Reluctant Entertainer

Classy Memory Plates: Heirlooms and Stencils

When my mother passed away, I inherited a large box of some of her Christmas decorations. After a few years of lugging this box in out and out of...

Holiday Parties

Gift of Love: Caregiving During the Holidays!

Many people try to visit the elderly and needy around the holidays, but my amazing friend Anna cares for her elderly father every day, seven days a week, all...

Decorating

Dress Your Table: Use What You Have (Canning Jars)

Happy December 1st, Friends! You probably read this post (Apple Pie in a Jar) and this post (Apple Charlottes) and this post (canning cherries), on cannning, so you know...

Breakfast

Dole Summit: Health and Wellness Starts with Breakfast!

A few weeks ago Dole Foods invited 20 bloggers to a Health and Wellness Blogging Event (The Dole Summit) at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village and California Health...

Hospitality

Traditions: When is it Time to Change?

I’ve been reading articles and stories about how other women minimize the stress of the holidays. Even television shows hit on this, sharing simple timesaving tips and ideas. Wrapped...

Holiday Parties

Week 4: Stress Free Thanksgiving – Write Out Chores, Include the Family!

Thanksgiving is two days away! I’d be really dishonest if I said I wasn’t scrambling this week to get everything done. Hosting dinner in our homes is much different...

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Classy Memory Plates: Heirlooms and Stencils

Gift of Love: Caregiving During the Holidays!

Dress Your Table: Use What You Have (Canning Jars)

Dole Summit: Health and Wellness Starts with Breakfast!

Traditions: When is it Time to Change?

Week 4: Stress Free Thanksgiving – Write Out Chores, Include the Family!

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