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We survived Christmas intact!

2007-12-26T18:48:33Z

While it looked iffy at times, we did in fact survive 4 holiday parties, including one of my own yesterday, plus hosting a house guest, in 3 days. While there is still cleaning to do, there is no more cooking, no more wrapping, no more running am...

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Mmmmm!

2007-12-22T20:28:34Z

If you're still doing your holiday baking and want something non-fussy, easy to make, yet elegant, I *highly* recommend these. In my case, I used Bill's espresso instead of the called-for medium roast since the beans were already in the hopper f...

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LED Christmas lights debacle, take 2

2007-12-06T14:10:51Z

So--last year I thought it was important to go to LED lights. We bought blue for the outside (to match some novelty blue & white snowflake lights that my husband and brother could never manage to hang up) and white for the inside, which resulted ...

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QotD: Party Time. Excellent.

2006-12-19T15:49:19Z

Are you throwing or attending a holiday party this year? Any ideas/tips to share? Yup. We're having brunch for my family on Christmas morning. I don't have the menu completely set but it will most likely consist of some of the following: fres...

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Oy, how is it already "the most wonderful time of the year"?

2006-11-25T23:33:53Z

Despite the 28 degree start to the day, it ended up quite warm and Abbey wanted to go for a walk. While out, we saw a lot of our neighbours had either already decorated for Christmas or were taking advantage of the lovely weather and were putting...

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