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Spiced Tea Photo Credit: 123Rf.com Christmas greenery Photo Credit: MaryCaliendoPhoto2020 If you're like me sometimes you get sick and tired of the same old sugary laddened recipes, mainly made for the kids, here's an article I wrote a while back that contains the recipes to make Spiced Tea and apricot bread. They both remind me of a slower time and Christmas. Hot cocoa and hot chocolate bombs are all the current rage, and tea is the less likely choice. This, however, is a very refreshing choice and one of my grandmother's new year favorites. Tea helps us slow down a bit during the hectic chaos of the last minute Christmas rush. Apricot bread is a fulfilling tasty morning or mid-day snack. Can be eaten warmed gently in the microwave and buttered or with a topping of apricot jam or jam of your choice.. Yum. Please feel free to click on my link below to check out the entire article and recipe. It's an easy recipe for both and a highly aromatic pleasant sce...

The tree is up. Now that Thanksgiving is officially over, it's time for us to get ready for Christmas. I don't know about your house but we dress our house up, which includes the mantle, the Christmas trees, and the outside. The hardest part is dragging everything up from the nether regions of the basement dungeon. I hope everyone has a built-in teenager that will substitute for the moving men that are needed to make this all happen, and thank goodness I do! I'm going to do a little mini-series on decor and small crafts that are not only easy but inexpensive and make a huge impact. I am slowly taking my decorating to a lower level. My time is always limited and I will be culling my decorations this year and I will be donating some of the things that I no longer need. I'm trying to make my life easier and that of my husband's too. My 9-foot tree is currently up in the front, one set of lights are out. This weekend, my husband the official l...