Last week was a super busy week around our house, because we were hosting our annual Christmas Open House on Saturday! We've hosted this party every year for 25 years, and we have the best memories from it…
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Nearly every year, I change up the way we decorate the staircase/banister. This year, since I was all about simple, natural, and magical with the Christmas decorations…
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Since it's jolly Christmas time, I thought it might be time for another of my postings on a few of my favorite things, but with a special emphasis on Christmas. Some of these are perennial favorites…
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Last Saturday was Christmas tree day in our family! For the second year running, we made a day of it and headed to Homestead Farms in…
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This year, my vision was "simple and magical" and started with a list of adjectives for the look I wanted to achieve…
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I hope you had a very blessed Thanksgiving Day! Ours was full of contemplating our blessings and enjoying them...food and feasting...phone calls to dear ones…
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If you're looking for a quick and easy Thanksgiving Dessert option (particularly if you, like I, have family members that don't like pumpkin), you might want to give this recipe for Pear Cranberry and Gingersnap Crumble…
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Apparently, Nigel Slater, is as passionate about winter as I am. He's written the book in diary form, and that's how I'm reading it...one entry a day on each day, from November 1st through February 2nd. He puts voice to all…
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If you guessed on my hint in the prior posting that the new costume was a Pilgrim boy's costume, you were right!…
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There is one Revolutionary War Soldier Costume left…
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Happy Mother's Day to all of you! We celebrated yesterday with a delicious brunch, and I got lots of little hugs and…
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After worshiping at church, everyone came to our house for the rest of the day. We were grateful for temperatures in the 50's and no snow in the backyard, so we could have the egg hunt there…
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