Category Archives: Life

Easy Holiday Card Garland Craft

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Coco

Our house doesn’t have a good place to display holiday cards. Our fireplace mantel is occupied by an antique sled and we don’t have very many flat surfaces that aren’t occupied by my piles of crap very important papers. When I … Continue reading →

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I Haven’t Outgrown Advent Calendars

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Coco

I’ve always loved advent calendars. When I was a child, I never had the kind with chocolates, just the traditional ones with a holiday scene and 24 windows to open–one each day from December 1 through Christmas Eve. Look at … Continue reading →

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Holiday Traditions: Our Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Coco

These pictures are  from our our Twelfth Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon in 2010. Today I am participating in the fourteenth year of this tradition. Same friends (with welcome new additions), some of the same cookies and some new ones, and definitely … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (The Happy Happy Edition)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Coco
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Coming Full Circle To The Thanksgiving Table

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Coco

I was going to write about how I have come full circle on my approach to Thanksgiving. I no longer try to make “lighter” versions of family favorites, I will not be measuring my servings of stuffing and cranberry sauce, … Continue reading →

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