Let’s face it, nothing beats having a real Christmas tree. While I prefer a live one that I can plant, that isn’t always optimal so the next option is a “fresh cut” tree. Whether you drive to a Christmas tree farm to cut your own or simply pick one up from a tree lot here
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Full confession; we are nowhere even close to being ready for Thanksgiving this year. That nice “getting ready for the holiday checklists” that I created & have honed over the years – yeah, I just barely pulled it up with 5 days to go. (Fortunately we aren’t traveling & the guest room is always ready)
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July 4th is one of the most popular days for grilling and enjoying the great outdoors with friends & family. Two weeks ago we released a recipe for an adult version of Butterbeer and it just wouldn’t do to have the younger ones dreaming of using Engorgio, Crucio or any other similar curses, so… The
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Frak that didn’t work, & going to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade is simply out of the question, so what can one do… Well I guess I could do what any Muggle would do & simply Google it. Oh my, there are over 235,000 different pages on just the recipe. Well that might be a
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As the Star Trek transporter still has not been invented, many vacationing families & others start looking to RV’s due to their many benefits. Can one say no TSA checks, bag check fees, or as many of the dreaded “are we there yet? One of the biggest questions most often asked (after the price) is
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Ahhh, Memorial Day and what is seen by many as the start of summer. Having stopped by a lumber yard yesterday I can easily say that the sale of barbeque grills, ac units, and flags was pretty brisk. While there is still some doubt about how Memorial Day / Decoration Day originally came to be,
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With summertime fast approaching, many just can’t wait to hit the roads & go on vacation. When we first started out it was packing up the vehicle & sleeping in tents at a campground or staying at a hotel. As we started getting just a tad older & the family grew (6 kids & a
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You know when I saw the topic of this week’s Let’s Blog Off was on cookies I couldn’t help but laugh & wonder if the Cookie Monster managed to sneak in & post this topic… After that nice little laugh and thinking that I didn’t really have anything to add to the topic (much less
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Ahhh Christmas time & the end of another year; where everyone it seems to want to take a few minutes to look back fondly on. Personally I am more for looking forward and hopefully spreading a little festive cheer. The HTRC: This will be our 140th post for the year and also the last one
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Gee’s it Thanksgiving, I wonder what this week’s Let’s Blog Off topic might be about? And wow, I have never seen Rufus (aka @DogWalkBlog) so excited; his tail & ears have been perked up like you wouldn’t believe, so it is must either be about naps, going for a walk, or FOOD. I get a
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