Our family Christmas tradition includes a light meal of appetizers on Christmas Eve along with the opening of one gift. Then, on Christmas morning we start things off with a breakfast of Aebelskivers and some time to explore the goodies in our Christmas Stockings. Next is the opening of gifts, followed by some down time [...]

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Merry Christmas everyone!

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(Disclaimer: This post was totally Recliner Man’s idea. He even provided the title.  I thought you should know that before you start shaking your head and mumbling about how obsessed I am.) Last December 22nd was cold. It was one of the rare days when the temperatures here actually dips to freezing.  It was late [...]

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I finally have a little breathing room in my schedule – and boy, does it feel good. We got home very late on the 13th and the very next day I had to shift into high gear to get ready for our annual cookie exchange. This is the third year that my neighbor, Patty, our [...]

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The snow has gone and now it’s time for us to do the same. We’ve had a wonderful time visiting with our family and the time has gone by much too fast. Good byes are always hard.

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We had a good travel day from Phoenix to Peoria. That is, it was good until we stepped off the plane in Peoria and got a good blast of their arctic weather. Brrrr! After a quick overnight stay with our kids in Peoria we hit the road and headed further north to Wisconsin. Brrrr! We [...]

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