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Sneak Peek

Here's what I did tonight....

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving! Lots of food- all sorts of family, and everyone seeemed to have fun. Watched the parade (Macy's), the dog show, and a bit of football. Kids got to play the wii for a bit, the dogs got to share a big hambone. Missed having my side ofthw family near by. Missed having my dog Bungee around.

Homemade Christmas (the never posted blog)

My friend Dawn posted a few days ago about homemade Christmas gifts so I have been determined to share what we're doing here.  I've always done homemade Christmas gifts, it's one  of my favorite parts about Christmas.  In the past I have done photo collages, painted plaques, glass bead magnets, beaded bracelets, dvd slide shows, chocolate dipped pretzels,  and cookies- always cookies.  This year will have a few new treats.  Before my friend made an exciting life changing move to  Nova Scotia  she taught me how to make jam.  And boy have I been jam'n!  This years gifts will include samples of both strawberry jam and wine jelly.  I just made two more batches of the wine jelly, one a melot and one a cabernet/merlot.  We taste tested the cab jelly tonight- mmmmmm so yummy!  I've also made some tangerine marmalade, but we're keeping that to ourselves.   I have also been knitting, but those skills need a bit more time before I'd pass along any treasure I've made!  I will start cookie making next week sometime, I haven't yet decided if we'll do pretzels, but most likely we will, the kids are really able to help with that, plus they are soooo good!  I also have one other homemade gift that the kids will help with, however, I know that a few on our list occasionally read this blog so I have to hold back!  If you really really have to know leave a comment  and I'll email you privately. 

Halloween Fun

We drove out to our Uncle D's house for Halloween this year.  We've never gone there, though he's had a bash for several years.  It was well worth the drive!  The kids got to play with cousins, Uncle D decked out his house and there was lots of family, food and spooks.  We took the kids trick-or-treating around the block- there were only two houses that Emma reused to go to- one had a blow up "house" that the kids had to walk through, the spooky music was enough to keep her from going through,  the  other kids didn't care a bit.  The other house she refused had a strobe that was "too bright".  Uncle D's house was very spooky, but since she saw it in daylight first and she knew it was his, she was fine passing through to get to the house in order to eat her stash. 

Here's a slide show if you are so inclined: