Well Dana was supposed to share the wassail recipe today but something has laid her low. I hope she is feeling better before tonight's festivities. I am writing this from my android while a girlfriend is getting a manicure,  so if there are more spelling mistakes than normal thats why. :) I also apologize for the...

So I started this blog back in February and my how its grown. This has become my job, which I love, because it gives me a purpose during my time. A purpose that is my own and not solely centered on the kids, which I need. I'm not going to lie to you guys and tell you that I'm one of these people who is wholly consumed...

The wreath is done! I'm so happy with how it turned out too. Granted, its not as full as some of the ones I showed off yesterday, but then again my dictionary was not made up of 8.5 x 11 pages. So without any further ado lets get to the show! There are 43 cones on the center and probably close to that many on the...

I had been planning on showing you guys my new wreath for the new year, but yea.....that's not going to happen because it still looks like this:Not very attractive, right?I'd like it to look like this:{source}Or this!{source}Even better this one costs a buck!{source}And of course there's this, the mecca of all paper cone...

5 years ago, at 12:01 am I went into labor. On my due date. Who does that happen to? Oh well. 17.5 hours later the OB is telling me that you're a lot bigger than 8.5 lbs. Thanks Dr. OB guy. 18 hours later you joined our family with a very healthy scream. It was a blessing, because we'd been trying for a while and 2 miscarriages...

There's no recipe this week, as I don't tend to cook much when I'm about to leave for a week--more on that later--but I wanted to talk about some of the warm, fuzzy feelings I get during this time of year and during other family occasions.We all know that we need food to survive. Duh. Food, to me, though, is an experience...

So I'm totally ruining a friend's Christmas gift by showing you guys this, but I can't not share it. Its too funny. :)Oh and yesterday....I totally forgot that it was Tuesday when I wrote that.....guess what that means? I don't set the Christmas Eve table until Thursday night or Friday morning. I'm so scatterbrained sometimes....

Dana was questioning the other week on facebook why 'These are some of my favorite things' was now a Christmas song, and I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that one of my favorite things are Peppermint Meringues! Oh I do so love those light, sweet and airy little bites of heaven. So I'm going to share with...

So we've all seen the melting snowman cookies, and let me tell you. They're adorable. Well, they're not so adorable at 1:30 am but adorable nonetheless.  They were a tremendous hit, especially with the kids.  I have one problem with them tho. Well 2 problems. 1) they're not very easily stored and 2) I don't like...