• How to Celebrate this January!

    How to Celebrate this January!

    So many dislike the cold, the snow, and can’t wait to “get through” this season. But what if we celebrate this season instead? Our celebrating will be quieter, slower, more...

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  • Create a Hot Cocoa Buffet Bar

    Create a Hot Cocoa Buffet Bar

    Instead of serving regular hot cocoa and coffee at your next gathering, you can make it extra special with a little planning ahead. Gather family at the spur of the...

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  • Quiet Celebration

    Quiet Celebration

    This has been an unprecedented year and this is already an unusual holiday season. But instead of our usual Christmas, I am making it a memorable one. We are creating...

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  • The Best Roasted Turkey Ever

    The Best Roasted Turkey Ever

    In our 25 years of marriage, we have hosted Thanksgiving Dinner all but 2 times and Alton Brown’s recipe for brining the turkey makes the most juicy meat and the...

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  • The Joy of Giving

    The Joy of Giving

    I don’t want to race past Halloween and Thanksgiving and I am not this year either. But instead, I’m adding in the anticipation of celebrating and joy of gift giving...

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  • Fall Friday Nights

    Enjoy Fall Friday Nights

    And just like that, overnight it becomes fall. Now that I live in a Michigan beach town, I honestly have a hard time letting go of summer. So now the apple...

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  • Ease Into Fall

    Ease Into Fall

    Before the fall season hits, and the slower days of summer fade, we seem to try to do it all. But this year isn’t like other years and we aren’t...

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