Thought for The Day...Being Nice

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~♥KerrieLynn

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Hot Chocolate Shooters

I found a fun idea to make and give out at Christmas this year - hot chocolate shooters! They looked like they would be cute and easy to make, but finding the containers (my daughter says they look like test tubes) required a bit of research. I persevered and found them online at a company called SKS Bottle and Packaging Inc. The bottles that I choose were #0890-17 and came packaged with 48 tubes and lids for $22.18 plus shipping (my total cost was $27 plus change). Each of the tubes will hold slightly less than 1/4 cup of hot chocolate - just the right amount for one standard size cup of hot cocoa! I created some cute little hanging tags for the directions, added a tube each of both chocolate and vanilla mini marshmallows along with a tube of crushed up peppermint bits, wrapped the whole thing with a ribbon and taa-daa, I think the end result turned out pretty fantastic!

These were simple enough to make that the kiddos could help too. I am thinking that the addition of cinnamon bits would be great for Valentine's Day!

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~♥KerrieLynn

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Christmas 2012

  I have been really struggling to keep regular posts happening and this one is no different. It doesn't help that my blog was hacked twice and I had to take some extra time to implement some added security - then to top it off I had to move a bunch of files (over 2500 of them) and most of them were images - needless to say I now have a whole bunch of missing image links on posts that pre-date March of this year. I am in the process of adding them all back in but it is very time consuming and doesn't leave much time for new posts. Before it gets much later in the year I thought I had better take some time to get my Christmas recap post done!

She Loved Her American Girl Doll from Santa....

The morning chaos....with over 10 people it is bound to get crazy!

Other than the weather (usually cold and rainy) I love everything about Christmas, from the decorations to the food and most important the gathering of family. We missed my hubby's parents this year since they were not able to make it and my sister was not able to come up this year either, but my immediate family plus my Mom, Dad, Grandma, Brother and his daughter were able to make it.

My house has morphed over the years into the gathering place and I love that! Christmas morning is just the four of us (myself, hubby and two daughters still at home) plus the dog and the cat. We spend the morning opening our gifts for each other and the gifts that Santa has brought and then we enjoy our traditional Christmas morning cinnamon rolls.   Early afternoon brings the arrival of my Son and his Wife, my parents, my grandma and my brother and his daughter for gift opening round two. After that chaos is over we move on to the Christmas dinner which is usually ham and scalloped potatoes plus all the side dishes. We usually have so many cookies and homemade candies that we let those be our desserts.

My daughter in law and I (my attempt at taking our picture)

Of course our dog did not want to be left out of anything....

 A wonderful time was had by all - it was loud, it was chaotic and it was family - it was perfect......

Thank you for stopping by and peeking into my world.

Happy Thanksgiving

Ah it's Thanksgiving, the time when all good Americans enjoy the gathering of family and friends and good food. Roasted Turkey is the standard and it is what I am making today for my family. I thought I would share some traditional Thanksgiving photos. I was going to share some photos of my family's Thanksgiving, but when I went to find some I realized that I take pictures of every other holiday throughout the year, but for some reason I never take any Thanksgiving photos. I will be working on fixing that today! The camera is armed and ready!

Thanksgiving - where it all started....." 

A traditional Thanksgiving in the 1940's 

The traditional roasted turkey 

Must not forget the pumpkin pie! 

Roasted Turkey Cooking Times (I have to look this up every year) 

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~♥KerrieLynn

Now You See It...Now You Don't!

A while back I was messing around with my new camera and seeing what kind of images I could capture and managed to catch the moon on a cloudy night. I am usually not very good at taking photos, but was surprised at how neat these turned out! 

My photography skills are still a work in progress and I will never be a professional, since I do not have enough patience, but with this camera at least I can take photos that work well on my blog.  

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~♥KerrieLynn

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Featured at Mommie Again...

 

What a thrill it is to be able to see your name in print ~ somewhere besides your own blog! Mommie Again is such a great supporter to all of us in direct sales and those who have home based businesses that she decided to do a blog post featuring quotes from several of us in direct sales and why we joined our business.  

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A BIG Thank You goes out to Amy and Shane Pitcher for making Country Gourmet Home such a wonderful company that I am so proud to be part of! I could not have made such a success out of my business if it were not for both my customers and my Downline Team, also known as The Elite Mix Team, this team of men and women ares wonderful and I love watching each and everyone of them grow their businesses right along side of mine! 

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~♥KerrieLynn

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