Audiobooks I Listened to in November 2023. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell– I loved this book! I was so inspired by Virgina Hall. She is an incredible woman who lived her life bravely and unselfishly to help France aka her ‘second country’ defeat the Germans during WWII. Virginia was talented, intelligent, …
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This is an Elf on the Shelf Sewing Scene that was left for us by our elves. I loved this scene, it is so darling; there were many miniature details that were cute. The elves were sewing on this antique sewing machine that had a manual hand wheel that moved the needle bar, the spool, …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Just Add Snow… Snow Cones plus Free Printable This is a fun and unique gift to give neighbors for Christmas. It is very quick to make, festive, and bright. All I did was take a bottle of shaved ice/ snow cone syrup and add some red, green, and yellow straws and flower …
What Type of Canned Peaches to Use for Peach Cobbler When you are making a peach cobbler, like the delicious recipe below, you can use canned peaches instead of fresh. I usually make peach cobbler with canned peaches because it is much faster, tastes just about as good—sometimes even better if the peaches are not …
Elf on the Shelf: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Monopoly. Our elves, Pepper Mint and Winter Mint (they are siblings—hence the same last name) are back for the 2023 Christmas season! Why so early you may ask? Well, we have a split family and my two oldest leave mid-December to spend time with their dad. My …
Hot Cocoa in a Jar Recipe If you want to make a dry hot cocoa mix to put into a jar this recipe has been tried, tested, and approved. My kids, many of their friends, and I, myself all love it. I was actually surprised that so many kids who have tried it like …
Neighbor Christmas Gift Lindt Truffles The Swiss know how to make chocolate truffles. We love all Swiss Lindt chocolate, my children especially love the LINDOR truffles. Lindt is always coming out with new flavors and they have many festive flavors of their LINDOR truffles as well. A bag of festive flavors and some staple flavors …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Bonne Maman Preserves Items that are small are often viewed as very cute and/or more desirable than their full-sized counterparts. I feel that way about these mini Bonne Maman Preserves jars. They are just so darling! Plus, they come in a variety of flavors that are hard to find—if not impossible to …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Homemade Lollipops. These lollipops are homemade and can be customized as to color and taste. We used edible glitter in gold, white, green, and silver to make these gorgeous Christmas glitter lollipops. They are so pretty and yummy that they’d make a great neighbor Christmas gift. Homemade lollipops are a great family …
Christmas Neighbor Gift: Christmas Book Many people have traditions of reading one book a night in the month of December to their children. We try to do this at our home as well. So, I love it when I am gifted Christmas books. This is an easy, quick, and meaningful gift that will likely be …
Christmas Neighbor Gift: Honey Jar If you have never tried creamed honey you need to. It is divine. Creamed honey has such a light airy/whipped texture and is lovely on rolls, bread, toast, and more. It also has a really pretty golden-yellow hue. Bought on sale, you can gift these beautiful creamed honey jars to …