Archive for December, 2008

2008 Christmas: food & fixin’s

the menu
Christmas Eve:
pot roast via Mr. Crockpot  & a pre-dinner cheese plate (featuring the wonderful cranberry Wensleydale), homemade peppermint ice cream
Christmas Morning:
Goat Cheese & Hashbrown Quiche, Chicken-Apple Sausage & normal pancakes
Christmas Dinner:
Turkey dinner with all the fixin’s, with Grasshopper & Pumpkin Pie & cookies for dessert
Boxing Day:
Leftovers before the morning shopping, and an amazing prime [...]

the happiest of holiday wishes

From our little family to yours, I hope your holidays were filled with love and warmth!

the tag… but different

I was lucky enough to have been tagged by two lovely pals, michelle & kate, with a “share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself” tag game. Now, I’ve happened to see this one pop up just about everywhere, so I thought I’d add a twist and end the tagging with me.
So… I asked Mr. M to [...]

last minute snowglobe

Just in case you need to make some last minute presents, whip out your ice cube tray, some silly little toys and buy some soap, follow these directions.. and you’ll be all set!

the next time i ice cookies

The next time I ice cookies… I want them to look this good! [thank you jimmy pickering]

and we have a finished house!

So the felt wasn’t my best friend yesterday morning… so I stopped fighting it and just let it be. And the snow/icicles are happily trying their best to be ‘kid chic’ and awesome.
But it’s our house… in gingerbread… and I’m pretty darn happy with the end result!
Oh… and for a refresher… here’s [...]