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Our family plays cards. As much as possible. And oddly enough our plus ones didn't grow up doing so, so dil watches the grandsons while we play. Bonus dd stopped over twice to play cards during the holiday, and when she found out her parents were coming here for NYE, asked to be invited with her husband. And later, asked if her brother and his girlfriend could join in. lol She and her husband stopped in at my dd and fiance's party for an hour before joining us.
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Chicago style hot dogs also have sweet relish and banana peppers. Bonus if you can find the poppyseed buns. 😉
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I need to run check Home Goods tomorrow. They had a small decorative sled I would like for my porch next year. I ordered some Christmasy kitchen towels from Sur La Table yesterday for next year's giving.
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If you have a green salad, a vegetable tray, or a relish tray with pickles, beets, etc. there's always something she can eat.
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We had company this weekend, so the house cleaning is done, but I have 12 coming for dinner tonight, so I'm cooking today. Haven't started wrapping, tho I did a review of the stocking stuffers I need. Need a menu for Christmas Eve for when everyone's here, and a few meals for while ds is home. May just do tacos again as the picky eaters find something then. Bake a few more cookies and try some fudge. Help prep the 'last day before Christmas' workday lunch for the office- it's a tradition, and get their cards ready. Do my Christmas cards, nad I think I'm getting close!
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Yes. Wondering how our family shrunk so much, so quickly. Hugs.
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The Family Man, It Happened on 5th Avenue, Tenth Avenue Angel, Pocketful of Miracles, and dd loves to watch Boys Town. All but the first are old movies.
Classics: Miracle on 34th, White Christmas, Holiday Inn. All oldies, too. 🙂
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A calendar that you make up at Shutterfly or such with family pictures. My dad would then write everyone's birthday, etc. on the calendar. They refer to a calendar for their appointments, too!
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Books from Chelsea Green Publishing.
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My dad died last year at 94 and lived like they do. He liked pistachios, (a bag of mixed nuts with a nutcracker set?), chocolate covered cherries, Sodoku puzzle books, lottery tickets (one of us girls would cash them in for him). We also got the local newspaper, Readers Digest /Guideposts /(pick your favorite) magazine subscription so there'd be something in the mail besides bills. Coffee table books on a topic he loves. Mostly he liked spending time together. We played a lot of card games over the years! A favorite beverage?? And I know they'd share it, but fruit of the month boxes?
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We redid our bathroom early this year. I went with a deep blue after I found this wallpaper. It's such a peaceful welcoming room. I really like the dark blue. And this is a small bathroom.
Make sure to buy samples of the paint colors to try on the wall before you buy the full size amount of paint. I had two paint chips that were almost the same until they were on the wall. Then it was clear which one was right.
Do the tile first and then match to that.
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On 11/4/2023 at 4:12 PM, Indigo Blue said:
I would love ideas for grown adult sons who have everything.
Dh usually gets them some tool item. Milwaukee is a popular tool set company.
I'm struggling to find stocking stuffers for my adult sons. Add in that the younger lives OOS and can't really carry much home on his flight. Yeah. Almost sil is a piece of cake! But the stockings are what they still love! Sigh.
I need to sort through my drawers and see which stockings have enough and which ones need more. I collect all year and stuff it in a drawer.
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Aww. How sweet! Congratulations to your family! Welcome to the Grandparent Club--it's the best. I just got my 3rd grandson this month.
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On 12/2/2023 at 5:40 AM, Melanie32 said:
This is our first holiday season with my daughter being gluten free. Any great gluten free dessert recipes to share?
I usually make spritz cookies and thumbprint cookies and peppermint chocolate cookies at Christmas time.
So far I’m thinking peanut butter blossoms as they don’t call for much flour and no bake cookies as they don’t call for flour at all. I’ve read that it’s better to start with recipes that call for less flour when swapping out the flour for gluten free flour.
We made a gluten free apple crisp for Thanksgiving and it was very good.
You can make peanut butter cookies without flour. My friends loved these last night.
1 c peanut butter
1 c sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla.
I have a chocolate chip coconut bar we all love. This was the first recipe I used for my dil.
2 eggs
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c GF flour -I just use the RedMill blend from the grocery store
1/4 tsp each salt and baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 c shredded coconut (mine isn't sweetened)
1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
Beat the eggs and sugar, then add through the coconut. Bake in a greased 8x8 pan, sprinking the chocolate chips over the dough. Bake at 350* for 25 minutes.
I'm going to try the Basler Brunsli cookie someone shared in this thread, too. It uses almond flour.
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I, too, have always had Corelle, as did my mom. I like them for the same reasons as everyone else. Have only lost one or two pieces in 30 years.
