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.

menu plan monday ~ november 29, 2010

November 29, 2010 – 9:44 pm

This is a very busy week for us. Next Sunday is our annual Christmas Open House. We expect 180-200 guests, and, of course, I want everything to be perfect! :-} With apologies to my husband who has taken the week off to help…but he knows how I am, don’t you, Honey? We started decorating the […]

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menu plan monday ~ november 22, 2010

November 22, 2010 – 11:38 am

This past weekend, my sister and her daughter-in-law came to help put up more Christmas trees. And, can you believe it??, I didn’t take a single picture! Sarah did a great job and was happy to do anything we asked of her. She even made chili for lunch and then made homemade pizza dough for […]

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menu plan monday ~ november 15, 2010

November 15, 2010 – 8:19 am

We’ve been busy around here, with Christmas decorating and cookie baking. DD spent a few days at her older sister’s house, so I had Thursday/Friday with no homeschooling. That meant I had time to catch up on cookie baking. I made Sour Cream Sugar Cookies, Sugar Cookie Crisps, Elfin Bites, Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies, Chocolate […]

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menu plan monday ~ november 8, 2010…better late than never…

November 10, 2010 – 11:50 am

We’ve enjoyed days of glorious fall weather. From the classroom, we’ve watched the Southern Oak in the backyard turn from green to gold. This pictured doesn’t do it justice, but does give a hint of its beauty. Buttercup continues to join us each school day. She slept in this box of scratch paper all day […]

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nutmeg logs

November 2, 2010 – 10:14 am

Yesterday, I baked Nutmeg Logs for the Christmas Open House. I’m a little behind on baking, but still have four weeks, right?? I like to cut the cookies with the crimped pastry cutter. It gives the cookies a decorative edge. I make these rather thin because that creates a crisp cookie. The cookie platter needs […]

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menu plan monday ~ november 1, 2010

November 1, 2010 – 12:13 pm

Last weekend Genny and I worked on decorating the living room for Christmas. If you are new to this blog, yes, it’s early for most people, but someone has to be the exception, right? Each year, we host an open house the first Sunday of December, so we have to be ready early. We have […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 25, 2010

October 25, 2010 – 11:45 am

My sister Genny came again this weekend, even though I was still recuping (and crouping) from the bad cold I had last week. She and DH did a lot of work with the ongoing Christmas decorating. I did a lot of supervising. We worked on the library tree, which displays my collection of nativity ornaments. […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 17, 2010

October 19, 2010 – 2:32 pm

With 22 Christmas trees to put up before our annual open house the first Sunday in December, we have to start early. This weekend, my sister came to help put up the first four. This one, in the guest room, is decorated in white, silver, and shades of light blue. The LED lights have bluish […]

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a visit with the grands

October 15, 2010 – 6:25 pm

We are home after a great visit with our son and his family. Seeing the grands was wonderful. Just a few pics from our visit… Twin2 called DH “Pa” all week. She would say “where Pa?? where Pa??” every time he left the room. Twin1 handed out kisses right and left. They enjoyed getting reacquainted […]

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menu plan monday ~ october 11, 2010

October 12, 2010 – 4:13 pm

We’re having a great visit with the grands! Here’s the menu for the week… Monday Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs Chips Veggie Packets Tuesday Ham / Turkey Deli Sandwiches Veggies / Dip Apple Pie substituting apples for raspberries in this recipe and Ice Cream Wednesday Julie’s Fake Baked Ziti Garlic Bread Green Salad Corn Steamed Sugar […]

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