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My Christmas Menu (Including Honeybaked Ham Copycat Recipe)

My Thanksgiving menu was pretty successful but I think, just maybe, I'm done making a large turkey for the holidays. I'm tired of how much it costs, how much I end up wasting and how long it takes to cook. Just done fussing over it. So while in years past, my Thanksgiving and Christmas menus were generally identical, this year I'm going to do it a bit differently. It is definitely scaled back … [Continue reading...]

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My Christmas Menu And Yearly Traditions + $25 Walmart Giveaway

I don't get as into the food on Christmas as I do for Thanksgiving (planning my Thanksgiving menu was a month-long event) but still, what I'm eating is a big part of any holiday gathering I'm hosting. What I like most about Christmas is Christmas morning. It's very rare that you wake up and you're excited about what's to come. Most of the time you're dragging yourself out of bed, cursing your … [Continue reading...]

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Jingle Bells, Ho, Ho, Ho, and All That Jazz

As a Thanksgiving baby, I get kind of peeved that Christmas gets all the shine. But even if I wasn't born around Turkey Day, November is my favorite month anyway. The weather gets a little cozier, but not outright frightful. Layering up (and covering that post-baby pooch that just won't go away) is encouraged, and did I mention the food? Fall food is so much better than summer food. I feel … [Continue reading...]

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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: For Him AND You

Among most people I know, views on Valentine's Day are usually split down the middle: half love it and spend most of January thinking about it, and half suffer through it and secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) think it's a ploy by greeting card companies and restaurants to boost their profits during an otherwise drab period of the year. I fall in the first category. I love Valentine's … [Continue reading...]

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Christmas just ain’t Christmas without…

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Happy Holidays!

Well, the YoungMommy has been blogging and writing and working like crazy, but it's time for me to take a quick breather... Time to enjoy the holidays with my family, who have been seriously neglected while I try to come up with witty, entertaining posts for you day after day. They are in desperate need of some quality time. And I'm happy to give it to them. So enjoy your families and your long … [Continue reading...]

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