I’ve been in the process, for some time now, of scanning all of our old family photos that my mom and dad took when we were kids. I was looking through them this morning and came across this Christmas-themed shot. I can hardly remember a time before artificial christmas trees, but I guess it did…
Category: Holidays!
diy christmas trees
Last night I was catching up on some Martha Stewart shows from last week. On one of them Martha and one of her company crafters demonstrated the magazine Christmas tree. I was smitten. Some of you might now that I have a bit of a magazine obsession, so there were plenty around to turn into…
a decorated tree and fireplace
Greg was pretty awesome and assembled the Christmas tree and brought in all of the boxes of decorations while I was at work on Saturday. I spent the evening decorating the tree, a little differently this year, and decking the fireplace. Once again, there is glitter everywhere. Back to work this afternoon. When I return…
halls decked…well outside at least
This past week Greg and I got the outside of the house all readied for the Christmas season. Still haven’t put the tree up inside yet. I’m not sure if I want to. We may just deck the mantle and call it a day. I did check out a beautiful array of poinsettia at a…
holidayfest fireworks
After a great Thanksgiving visit to Greenfield with Greg’s family, we met friends in downtown Akron Friday night for the kick off to Holidayfest. The show ended with a nice fireworks display. This gave me chance to finally use the fireworks setting on my camera. I could use some more practice with this setting, but…
thanksgiving treats almost finished
Cranberry waldorf salad is done. Pumpkin cookies are baked, this time sandwiched around a dollop of homemade maple frosting. Pumpkin pie is cooling. I’m ready for tomorrow.
pumpkin shortage, my…
Just about daily, there’s been a report on the news about another grocery item “shortage.” First it was canned pumpkin puree now it’s Eggo frozen waffles. Well dang it, I have plans to take a pumpkin-eggo waffle pie to take to Thanksgiving dinner at Greg’s family’s. Just kidding about the waffle part of the…
ahh nuts!
I spent some time today thinking about Christmas gifts. I think I’m going to go the homemade path this year. I’ve printed lots of calendars, now I’ve moved on to testing recipes for snacks to include in the “holiday care packages.” Today’s project, sweet spiced nuts. I found a very simple recipe in the Food…
just in time for the holly days
We had several dead bushes in front of the house removed this summer. Yesterday, they were magically replaced with three holly bushes. It’s got me all excited for the holidays and thinking about getting Christmas cards ready.
Root Beer Bundt Cake
I enjoy baking quite a lot. But cakes are not my favorite to make. There seems to be much more pressure on the final outcome. Now cookies, cupcakes and brownies…no problem. They all seem easier, more care-free to make. At any rate, we’re heading over to Michele’s for a cookout this afternoon. I’m bringing the…
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