Making Room
You know it is about here: the opening of the presents from the overzealous but well-meaning grandparents. They always tend to buy the really large toys. Or maybe you yourself are buying a gift this year and you aren’t sure where it is going to fit in the house. Maybe underneath your tree it [...]
Gift Giving On A Budget
So you set a budget and now you are having trouble sticking with it. You really want to do Christmas this year without more credit card debt…….I know you do and I do too. Maybe you are exchanging gifts with people that that your have a superficial relationship with. Or maybe your kids [...]
Consider Quality Not Quantity
I always find my blog post ideas in everyday conversations. This one came while I was at a swim meet on Saturday. I was talking to another mom and we started talking about what our kids wanted for Christmas and when I spoke out loud what I was getting them, it didn’t sound like much. [...]
Quick Easter Brunch
So in the wee hours of the morning I made breakfast for 10 post prom goers and lived to tell about it. While I assembled what I was going to make, I thought to myself this would be a great Easter brunch recipe. The meal was easy to put together and the Creme Brulee French Toast can be [...]
Most Popular Blog Posts for 2010
Here is a quick roundup of my most popular blog posts from the past year. The one in first place has been there for a long time. I think my search engine optimisation is working on this one! I thought giving you a quick review would give you some inspiration on a cold day in [...]
Do You Play The Clean Out The Kitchen Game?
After the holidays everything needs to be purged in my house…..including the kitchen. The fridge and pantry have been bursting at the seams for weeks now and it is time for them to get back in shape for the new year. My freezer is bursting the most and needs attention desperately. What I have been [...]
3 Days Until Christmas…….Easy Holiday Treat: Oreo Balls
Really the only hard thing about this recipe is getting out the food processor. If you don’t have a food processor, you could try using a blender….but not sure how well that will work. They taste like a truffle, but are much easier to make. I give a drizzle of white almond bark on top [...]
6 Days Until Christmas……Eggs And Bacon Cookies
Last night I went to a Christmas party and I saw what had to be the cutest Christmas cookie ever! To top it off, it was so easy and took no baking. The hardest thing to do was to sort out the yellow M & M’s. Pick my youngest son to do that…..he loves those kind [...]
7 Days Until Christmas….Carmel-Filled Chocolate Cookies
My family loves these cookies…..they taste great warm from the oven. A cookie with a surprise center is always a treat.  The easy part is the fact that the surprise center is a rolo.  The hard part is they have several steps. When I made them there were 4 of us helping. I scooped the dough, husband and [...]
