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| Title | Halloween Food Tips |
| Author | wanderlust |
| Extract | Bat shaped cookie cutters come in handy when you serve meatloaf.
Serve the bats with bat blood (catsup)
Ranch Salad Dressing, dyed green, adds to a nauseated look to any dish, whether it be for sa... read more |
| Date | 2004-10-25 |
| Cat./Type | Entertaining Tip |
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| Title | Christmas Dinner |
| Author | pcarmichael |
| Extract | At our family Christmas dinner there is usually 16 or more persons. The dinner takes place in a different home every year. The hostess makes the main course (turkey, stuffing and gravy) and each famil... read more |
| Date | 2003-12-01 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Christmas Tags |
| Author | pcarmichael |
| Extract | Instead of buying tags for your gifts, why not use your wrapping paper. I've done this many times, cut out a piece of wrapping paper and fold it in half with the white side inward. Label on the inside... read more |
| Date | 2003-12-01 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Storing Artificial Christmas Trees |
| Author | pcarmichael |
| Extract | How long does it take you or your family to perfectly decorate the Christmas Tree? This is what I did last year, instead of taking all the decorations off the tree and storing it in its box. I got sma... read more |
| Date | 2003-12-01 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Wrapping Paper |
| Author | pcarmichael |
| Extract | Don't burn wrapping paper in your fireplace. It usually contains metallic materials that can be toxic if burned.... read more |
| Date | 2003-12-01 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Gift Opening |
| Author | pcarmichael |
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How are the gifts opened up at your house? I had started a tradition at my house about 16 years ago. Christmas morning we all gather in the living room for gift opening. One person is handed a gift ... read more |
| Date | 2003-11-25 |
| Cat./Type | General Story |
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| Title | Keeping Terriers away from Trees |
| Author | djtabish |
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This year, puppy makes three terriers in this household and anyone who has terriers knows that they aren't in this world to appease humans! The word no just means that you've got an attitude problem... read more |
| Date | 2003-11-17 |
| Cat./Type | Tree Decorating Tip |
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| Title | Decorating on a Budget |
| Author | djtabish |
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I truly admire homes that are lavished in richly colored Christmas trim and trinkets. And one of my favorite Christmas activities is to wander the shopping centers and the early evening streets... read more |
| Date | 2003-11-12 |
| Cat./Type | Interior Decorating Tip |
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| Title | Candle Cinnamon Sticks Wrap |
| Author | djtabish |
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A beautiful accent or center piece made from an ordinary pillar candle, cinnamon sticks (coffee shops and craft stores carry these), ribbon and some decorative Christmas trim. Place the cand... read more |
| Date | 2003-11-11 |
| Cat./Type | Interior Decorating Tip |
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| Title | Buying Presents |
| Author | pcarmichael |
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Do you have a large family or alot of friends to buy Christmas gifts for? To reduce the stress and cost for everyone you could suggest: To buy presents only for the children. Everyone draws a name o... read more |
| Date | 2003-11-10 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Pet Photo Album Gift Idea |
| Author | djtabish |
| Extract | A few years ago, the neighbour children bought a roll of film for their parent's camera and took pictures of my two Westies, Buster and Terra. After the film was developed, they placed the pictures in... read more |
| Date | 2003-10-22 |
| Cat./Type | General Tip |
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| Title | Chain of Thankfulness |
| Author | ramona |
| Extract |
This is really simple. One year just before Christmas my family was feeling very sorry for itself. We knew there were lots of wonderful things in our lives, we'd just forgotten what they were. I c... read more |
| Date | 2003-01-18 |
| Cat./Type | Tree Decorating Story |
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