Decorating for the Holidays

Tweet Preparing to decorate for Christmas always brings me such mixed feelings. It is so much work to pull out the boxes of decorations we have collected over the years, but I do love going through them year after year. Sifting through each box of homemade ornaments, white lights and colored lights, little nativity scenes, [...]

Commit a Minute to Holiday Safety

Tweet “Safety first,” Mimi always says. It doesn’t matter if we’re playing a game, baking cookies, enjoying a candlelit dinner, or decorating the tree, safety must always come first. It’s scary to think of all of the things that could happen when we don’t take a minute, or two, to insure we’re being safe. A [...]

Help End Hunger with Walmart

Tweet This holiday season Walmart invited customers to join them by participating in an in-store food drive. The food drive took place in all Walmart stores, just before Thanksgiving, and all donations went to support local food banks. My family and I were happy to get involved… I was excited to hear that Walmart committed [...]

Eggland’s Best Holiday Baking Party

Tweet On Friday some of my best friends and I spent the entire afternoon doing one of our favorite things – baking! Eggland’s Best sponsored this fabulous baking party and we even had door prizes! We made Quiche, Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies and homemade ice cream, all with Eggland’s Best eggs. (See recipes below.) [...]

Homemade Treats Make Great Gifts

Tweet My family and I make lots of goodies during the Holiday season – Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Pumpkin Cake and Fudge are just a few of our favorites. Baked goodies are not only extremely yummy, but they also make great inexpensive gifts for neighbors, family members and friends, especially when packaged up nice [...]

Holiday Baking with Eggland’s Best

Tweet It’s November and with November comes the beginning of the Holiday rush, with Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas soon to follow. I know I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, but this time of year brings lots and lots of baking for the Youngs. Boy, do I look forward to [...]

Christmas, a Trip to the Dump, and a New Dog?

Tweet As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve posted giveaways every day of this last week…. I hope you had a chance to enter each one. Even with all of my giveaways, I’ve been taking a vacation, of sorts. A bloggy vacation. But, boy… Have I been busy! Our Christmas was such a wonderful and joyous [...]

A Snapshot of a Date

Tweet It’s not very often that Ray and I get a picture taken of the two of us together, so when one is snapped it is cherished! This picture was taken by Marie Young, on our date at the #HoliTweetUp, last week. Good times! Visit more Wordless Wednesday participants at 5 Minutes for Mom and [...]

Walmart’s Holiday Meal Deal {$30 Gift Card Giveaway}

Tweet Are you all set for this week’s big meal? Well, Walmart has good news for moms seeking to save money without sacrificing holiday cheer – a Christmas meal to feed eight, for under $30 (that’s less than $4 per person)! I was a little skeptical when I heard this, but with the following menu [...]

Play and Learn

Tweet I have many fond memories of this time of the year, growing up…. With so many family gatherings and school group activities, we were much busier than usual. Because of the hustle and bustle, it seemed we took many days off of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sure, we were still learning, but they [...]

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