Twitching in 2012

January 4, 2012

Happy 2012, everyone! Personally, I’m very happy to be in an even-numbered year again.  It’s just one of those things — odd numbers make me uneasy.  And prime numbers downright scare me {I’m looking at you, 2011}.  So, welcome, you beautifully even and divisible-by-much 2012. And yet, I have been a little twitchy since we […]

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The Year That Was

December 31, 2011

  Well.  I think I’ve managed to climb out from under the Christmas tornado that has taken over my house.  What a week. I’ve been busy.  There was, of course, this.     And this.   And this. (More on this soon.)   And today, this.   Because quality control testing is important.  And it’s […]

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Forget the Cookies

December 22, 2011

It’s T minus 48 hours until the big guy comes down the chimney with some presents.  Hopefully, leading with my shiny new Keurig.  Then, if I’ve been very good, perhaps he’ll ban Lady Antebellum forever.  And maybe he’ll even force all website articles to default to “view as a single page.”  Hey, we all have […]

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Anatomy of a Holiday Card

December 21, 2011

The holiday cards are piling in every day now.  It’s one of my favorite parts of this season — hearing from so many people and seeing the cute pictures of their families. The photos on these cards are always so interesting to me.  Mainly because I wonder how tough it was for each family to […]

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Girls’ Night In

December 15, 2011

Thanks to Duncan Hines for sponsoring my writing. There’s no limit to the baking possibilities, so grab your favorite Duncan Hines mix and Comstock or Wilderness fruit fillings and Bake On! www.duncanhines.com.  * * *   After my recent baking mishap that led to the spiked egg nog-scented holiday cards, you may wonder why I […]

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Cookies, Egg Nog and Consumer Confidence

December 13, 2011

I screwed up a batch of cookies tonight because I wasn’t paying attention.  I mean, there is no bad cookie, per se.  So of course I am still eating the defective batch.  But I’m annoyed. And this annoyance led to my first spiked egg nog of the season.  That’s right, folks:  I hereby declare The […]

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Listen Up, Santa

December 8, 2011

Dear Santa, Unless you have finally started to suffer that inevitable hearing loss after years of screaming kids on your lap, you’ve undoubtedly heard my kids’ Christmas requests.  In fact, I’m pretty sure everyone in a 25-mile radius has heard them cite, at the ready, what they would like you to bring down the chimney […]

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2011 Christmas Music Confessional

December 6, 2011

Remember when I said I would try my best not to get stressed out this holiday season?  And then remember when I said it probably wouldn’t work?  Guess what?  I know myself well — I’m getting all stressed out. I decided I needed a distraction, so I resurrected a post (below) that I wrote around […]

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Holidays 22 Comments

Sweet Justice

December 3, 2011

With the holiday season in full swing, out comes the abundance of food and drinks.  It’s a tough time for anyone trying not to double their BMI in the course of six weeks. And then there are those people who can eat whatever they want, do no exercise and never gain a pound.  You hate […]

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Gratitude, Tradition & Pie

November 24, 2011

I am knee-deep in all kinds of goodies and food prep.  And I am wondering, honestly, how did Thanksgiving get here already? I feel like it was just yesterday I was hatching plots to gain admission to my town pool for the summer. And yet, here I am, helping my friends in town find a way off […]

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