Last minute! Valentine's Decorating & Gifts
February 13, 2008 in HolidaysQuick Decorating
- Gather your red, white, pink or glass vases together on the sideboard or entry table - put in a few tulip stems and sprinkle foil confetti around them
- Surround an ivory candle with red glass gems in a glass bowl
- Tie red ribbons around the throw pillows on the sofa
- Hang a wall basket on the front door filled with red silk flowers
- Cut out paper hearts with the kids to hang on a wire tree for the kitchen table centerpiece
- Use pinking shears to trim the edge of a red colored 36" square of fabric (no-sew!) for a Valentine spot of color on the table. Tie a ribbon around your rolled up napkins with a heart tag. Write "I love you" on the tags.
FUN Idea for a Family Valentine's Dinner
- Heart shaped pancakes with Strawberry syrup topped with a chocolate kiss
LAST Minute Valentine Gifts for Anyone
-Heart-Healthy Cookbook embellished with a Red spatula
-Book of Quotes - Book about building a stronger relationship or a Classic Romantic Novel with a custom made Bookmark. Write a special note on the bookmark like "Our Love Story is the greatest ever told," or "You always know how to read me."
- Start a scrapb
ook or photo album titled, "Ten things I love about you."
- Handpaint a flowerpot purple, embellish with heart stickers and coat with decoupage. Plant with a color coordinating purple primrose.
- (OR, a twenty dollar bill in a card works too - and most preferred by your poor college-aged son)
Happy Valentine's Day to You!
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Elfing Around!
December 17, 2007 in Holidays
You have to check this link out – it’s quite hysterical. A friend of mine did this with our photos. You too can try this and “crack up” your friends and family. If you’ve forgotten to have fun this holiday season – this will instantly remind you.
www.elfyourself.com
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Thanksgiving Shenanigans
December 4, 2007 in HolidaysI just received this photo of some of our Thanksgiving Day shenanigans. I'm imagining some possible captions that go with this photo:
"Outta my way Debbie - this turkey is all mine!"
"If I whack her in the chin - surely she can't eat my drumstick."
"I'm gonna read this thermometer, even if it kills her!"
Thanks for your sense of humor, Dallas.
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Loving the Lake!
July 10, 2007 in Holidays
I just got home from a lovely, lovely week at the Lake. And it was nothing but hot sun and fun all week long. I stayed at a Condo Resort on Lake Pend Orielle not too far from Sandpoint, Idaho. But I call that camping. My position is that anytime you pack up the car and bring your own food, that's camping in my book. Plus, if you also bring sunscreen and bug-spray, that's it, you're definitely camping!
Some occasional cooking was about as strenuous as my week got. Activities primarily included reading on the lawn chair, floating on the lake, soaking in the hot tub, strolling through the Marina, escaping the hot sun by cooling off and watching a movie in the room, meandering a few yards over to the Floating restaurant for the occasional meal out, oh and I did some staring at the lake over a few cups of coffee too. (that takes a lot of focus and concentration! LOL)
Just so you don't think I was a complete good for nothing, I managed to get out for a one hour walk every morning. I brought my ipod and listened to a book called, "The Queen of Babble." Come to find out, there is a reason why they call it that - the story just seems to babble on, without a lot of plot advancement. But it was keeping me company during my walks and it started to grow on me. I haven't finished the book yet (will probably take one more walk in town to complete) - but now I am curious how it all turns out.
I also got to enjoy our Independence Day up at the Lake. There was an incredible fireworks display (a full half hour), complete with an impressive finale. And we got to enjoy it all from right outside our room. No crowds, no traffic - it was perfect. Most of the week, my son, his girlfriend and I hung out. But we did have a few visitors come by during the week. They were smart enough to bring they're own camping supplies -food!)
One week of relaxing at the lake didn't seem quite enough - I was just starting to get into the "groove." Besides, I needed more time so I could get to all that work I brought up with me. (somehow, I was just too busy lying around "camping" to have time to get to much work) Hope my "boss" is understanding.
Debbie
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My Idaho Thanksgiving Adventure
November 26, 2006 in Family, Food and Drink, Friendship, Holidays
I just have to tell you about my fun Thanksgiving. I have a very special group of friends that I consider "family." In fact we call ourselves "Ohana" which means extended family in Hawaiian. So, as tradition has it, we spent the holiday together. This year we went to Lynn and Neil's who live on Hoodoo Mountain in Idaho. Packed with pies and all the ingredients to make a new Cranberry Yam recipe, my son and I drove up right after work on Wednesday. All 14 of us decided to spend the night (just because it's so much more fun). Big, huge, silver dollar size snowflakes started to fall just as I was starting to drive up the mountain. And they never stopped. It was fun to watch them coat the ground, the trees and the power lines. You get where I'm going now, don't you? (Power lines was the clue) Early (like 4 am) on Thanksgiving we lost power. The 26 lb turkey was suppose to go in the oven at 6:30 am for dinner at 2:00.
We never feared that we'd starve, but our Turkey dinner was in jeopardy. (Oh, and the pump that keeps the plumbing working is electric - so, no water or facilities either!) Of course, being on a mountain in Idaho, they have a wood stove. So we huddled around that in our jammies for a few hours. On the stove we heated a ration of water for coffee. Mary even managed to cook some chicken apple sausage and scrambled eggs on the stove for us. Much to our relief (and a touch of disappointment) the power was back on by late morning. And the turkey went in the oven. I managed to stay in my jammies until about 3:00pm when it was my turn to use the shower. What a great day. Dinner was about 4 1/2 hours later than planned - and what a feast it was. Much to all our surprise, my 17 year old son asked if he could cook up the cranberry sauce. My pies were gone long before dinner and the new recipe for Cranberry Yams got rave reviews and we decided it was a keeper. Debbie
