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| Make Your Own Cake for Christmas
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Make a cake for Christmas instead of buying one. Cake mix and frosting are on sale this time of the year. Where I live, cake mixes are on sale for 88 cents a box and frosting for $1.50. You can make your own flavor for $2.38 without taxes instead of $6.00 for a bought one.
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| Posted on: 12/02/2008 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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| How To Remove Tree Sap From Just About Anything
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By Ellen Brown
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 Spring and late summer are the prime seasons for sticky, gooey, tree sap. The stuff seems to ooze onto everything with ease. Getting it off , however, can be a whole different matter. Here are some sure fire methods for removing tree sap from just about anything.
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| Posted on: 12/01/2008 | 4 Feedback(s) |
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| Prepare Mashed Potatoes The Day Before
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When having guests for dinner, be it a holiday or not, we always peel, cook and mash the potatoes the day before the dinner. We put them in either a microwave or oven safe dish, cover and refrigerate.
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| Posted on: 11/23/2008 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Use Photos as Gift Tags at Christmas
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 I have a Christmas package tip to share: My niece, just turned 5, loves to pass out the gifts on Christmas morning at my house. Since she hasn't learned to read yet, I decided I would make it easier for her.
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| Posted on: 11/18/2008 | 7 Feedback(s) |
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| Make Christmas Wish Books For Your Kids
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When my nieces and I were younger, my older sister (also their mother) would make up books for us to choose our Christmas gifts. She would take pictures of toys from ads and catalogs and cut them out and paste them in the book.
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| Posted on: 11/11/2008 | 3 Feedback(s) |
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| Christmas Stocking Hanger
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Use Christmas decorated ribbon the length of ceiling to floor or as long as you like. Let the kids paint special clothespins to hang their personal stocking. Hang each stocking along the ribbon. This will also work as a Christmas Card Holder.
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| Posted on: 10/13/2008 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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| Buy a Little Present Every Month for Christmas
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When my 3 children were little, money was tight. So I bought a present for each child every month. Granted they were very inexpensive gifts but they still had 12 gifts to open on Christmas morning.
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| Posted on: 09/16/2008 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Alternative to "Secret Santa" for the Workplace
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Would you like an Alternative to the "Secret Santa" event in your workplace?
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| Posted on: 12/19/2007 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Helping 95 Year Old Mother with Christmas Gifts
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My 95 year old Mother found buying and wrapping gifts for her 50 descendants was too big a chore. We took a picture of her on her birthday and printed 50 wallet size photos and bought her Christmas cards and postage stamps. Now we will enjoy sitting with her and helping address the cards. She loved the idea.
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| Posted on: 12/18/2007 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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| Tips For Mailing Goodies
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Divide layers of holiday cookies/cakes/candies etc with coffee filters that you plan to ship by mail in a large coffee can. If your foodies need cushioning, use marshmallows and add a small pack of homemade hot cocoa mix and a stir spoon tied with ribbon or even dunked in chocolate and covered with cellophane!
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| Posted on: 12/18/2007 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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