So yesterday, for those of us in the US, was Thanksgiving. Last year I had hosted so this year my mother in law hosted. I love going to my inlaws home! It’s set on a mountaintop and takes about 45 minutes to get there, with 20 minutes of it just getting to their exit from [...]
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Last night we had a gathering of friends at the house. I trimmed our guest list and not many showed up from that. Which was fine, I was pretty grateful it was just a few of us. As much as I like being a wannabe-socialite, sometimes intimate parties are best! In the morning we went [...]
Categories: Christmas, holiday, Life, Yule
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I don’t usually cook Thanksgiving Dinner but this year we decided to invite the inlaws over. So commence the rushing around and pre-cooking. Yep, I pre-cook. Mostly because my stove is small and there isn’t much room in my kitchen anyway. So here is what I plan on making: Turkey Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potato Casserole [...]
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As you can see I have a theme going on around here lately. See…I am a holiday ho. I enjoy passing on some of the traditions I grew up with and creating new ones for my kids. I also don’t like change too much (unless I initiate it…can we say control freak much?) and I almost become [...]
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I don’t cook often on Thanksgiving, usually we go to the inlaws. I do cook Christmas dinner since we do a dinner with them on Christmas Eve. Although that changes this year with our trip to Homestead. Anywho I love to cook big meals. I usually precook all week long so that I spend the [...]
Categories: Christmas, Life, Thanksgiving
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