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Julie
Hello blog friends. Are you ready for Christmas?
I thought it would be fun to do a This or That Christmas Edition.
I've circled my answers seen below.
1. Summer or Winter - I enjoy celebrating Christmas in the winter. I'd also love to see a dusting of snow on the ground.
2. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate - I like hot chocolate with marshmallows.
3. Sweaters or Pajamas - I love wearing holiday sweaters.
4. Chocolate or Candy - I enjoy eating chocolates during the holidays.
5. Turkey or Ham - I enjoy eating a honey baked ham for Christmas.
6. Pudding or Cake - I like any kind of cake for the holidays.
7. Elf or Home Alone - I like watching the Elf movie.
8. Kris Kringle or Gift Everyone - For Christmas I usually like to gift everyone. This also depends on the type of party you are going to attend.
You can play along and leave you answers in the comment section. What will you pick?
Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I will see you all back in the new year.
It's been a while since I've done a beauty blog post. The last time I did one was last spring.
I thought it would be a great time to share my thoughts on the eye masks I've been using.
I did a blog post in May about the eye masks I purchased from Ulta Beauty. You can read that blog post here.
I love to pamper myself by moisturizing the skin under my eye area with these eye masks. I've been using them for about five months. I apply the eye masks for about 15 to 20 minutes in the morning or evening. The eye masks help diminish the look of fine lines and wrinkles and reduces the look of puffiness.
These eye masks would make a great splurge gift for the holidays.
I also purchased these eye masks after seeing them mentioned on Lindsay's Sweet World. These eye masks are sold on Amazon for only $12.39. This is a huge price difference compared to the Peter Thomas Roth eye masks shown above, which cost $75. I like these eye patches for the price point. This jar is not as elegant as the other one but still good.
Have you used any eye masks? Which ones do you use?
I'd like to thank everyone who left me such sweet and comforting e-mails and comments on the blog post I did about Bosco here. Your thoughtfulness means so much to me and I appreciate it.
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I have some sad news. You may have noticed that I haven't been around for a while. It's because our dog Bosco passed away on November 26, 2022. Bosco was 15 years old.
We adopted Bosco when he was a six-month-old puppy and has been with us for 14 1/2 years.
Bosco's health had declined in the last six months due to old age. He slowed down and had two seizures about two weeks ago that were scary. When I called the vet he said to stop Bosco's blood pressure medicine and that he had a glorious life. We wanted Bosco put to sleep in our home and we found a vet who would come to our house to do the procedure. When the vet and assistant came to the house, Bosco followed them into the kitchen and he knew he was ready to go to doggie heaven. He then died in my daughter's arms.
I'm crying as I write this blog post but we're trying to remember the happy times we've had with Bosco.
Bosco was a happy puppy and he loved playing with all his toys. He had two dog buddies that lived on our block and they liked to play together.
He loved his dog treats.
He loved sitting on the couch with me.
Bosco and I took a lot of walks together.
Bosco loved car rides around town or when we would visit my daughter while she was away at college. My daughter's roommates would watch Bosco so that we could go out to dinner. They all loved Bosco's sweet personality.
Bosco made our life complete.
Thanks, Bosco for all the memories we've had with you.
Bosco, we will miss you and keep you in our hearts forever.
Julie xo
Hey blog friends!
I can't believe we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving next week. I thought I'd share some recipes that are perfect for this holiday.
I made back in 2020 Sausage Cornbread Stuffing for Thanksgiving. It was a big hit with my family and everyone liked it. It's easy to make and a different take on basic stuffing using cornbread, corn, and cheese.
I also like to make this sausage stuffing if I'm hosting Thanksgiving dinner at my house.
I made back in 2019 Corn Pudding Muffins that were a big hit at our Thanksgiving dinner. I remember seeing this recipe for corn pudding at Kitty's blog here.
