Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

investigating

Last year, my sister Paula gave me two large deer, as well as two tall slim artificial trees. The trees will be used on the front porch. The deer have found a home in front of the fireplace. Niko and Buttercup were both very interested and immediately checked them out. Genny and I decided the […]

new sofa

The new sofa for the living room was delivered today. We switched the office rug and the living room. The office rug looks great with the sofa. And the living room rug looks great in the office! Worked out well! ~~Rhonda 🙂

setting up the snow tree

The dining room has a snow theme. The snow tree is a slim 6.5′ tree and sits on an old round oak table in a corner of the room. This year, I put new lights on the tree. When we took the old lights off, I could tell they had been on a long time […]

decorating progress

We have been very busy! Yesterday, my DIL Julie and my sister Genny decorated the nativity tree in the library. The Three Kings’ Tree, also in the library, in the corner by the book shelves is done and looks great. It’s hard to spot the three king figurines in this picture, but I liked the […]

follow up on the peanut butter cup cookies

I made more peanut butter cup cookies today. My dear friend Carolyn had said the recipe reminded her of Moose Tracks ice cream. That made me think the cookies needed a big chunk of chocolate, so I decided to add a Hershey’s Kiss to each one. I waited until the chocolate of the peanut butter […]

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are easy to make. I do them every year for our open house. There are several people who always ask if I’m going to make them. To make them, you will need: small muffin tins Pam homemade peanut butter cookie dough or ready-made store bought peanut butter cookie dough mini peanut […]

decorating the kitchen

My sister Genny and DD did a lot of the decorating in the kitchen this past weekend while I worked on other things. Brooke had helped me on Friday and we put up new garlands as the old ones were shedding terribly. I made each one long enough to fit each window so they will […]

floor tile in the bathrooms

The tile installers have been here all day. I took a few pictures while they were at lunch. The tiles are installed in the downstairs bath, but not yet grouted. Upstairs, they have just started putting down the tile. They will be back tomorrow to work on the third bathroom. I’ll be glad when the […]

stringing popcorn and cranberries

Saturday morning, my sister and I took about four hours to string popcorn and six bags of cranberries for the living tree. DD helped for a little while, too. This is not quite half the strings we need for a 9′ tree. The 9′ tree sits on a 2′ box, making the top 11′. I […]

menu plan monday ~ november 10, 2008

We are well underway with the Christmas decorating. Remember…we have to start early to have those 20+ trees up in time for our annual open house on the first Sunday in December. I’m seeing a lot of these lately. Keeping in mind how much I need to get done this week, I am planning an […]