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Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham

by Sheryl Thompson 4 Comments

A beautiful mahogany colored baked spiral ham glazed with an orange Bourbon sauce

My Favorite Spiral Ham Recipe - Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham Without a doubt, my Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham Recipe is one of my favorite baked ham recipes. The spiral ham lends itself to being cooked in a slow cooker because when a spiral ham is cooked in a conventional oven it can get very dried out.  CrockPot cooking will make the ham incredibly … [Read more...]

House Portrait – Perfect Gift for the Person who has everything!

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House portrait, anniversary gift, Mothers Day gift, Christmas gift

Stumped for the perfect gift for an Anniversary, Birthday, Mother's Day or Christmas???????? Try a House Portrait by Grammy Mouse In my other life (before blogging) I am a folk artist.  My style was Americana/Primitive and over the years I have been very successful at it.  I have had my work published as limited edition prints, licensed to greeting card companies and … [Read more...]

Minute® Rice Blueberry Rice Pudding helps relieve holiday stress!

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Rice, rice pudding, blueberry pudding,

When Minute® Rice asked to write this sponsored post and share two of my labor saving holiday recipes with you, I was so glad for the opportunity. I LOOOOOOVE Christmas!!!!! I love the colors, the smells, the decorations, the happiness, and of course, the presents! But it's a lot of work.  So much preparation goes into that one day and I've done a lot of Christmases by … [Read more...]

Cool Christmas gift for boys – a Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun

by Sheryl Thompson 40 Comments

Walmart, Red Ryder BB Gun, Daisy BB Gun

  The Best Solution for a cool Christmas gift for a boy - #ItsADaisy #CollectiveBias The holiday shopping season is here! And we have three boys in the family in the age range of 8 – 12 that we would like to gift with something other than the usual electronic toys. I‘m trying to find the cool Christmas gifts for boys that will be the big hit Christmas morning. Ideally, … [Read more...]

Soft Moist Gingerbread Cookies

by Sheryl Thompson 19 Comments

Gingerbread cookie recipe, soft moist gingerbread cookie recipe, Christmas cookie recipe

Making My Gingerbread Man a "Softy"......The search for a Soft Moist Gingerbread Cookies Recipe I love anything with ginger in it and I definitely love moist gingerbread warm from the oven with a huge dollop of whipped cream on it.  Yummmmmmmmmmm..... but I am not all that crazy about hard gingerbread cookies.  I'm a soft cookie fan and most gingerbread recipes I tried … [Read more...]

Free snowman craft pattern – A Snowman for every season!

by Sheryl Thompson 15 Comments

Free Snowman Craft Pattern Image

I wanted to share this snowman craft pattern with you! January can be such a tough month to get through.  The brutally cold weather (we’ve had nights that have been down to -28F in the past week) will wear you down.  After the Christmas decorations are packed away, the house can look so drab and bare. A few years ago I started decorating after the Christmas holiday with … [Read more...]

Nana’s Christmas Candy Recipes

by Sheryl Thompson 21 Comments

How to make chocolate truffels, Christmas Candy recipes, truffel recipe

  When I was a kid, one of the things I loved about the Christmas season was Nana’s Christmas candy.  She would make an array of sweets that makes me drool just thinking about it. And I would sit on a kitchen stool and watch her perform her magic at the stove.  I learned a lot watching her cook that has given me a skill set that you can’t get from reading cookbooks … [Read more...]

The Annual Christmas Cookie Swap

by Sheryl Thompson 16 Comments

Chocolate vanilla Pinwheel cookies, santa Claus cookies, christmas cookies

When you get to be my age, you have a lot of Christmases to reflect on; lots and lots of memories and traditions from Christmases past.  One of my favorite traditions was started by my sister Pat and her husband Moe (short for Maurice) – the annual Christmas Cookie swap.  It happened on the Sunday afternoon before Christmas at Pat and Moe’s home in Peterborough, New … [Read more...]

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