I love the Throwback Thursday Instagram hashtag (#tbt). It’s an inspiration for me to scan the big box of old photos that I’ve had forever. I wish there were more people my age and older doing it though, because seeing…
Cookie roundup 2012
And cookie season is over! Phew! I made six different types of cookies this year. The first kind was 10 dozen candy cane kiss cookies (detailed here). Six dozen of those went to a cookie swap, and the remaining 4…
Cookie Swap: Candy cane Kiss Cookies
Sunday I went to a Cookie Swap at Kristen’s mother’s house. (I just remembered I was going to do a new header for Kristen’s blog. Gah!) I used this recipe for Candy Cane Kiss Cookies from Recipe Girl, except I…
Wordless Wednesday: The Christmas Village Drunk
Mariah can still sing
Putting aside the butterflies, Glitter and #dembabies weirdness, Mariah Carey still has a good set of pipes on her. She missed a note or two, and the range has changed a bit, but it’s nice to hear her unprocessed. (and…
Ten years I've been here rusting…
I knew that when I started the vanity hostess page years ago that someday I’d get great amusement from it. December, 2002 December, 2012 The obvious conclusion is that I should have had the blurry crap camera when I was…
Wordless Wednesday: Yes, Virginia
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The Muppets and CeeLo Green: All I Need is Love
You might not think you’ll like this…but this video is just awesome. It’s obvious (to me, anyway) that the Muppets are in the hands of people who grew up with the Muppets and care about them. And no, not Disney…
About the holiday header
That’s actually a scan of the Christmas card we sent out a few years ago. We used VistaPrint’s* little cartoon creator and I loved how it turned out. So all I had to do was scan it in, add my…
Wordless Wednesday: Our Christmas tree
Wordless Wednesday: Max and the Grinch
Hark now hear the angels sing
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today, And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day. Merry Christmas!
