Breaking away from the day to day
We are down to the wire with holiday preparations. Just thinking about everything that needs to be done for the holidays can make you break out in a sweat. You may not have time for your regular workouts over the holiday season, but fortunately, there are many ways that you can incorporate exercise into your…
Getting ready for Christmas and family is normally a stressful situation, but combine that with a recent move, and I’m overly exhausted! I usually deck the halls from head to toe, but this year we are up to our eyeballs in moving boxes. I’ve been running around unpacking and cleaning our new house getting ready…
Here’s something you might not know about me…Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies are my FAV! Not the milk chocolate, not the orange, just the regular Milanos. I even have a science to the way that I eat them…one layer of the bag at a time…nothing more, nothing less. And I save them to eat for my…
Making fun snacks around the holidays is….well, fun. Not to mention one of the best flavor combinations is salty and sweet. That’s why these Christmas Tree Pretzels are perfect for your holiday gathering and taste buds. And think about it: how cute would these guys look on your holiday dessert table? Right? PrintChristmas Tree…
Do you love to bake for the holidays? When I think of Christmas, I can actually smell the Christmas trees, the cookies, and especially the smell of gingerbread. This year, since my kids are older, I will be baking with my little chefs a lot more. Some cookies that will come out of our kitchen…
I love giving DIY handmade gifts to people around holiday time. I feel like the amount of love that you put into making the gift supersedes the amount of money you actually paid for the gift. A few years back, my aunts started making these absolutely adorable light up snowmen. They were so easy (and…
The countdown to Christmas keeps getting shorter and shorter….I’m trying not to freak out about how much I still have to do… This tradition is one of the top ones on my holiday list each year. Our hand painted tree skirt. I know many people just have a regular beautiful tree skirt around their tree,…
When I was little, I remember my grandmother letting me help in the kitchen. One of my favorite things to help with was her knotted cookies. She would let me mix the ingredients and mold the dough. Unfortunately, my kids were never able to meet my grandmother, but today, I passed down that same tradition…
