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Finding the Christmas Spirit

  Sitting on Santa’s lap is not the only way to get into the Christmas spirit.  There are dozens of affordable travel opportunities that will help you get into the holiday mood, including: Indiana:  Gather the kids and head to Santa Claus, Indiana.  The town celebrates Christmas all year long, but during the month of December things really hit a fever pitch.  In addition to snapping photos of your kids with St. Nick, your entire clan can tour a Santa Claus museum, shop at Santa’s Candy Castle or enroll in Santa Claus training workshops to learn the find art of … Continue reading →

Where to Find Allergy Safe Christmas Treats

Christmas is a holiday that includes tons of candy, baked goods, and other treats. Many parents use them as easy “stocking stuffers”. Parents of kids that have food allergies are going to have to search a bit harder for Christmas treats that are safe for their children to eat. Here is a quick list to get you started. Indie Candy makes natural and allergen friendly candy. You can search their website to find candy that is dairy / casein free, wheat / gluten free, egg free, peanut free, tree nut free, or soy free. They have another link that will … Continue reading →

No More Color-Coordinated Christmas Trees for Me

When my kids were little, my Christmas decorating was what I would call “eclectic.” This was mostly because a lot of what I had in the way of decorations were hand-me-downs. So I made due with what I had. One of my favorite things to decorate was the Christmas tree. There were the “special” ornaments that went up every year…baby’s first Christmas ornaments, our wedding ornament and then all the homemade ones from my children. At some point, my Christmas decorating began to change. Suddenly I wanted things to match. I wanted my tree to have the same colors as … Continue reading →

My Wedding My Way

The closer our wedding got the worst the tension with the future in-laws got. I wanted the traditional wedding things like a reception with dancing, I wanted the garter toss I wanted it all. OK so I only had a few people that I knew that I invited but heck it was my wedding shouldn’t I get what I want? Well the answer to that is apparently NOPE. I was told rather bluntly that the garter toss was trashy, if I had dancing or alcohol at my wedding most of my future in-laws would not come, the pastor who was … Continue reading →

Happy Christmas and New Year to All Mental Health Readers (2)

In my last article, I decided that rather than writing about mental illness in general, I would write about the personal experience of the recent death of my mother. I have written many articles on dealing with grief and you can find links to them at the end of this article. As in the first article in this latest series, I have decided to write about my own feelings on the death of a parent and how I coped and am still coping with this major milestone in my life. Losing a parent can be difficult, and the degree of … Continue reading →

Your First Christmas without Your Loved One

This year, many people may be experiencing their first Christmas without a loved one. Whether it be a grandparent, a parent, a spouse, a sibling or a child, Christmas can be a bittersweet time for those who are mourning. Although the average person on the street will allow you to grieve and talk about your lost loved one for about 6-8 weeks on average, the reality is that it takes at least one full year to even begin to get over the death of a close family member or friend. That year contains all the anniversaries that must be gone … Continue reading →

Black Friday is not Just for Christmas Shopping

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when when department stores lose their proverbial minds and sell items at a loss to attract Christmas shoppers. This year will be no different. Target has gone over the deep end for the 2009 Black Friday Christmas shopping day. This year Target will be selling kitchen appliances including Chefmate coffeemakers, toasters, slow cookers, and sandwich makers for only $3.00. Normally, I would not buy appliances for $3.00 for fear that they would fall apart in 30 days. However, because they are being sold on Black Friday 2009, I quickly realized that these small … Continue reading →

New to Food Blog but Years in the Kitchen

I’ve been cooking since I was around seven or eight years old and let me tell you that’s too many years ago to want to count them. I had a mother who encouraged me in the kitchen. Back then I cooked mostly cakes and sweet things but by my early teens, I regularly cooked meals for the family. So I guess by now I ought to have found out a bit about food to pass on. I will be writing 6 food blogs per month. For those who don’t know me, I might be new to the food blog but … Continue reading →

Choosing a Wedding Date

What made you choose your wedding date? Did that date have special meaning for you or was it a case of what was available? Does the date matter? For us, it was a date already meaningful. It was a date I already had inscribed on one ring -the friendship ring Mick gave me. Exactly two years to the date and as close as we could get it to the hour and minute that Mick put my engraved friendship ring on my right hand, he was putting my wedding ring on the left ring finger of my left hand. It was … Continue reading →

Mariah’s Registry and Brangelina’s Wedding Rumors

What do you get the married superstar couple that has absolutely everything they need? Check out Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s wedding registry and you’ll get the answer. Yes, they’re already married. And, yes, they already have more than most couples could ever dream of owning… in a lifetime. Yet Carey and Cannon want you to know that it is not too late to buy them even more “stuff.” The newlyweds just registered at upscale New York City department store Bergdorf Goodman. This, despite the fact that the pair secretly wed at Carey’s seaside mansion in the Bahamas two months … Continue reading →