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Tree WAR!!!

11. January 2010

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My Christmas tree is losing the stare down contest with our neighbor’s Christmas tree. I wish my tree wouldn’t be so intimidated by those fat puffy needled trees. Why do I feel the sudden urge to break out my Rush albums?

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Battle of the Smoothies

8. January 2010

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Yesterday I finally tried the first of the green smoothies. I went with the basic romaine + bananas. It was not bad. Tasted more like bananas than the romaine. I poured three small smoothies so the whole family could do a taste test. We all pretty much felt the same about it, indifferent. Anna was [...]

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I Challenge YOU!!

6. January 2010

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Ok, I’m not really challenging anyone, but I needed a dramatic title for today’s post. The other day I was puttering around on the internet as I often do and came across this question on Ask Metafilter which led me to do some reading about green smoothies. I know, GREEN smoothies?? WTF are those?? But [...]

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2010 Challenges

5. January 2010

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It wouldn’t be a new year if I didn’t set my self up for failure by making some unattainable goals for myself. How’s that for a positive attitude? That’s probably why it’s not a good idea to make your resolutions in the middle of a post-holiday funk. So here are my resolutions/goals for the next 12 months. [...]

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Final Christmas Project Roundup

4. January 2010

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Ok, let this be the last of the Christmas posts. According to my updated project to-do list, these were the projects I needed to finish before Christmas morning. First on the list: Stockings. Status: DONE! After creating a pattern out of a brown paper bag, I used the felted wool I made from thrift store [...]

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The New Kitchen!

3. January 2010

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One of the Christmas projects on my list was to complete Anna’s play kitchen before Christmas morning. I am happy to report that it was finished a couple of hours before midnight on Christmas Eve. Whew! My husband did such a fantastic job, I wish I could take credit for more of it. Here is [...]

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Dinner with a BANG!

2. January 2010

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This year (wait, last year…haha) was the first year I hosted the family Christmas dinner. It felt like a horribly adult thing to do, I mean, holiday dinners are something that your parents do, right? But it was time for me to step up and get into the kitchen, get grumpy and kick everyone out [...]

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Hello 2010!!

1. January 2010

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I’ll be saying hello to the first day of 2010 by recapping our 2009 New Year’s Eve. Last night was extremely low key. Like if it was any lower key, it would’ve been just any other Thursday night. We made some tasty food (rye bread dip! frozen appetizers! summer sausage! caramel popcorn!) and let Anna [...]

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