I decided against doing Christmas cards this year.  For the amount of work involved, and the excessive amount of time I was spending thinkin...

It started snowing on Sunday morning.  A wet, heavy snow that I knew would turn to ice that night.  I shovelled at about 10 am, wanting to g...

Martha Stewart's Candy Cane Mice They look simple, but making 25 of them was a little ambitious for early December (much cutting of f...

Remember this from yesterday's baking disasters?   Well, after I finished sobbing quietly into gently cupped hands, I wiped away my sa...

In the last 24 hours, I have burnt 2 batches of toffee (4 pounds of butter & 4 cups of sugar GONE) and I destroyed a DELICIOUS cake. T...

Saturday morning's Advent activity was a Visit to Santa. Back story: After talking it over, we decided this was the only decent weeken...

Well, here it is.  It's hung a little crooked, and I had a heck of a time hiding the Command hooks I used to mount it (hence the orname...