Before I begin this post I’d like to issue a disclaimer for my readers to the north. Disclaimer: this post references 80-degree weather in November but is in no way intended to be a gloat, brag or the like. I braved enough winters in the Midwest to be empathetic during this time. Please accept my […]
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I must admit I’m feeling a bit melancholy now that Christmas is over. Perhaps it was the mid-week occurrence or the late Thanksgiving this year, but it just doesn’t seem like it should be over yet. I am very grateful for some time off work to celebrate with friends and family, but I can’t help […]
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Part of me hopes that you are too busy celebrating with friends and family to read your email but in the off-chance you are traveling checking social media today, I wanted to take a moment to wish you a very Merry Christmas. From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!
Read MoreLast night I faced a serious dilemma. I had a lot of baking and decorating to do but my back was locked up like Chris Brown during the holiday season. See what I did there? In all seriousness, my back tends to lock up on me if I spend a lot of time standing in […]
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I’m sorry. I can’t type the word countdown without hearing that song in my head. And no that’s not the original album cover. I jazzed it up a bit for the season. Speaking of seasons, did you know Christmas is just a short 10 (by the time you read this 9) days away? Are you […]
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Before you start reading go ahead and click that little button above this sentence and join me in grooving to some Brenda Lee on this snowy Monday morning. Oh and try not to picture Kevin McCallister as you listen. If you are any generation near me, or have kids in any generation near me you’ll appreciate […]
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Ok so I’m a little delayed on my post-turkey post. But let’s get serious, if you’re anything like me you are just now starting to feel like a normal human again after a serious bout with tryptophan. Just me? Ok, then. I love Thanksgiving. I would tell you it’s my […]
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OMG it’s Thanksgiving week y’all! I know. I can hardly believe it either. I can hardly believe it because we’ve been experiencing full-on Christmastime weather here in Chicago. Saturday was the annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, complete with 14 degree wind chills and boughs of frozen holly. As a staunch no Christmas cheer before Thanksgiving is […]
Read More> Occasionally I bake. Ok, so maybe I bake a lot. Especially around the holidays. And this year was no exception. I love the holidays because it gives me an excuse to crack out the sprinkles and try some new recipes. This year i went a little nuts on cookies, and cake balls, and bark […]
Read More> It’s not often that I post about much else besides food, but when I saw this fun holiday wreath on the Our Best Bites blog I just had to try my hand at making the rolled fabric flowers that fill it. After all, it looked easy enough.. cut strips of fabric, roll, twist and […]
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