I did replace mine a few years back. I had had some white ones and some with a blue pattern on the edges. I replaced them after reading about possible lead content in older pieces, plus I wanted a little fresher look. ANd the ones I got have a bigger version of the same pattern. Then I picked up the snack plates with a blue swirl at Walmart for contrast. Now I don't see those there.
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Have you tried looking for spare pieces for your current set? replacementments.com is one place to look. I've bought a few pieces for several sets.
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11 hours ago, Kassia said:
@Tina that is so thoughtful! I bet she feels very appreciated. ❤️
I sure hope so!
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Just now, Elizabeth86 said:
I don’t either. My mom goes way overboard on Christmas treats every year, so I hate to make anything extra. We do get premade sugar cookie dough so the kids can decorate for Santa. I’m also going to make dh some chocolate covered cherries soon.
We kind of got away from baking many treats when we added family members with special dietary needs, but I'm feeling like baking this year. And my dad LOVED chocolate covered cherries! Was just debating buying a small boxful.
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I make a gift basket for the gal at the office every year. It's a personal gift from me. The bonus from the office is a totally separate thing from the owners. I look for something unique throughout the year. I pay attention to what her particular favorite foods and such. One year I included a jar of fancy chocolate sauce I found in AZ which was a hit, as are chocolate covered coffee beans. A favorite scented candle, a goat milk loofa soap ( that I found out had a scent similar to a Victoria's Secret cologne that she loved ) This year I got another bar of that soap. Last year I got her a planner that included helping her set and achieve personal goals, which I'd heard her talk about. Hand creams and cuticle cream, as it's dry in our office.
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10 hours ago, Carol in Cal. said:
I love the idea of making fancy shaped cookies. I have a whole bunch of cookie cutters, and even some springele molds. But the furthest I tend to go IRL is to using cookie stamps for sugar cookies or lavender sugar cookies or laviender mint sugar cookies. And yet I’m still drawn, right now, to the ‘Twas cookie cutter set, very overpriced at Williams Sonoma. So dumb.
Beyond that I love making macaroons, the coconut ones; and chocolate chip bars, and cinnamon diamonds. Last year I tried thumbprint cookies for the first time, and they were really good. Walnut balls or the equivalent with pecans are also favorites, as are chocolate crinkles. But this year I found my mom’s supposedly gone recipe for chocolate snowballs, and I want to make those once again.
I have a lot of cookie cutters, yet don't seem to use them. Do you have a special cookie dough for the cookie stamps? My cookie dough spreads too much to use the one or two I have.
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On 11/27/2023 at 9:14 AM, Faith-manor said:
They are both Danish cookies. We celebrate Yul and observe some Danish traditions due to Mark's heritage. I have been trying to embrace more Danish/Scandi cooking. Normally I buy a tin of Danish butter cookies to ease my load. However, I decided this year I would try to do it all from scratch.
Honninghjerter are honey hearts. The dough is started 5 weeks - 6 months in advance. I started mine 6 weeks ahead for baking on Christmas Eve day. It is just, for now, honey and flour that ages in the refrigerator.
Interesting!! Sounds perfect for those into fermenting!
I have been looking at my grandma's cookie recipes this year, and also started saving Dutch and German cookie recipes- my heritage.
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6 hours ago, bookbard said:
I don't think the Christmas cookie thing is big in Australia, but I do make a few thliings for my European-heritage husband. He prefers anything gingerbready like pfeffernusse. I like making Basler Brunsli - they are easy and very delicious. My young son will make biscuits from cake mixes, so just the cake mix without milk and with lots of butter basically.
Those Basler Brunsli would work for gf family!
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5 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
I grew up with cookie trays, but we usually just do dessert at the holidays with the holiday meal. I like to make mini flourless chocolate tortes with a chocolate-orange ganache and candied orange peel topping, or lemon curd tartlets, or white chocolate/cranberry/cheesecake/shortbread bars. Dh eats a strict diet, so he’ll have a handful of macadamia nuts instead.
Yum!
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On 11/26/2023 at 6:42 PM, Amoret said:
Too many -- the kids keep adding more and won't let any go.
- Biscotti
- Cranberry orange shortbread
Haven't made these in a few years. I was really into the chocolate and orange flavors one year!
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Wedding contribution/gift from parents to child questions
in The Chat Board
Posted · Edited by Tina
Our dd is marrying this spring. We made the decision 8 years ago that we'd give them each $X000 toward their wedding. Wedding/shower gifts are a separate item, and I guess we look at their immediate needs, too. So no, not all even outside of that amount. I'll just pick something on their list that they need and will probably use for a long time as our gift. Of course, the kids don't realize the differences outside of the set amount. Dd is doing a much smaller wedding than ds did, but prices have risen tremendously, so the smaller wedding is probably a good idea right now. Venues for a reception are $3000-$5000 right now! Crazy!!
College- the deal was we paid the first two years.