Last night we *had Christmas* and exchanged gifts with our very good friends Geoff and Brenda and their daughter Sarah.  I was very excited about the gift I had for Brenda - a Cupcake Kit!  First she opened the book Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor (as I wondered why the heck I didn’t also buy […]

*happy sigh*
As you probably already know, the day after Christmas is Pajama Day at our house and it’s our favorite holiday of the year!  It all started around our 3rd or 4th year of marriage when I was really sick with bronchitis one Christmas and just feeling well enough to be out of bed the […]

Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Eve.  Just thought I’d share our tree with you and a few of the fun felt ornaments I picked up this year at Carlton Cards/American Greetings to go along with the rolled paper ornaments I made and showed you previously.  Click on the thumbnails to see larger images.  […]

This afternoon and evening I have baked 3 kinds of cookies - Cranberry Pecan Celebration Cookies, Banana Oatmeal Drops and Chocolate Chunk Bars - plus made up the dough for Curt’s favorite Ginger Snaps.  I’ve had a shower and now I’m trying to muster the energy to get back in the kitchen and make Red […]

Just a quick post before I venture out to finish up the last minute errands and grocery shopping.  Curt and I have been wrapping presents all morning and our sweet little Love Bird Parsley has been helping.

Parsley is 14 years old which is a little old lady for sure for a Love Bird, but she […]

My office Christmas party is tomorrow afternoon and I always like to take in a little something for everyone.  I’ve had several ideas over the past couple of months, but when I tasted this cereal mix recipe at a vendor fair I was in love and knew I had to make some.  I bought a […]