I hosted last year nine people for Thanksgiving dinner. I decided to make it easy on myself and made a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. I bought the turkey at Wegmans and it came out moist and delicious tasting. I will be making roast turkey this way from now on whenever I have to host Thanksgiving.
I hope I've given you some ideas for your Thanksgiving gathering.
Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
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Julie
Happy Friday and welcome to Friday Favorites November 2022.
I'm happy to say that Halloween was a success this year. We had a lot more trick-or-treaters than last year. Bosco was alert and sat at the front door greeting the kids that came by.
We've been watching a lot of shows lately.
We just finished watching House of the Dragon saga and it's the prequel to Game of Thrones.
If you like psychological thrillers then you'll like The Patient.
The Watcher is a mystery thriller based on a true story of a couple who buy a new house in New Jersey. You'll want to lock all your doors at night after watching this series.
We watched the first series of The White Lotus and liked it. We just started watching season 2 which takes place in Italy.
We are watching season one of The Great. It's a comedy and historical fiction series about Catherine the Great.
We are enjoying the series Shantaram. It's about a heroin addict who escapes from prison and arrives in India with a fake passport. You will find out about his life in Bombay during the 1980s.
We are looking forward to watching From Scratch. It's about the romance between an artist and a chef in Italy.
I was in the city last week and walked past the beautiful holiday window displays of the ABC Carpet & Home store.
We celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary last week by going out to dinner at the Italian restaurant Vallata. This restaurant is inspired by the home-cooked meals made by Tom Colicchio. Vallata is Tom Colicchio's first-ever Italian restaurant. The food and service were outstanding. We were also greeted with a glass of champagne and it said on our menu "Happy Anniversary" and we had a complimentary dish of vanilla gelato for dessert. We both had cocktails and we shared our appetizers of chickpea seafood salad and short rib cavatelli. I had for our main dish cod fish with potatoes and beans and my husband enjoyed a braised pork dish. Thanks to my daughter for recommending this restaurant to us. I highly recommend eating at this restaurant if you are in the Union Square area of Manhattan.
Happy Veterans Day!
I hope you have a happy Friday and weekend.
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Julie
Hello friends. I recently attended a baby shower. I wanted to make a crocheted amigurumi toy for the mom to be.
I wanted to make something that looked cute and would be easy for me to crochet.
I thought this crochet unicorn would make a great addition to the other gifts that I was giving the mom to be.
CROCHET UNICORN:
I found this crochet kit on Amazon. The kit included the crochet pattern, the yarn, crochet hook, and fiber fill. The kit cost $17.98 and arrived in a day. You can also purchase this kit at Darn Good Yarn.
My Thoughts on this Kit:
I found the crochet pattern instructions somewhat easy to follow. The instructions did not explain how to attach each part such as the ears, horn, feet, eyes, mane, and tail. This is not a kit for a beginner crocheter. There was a small plastic crochet hook and fiber fill included in the kit. The yarn that was provided was exactly what you needed to make the unicorn. There wasn't any extra yarn provided. I was happy to have enough yarn to make this unicorn toy. I used my own small plastic eyes for the toy. I purchased a small box of plastic eyes from Amazon.
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| Crochet Unicorn! This crochet unicorn was a big hit at the baby shower! I hope I've given you an idea to crochet a unicorn for your next baby shower. This would also make a cute Christmas gift. |
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Julie
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I love finding new people to follow on blogs and Instagram. I just started following Macy Blackwell's Instagram account @macy.blackwell. She recently shared a recipe for pumpkin bread. She said that this is her mom's recipe and that she has been making it for her family for the past ten years. I knew I wanted to make this pumpkin bread after she shared it on Instagram.
I made this pumpkin bread for our family and we enjoyed it. This recipe would be good to use for baking cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. It's a good dessert idea for Thanksgiving.
PUMPKIN BREAD
The recipe can be found on Instagram at @macy.blackwell
NOTE:
You can make adjustments to this recipe. The next time I make this I will use less sugar. I also baked the bread for 60 minutes.
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| PUMPKIN BREAD |
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