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2020 edition: Homemade Christmas

Oh 2020, what can I say? I will not miss you when you go. This year has been an odd one to say the least. The pandemic has put even those with the best resiliency skills into a prolonged stress reaction and time is either just dragging by or speeding along at warp speed. We are all a mess, even if we don’t want to admit it and that is okay. I can say I feel this Christmas I am more of a hot mess than usual.  Finals are finally over and I am working on making things magical because after all, that is what moms do at Christmas.  If you are looking for some last minute ideas this year I am sharing some easy things you can make for your own Homemade Christmas this year.

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Almost Cranberry Bliss Bars

Since my last blog centered on coffee and a certain coffee house, it makes sense for me to continue with another coffee house themed post. For my 3rd day of Homemade Christmas, I would like to share my, Almost Cranberry Bliss Bars.

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Peppermint Meltaways

It’s cookie season! Time to get out that parchment paper and line those cookie sheets and get baking! I have been testing so many different recipes lately to add to my homemade Christmas list that I cannot even begin to tell you how many cookies and treats I have made and my family has eaten. I can tell you my family has some new favorites that we will be sharing with our friends and family this year. Sweet treats like Peppermint Meltaways.

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How to Host a Dinner for a Large Group

Hello, is anybody out there? It’s me Debbie. I promise i’m still here, life has just been a, well, hot mess. First let me apologize for the lack of blog posts here. It is completely my fault. I let life get busy but I will be back to regular posts.  So what have I been busy with? Planning a pasta dinner for my favorite veteran’s non-profit, Team Red, White, and Blue. There were days I wondered how it would turn out but in the end it went really well. So I thought I would share some tips about how I did it.

Team RWB is a veteran’s outreach organization that reaches out to veterans through both physical and social activity. Here in the Fort Bragg area a large event that we have is the All American Marathon and we have tons of members that participate so having a pasta dinner was a no brainer. You are suppose to carb load before a marathon, right? Plus anyways it was just a great way to get everyone from our chapter and visiting chapters together. Pasta dinner for 50-100 people, I could do that no problem.

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