Hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas! ‘Twas a great one in Arizona, for sure. The holiday week is automatically merrier and brighter when Mama Bender’s peppermint-eggnog punch is involved. The recipe just keeps getting better every year. For 2013, it featured: 32 ounces organic lowfat eggnog 32 ounces Fevertree ginger ale 1/4 cup Torani […]
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Happenings (vi)
Whew. It was definitely not my intention to take a two-week hiatus from blogging. But between extra work projects (always a good thing), endless Christmas shopping (officially done!) and a desire to make the most of the seemingly fleeting weeks of December, it was necessary. Here are a few particularly fun things that have been […]
City Christmas-ing
What a (Windy City) weekend! I’m still catching up on sleep after an energy-packed three days in Chicago. The holiday season is one of my favorite times of year to be in the city, and it was fun to take a trip back to visit friends and see my old view decked out in Christmas […]
Soup’s On At Panera Bread
It took a little strategy – and more than a little sparkle that wound up in our hair, on our clothes and all over the house – but our inaugural Arizona Christmas tree trimming is now complete! Bobby and I stayed up until the wee hours last night putting it together. The tree used to […]
All Is Calm, All Is Bright
The holiday spirit continued for us over the weekend, as we decked the outside of the house with Christmas cheer. Our neighborhood has some incredible light displays – including one house who went all out with decorations everywhere – and so we were inspired to create our own unique assortment of tree lights, icicles, snowflakes […]
‘Tis the Season
What a week! Between the gorgeous Arizona weather and quality time with family, I am one happy girl. Bobby and I arrived on the 23rd, and it has been a whirlwind ever since. The festivities began just before sunset on Christmas Eve, when Bobby, Papa Bender, Eric and I ventured out for a scenic mountain […]
It’s Christmastime In The City
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and last night Bobby and I celebrated City Christmas! Our tree was decked out rather nicely this year, if I do say so myself. City Christmas is what I have dubbed one of the most fantastic nights of the holiday season – the one where Bobby and […]
Crinkle, Crinkle, Cookie Star
How I wonder…how delicious you are. 🙂 I have been wanting to make Mint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies ever since I saw them at Panera almost a month ago. I combed various websites for recipes and never found one that I truly loved. Then it hit me: I have two shelves worth of cookbooks! I quickly […]