Posted in Bread, Cooking, Dinner, Frugal, Lunch, tagged Dinner, Food, Pizza, Recipe on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…has to be homemade pizza. I try to make this once a week to use up some leftover produce and cheese. It is a great, frugal meal, especially if you use ingredients you already have lying around from other meals.
Some people may get a little scared about making the crust, but please don’t be. Nothing [...]
Posted in Everything Else, Holidays on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The beauty of Colorado never ceases to stun me. We had a bit of snow the other night, and this was the view I had on my walk to the bus in the morning.
I wish everyone a blessed Christmas! I hope today brings you peace and joy!
Poppy Talk posts about the most influential trends of 2008
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Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged Christmas, Crafts, Gifts, Holidays on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are like me, there are some people in your life that are hard to buy presents for. This year, there are two such people, both are brothers-in-law. As I have been attempting to give meaningful gifts this year, I really have had a hard time with these two because I just don’t know [...]
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, Sewing, tagged accessories, Christmas, Crafts, fabric, Gifts, Holidays on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the start of Christmas week, I must reflect on how far I have gotten with gifts for people. I have fallen a little behind (my plan was to be completely done before today), though I do feel like I have still accomplished a lot. I have finished all my gifts but one (I cannot [...]
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged Christmas, Crafts, Holidays, Ornaments on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I think my favorite Christmas decorations are the unplanned ones. There will always be the tree and lights, but I like that when on a whim, someone places a stray ornament on a door nob as a small reminder of the season.
This year, after we put our ornaments up on the tree, Mike and I had [...]
Posted in Everything Else, tagged Links, Winter on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I was walking to work I saw this little guy. He must have been taking advantage of the warmth to search for food. One thing that I love about where I live is we will have a huge snow storm (accompanied by below zero temperatures), and a few days later, the sun will melt all the [...]
Posted in Crafts, Frugal, Holidays, tagged Crafts, Holidays, Ornaments on December 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was riding the bus the other day when my friend Angela threw a clementine at me. “What’s this?” I asked. “Your Christmas present. It is your Christmas clementine, Clemmy.” “Well, thanks.” I decided to make an ornament out of dear Clemmy. I have always wanted to try those pomander balls, with all the cloves [...]
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, Knitting, tagged Blanket, Christmas, Gifts, Knitting on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You may remember my knitted lap blanket troubles from last month. Since then I have found what I think is a pretty good solution….multicolor yarn!
I had such a hard time finding anything that would look even remotely ok with what I already had, but when I was about to give up, I ran across this:
It is 100% [...]
Posted in Everything Else, tagged Links, Snow on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was standing at the bus stop an I saw these trash cans, covered up with snow. I love that when the snow comes down it covers even the dirtiest places around us. I guess it is a little bit like the holidays. The Christmas spirit can really bring out the best in people!
Here are [...]
Posted in Everything Else, Holidays, tagged Christmas, Gifts, Holidays on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I was a child, I loved Christmas (actually, I still do!). I enjoyed everything…from our family’s tradition of reading the story of Christ’s birth to seeing people I haven’t seen in a long time to hot chocolate on cold nights. Most of all, my family loved getting gifts for each other. We had fun [...]
