It’s hard to believe that Christmas will be here in just over a week! :O I think I have the gift shopping finished, but I still need to wrap those gifts, and I will be baking some last-minute things to take to our daughter’s home for Christmas dessert. Then there […]
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Our family has its share of holiday traditions, as I’m sure most do. Since we celebrate Christmas, ours naturally revolve around that holiday. I used to be a French teacher and liked to share some of the French customs with my students. At one point, I collected several little santons, […]
Last Sunday our younger daughter invited my husband and the rest of our family over for dinner. Great! Dinner was delicious, right up through dessert. But dessert also brought a new challenge that I thought I’d tell you about. We love crème brûlée, and that’s what she had prepared for […]
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving, whether you live in the U.S. or somewhere else, and whether you actually celebrate the holiday or not. I’ll be headed to my daughter’s house for our family dinner, and I’m taking the pumpkin pies and whipped cream, as well as cranberry […]
I have to admit that I haven’t been doing any quilting for the past few days. In case you’re now wondering why, it’s because I’ve been playing with a new “toy”. 😉 My birthday was last month, and my gift was placed into my hands just this past Friday. It […]
I showed you the backpack I made for our granddaughter, but she wasn’t allowed to have it quite then (parental bribery involved here ). However, last night they came over so I could give her the backpack. She’d had no idea I’d made her a backpack, and her little face […]