Gifts in a Jar: Turn a Humble Glass Container Into a Great Gift!
The holidays are coming, and we’re all scrambling for gift ideas. Look no further than the empty jars in your pantry for attractive, enjoyable, and practical gifts for many people on your list.
Gifts in a jar are not new. Traditionally, they are edible, but you can create containers of other items as well.
The Library has resources to help you make your gifts.
It’s about that time of year to start pulling out all the holiday decorations. And, amongst the ornaments and stockings is usually a big, tangled string of lights. If you find that they will no longer illuminate your Christmas tree, or that you don’t even want to attempt to put them on the house this year, donate them!
November is the perfect time for family traditions. Start new ones, continue old ones, borrow some, share some with others, and make some up, especially fun silly ones pertaining to your family only.
Don't just have them for major holidays. Lots of opportunities arise: game nights, unusual "national celebration days," winter picnics on the family room floor, and annual cook outs with a family circus performance or play! My family has many traditions, some serious and some silly, that we enjoy and are special to us. All keep our family close and communication lines open.
Clancy got the idea for the novel after reading about a Soviet naval crew that attempted to defect in 1975.
Before he became a bestselling author, he was writing at home every weekend. His wife told him he should go back to selling insurance. However, after reading the book, she had changed her mind! The book started him off on a new career.
There is just something about this time of year and pumpkins. I see them artfully displayed on front porches in home decorating magazines. They are intricately carved for Halloween and become glowing jack-o-lanterns. People visit pumpkin patches just to find that special pumpkin for the kids. Mini pumpkins can be used as candleholders or table decorations. Candles come in homey scents like Pumpkin Cinnamon. They even grow huge pumpkins to win contest money. Recently, a winner in California produced a 1,775 pound whopper.
Now that the weather is turning colder, it’s time for me to pull my slow cooker out of the back of the cupboard and stock my pantry with ingredients for soup. Soup, or stew, is my comfort food in the colder months. There is nothing better than returning home after being gone all day to the aroma of a delicious stew in the slow cooker. The following is one of my favorite stews and is full of vegetables for the kids:
I don’t know about you, but I have to remove spider webs from the front porch at my house on a daily basis. Usually, I don’t get to see the culprits who are decorating so nicely for Halloween, but the past three days, I have seen a beautiful spider out there! Okay, I agree, the words beautiful and spider are usually not supposed to be in the same sentence, but check this out!
I’d like to think that it is keeping the gnats out of my house, so I leave it alone.
When sitting down to eat at a fancy restaurant, a wedding reception, or a formal business dinner, have you ever been utterly confused by the vast array of dishes and utensils? How do you know which plates and glasses are yours? Which fork do you use and when?
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