatoes

Crash Hot Sweet Potatoes

Have you made your menu for Thanksgiving yet?  If you haven’t, you will want to be sure to include these Crash Hot Sweet Potatoes.  Different than your normal, traditional brown sugar and marshmallow sweet potatoes, these have a beautifully blended sweet/spicy zing to them. Thanks to Donalyn Ketchum for the recipe which has been pinned… 

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Apple Candle Votives

It finally happened…..fall has arrived. Pretty late for us this year, but I’m sure happy to see all the leaves change into beautiful autumn colors. I love the cold, crisp air in the mornings and cooler days. With the time change, it gets dark by 5:45 pm. It makes me want to get inside and… 

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Come join Sherri, Tracy and Debbie as we share fun ideas to do with grandkids! With 12 grandchildren between us (and more to come!) we are loving this time of life and want to share what we are doing to make lasting memories and to uplift and support our families. We hope you come back often!

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