Category Archives: Holidays

Life 101 – Holiday Decorating

My first memory of Christmas is of electric lights–electric being the key word. I was three years old, tinkering with the lights beneath the bottom branches of a scrawny fir in my grandmother’s living room. In rural South Carolina, trees … Continue reading

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Finding some LOVE

We’re being bombarded with bad news, and it’s apparently getting to us. How do we make ourselves feel better? Find things that make us laugh like these 100 funny pictures. Seek out stories that show humanity at its best. Did … Continue reading

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New Year – New Opportunities

Each year, rather than resolutions, Scott and I write down our “goals” for the year. We read them aloud to each other and seal them in an envelope, which we tuck in our underwear drawer and open the following New … Continue reading

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Aunt Jean Gets Her Tree

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Egg-stra Special Easter!

If Easter Egg hunting was an Olympic Sport, I’d be a gold medalist. An egg hunt on a gorgeous spring day is always memorable, (especially the smell if you don’t find them all!) Whatever your plans are this weekend, make … Continue reading

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Aunt Jean Gets Her Tree

Happy December! The time of year when my Aunt Jean tries to outdo my Christmas decorating ideas with antics of her own … like stealing the perfect tree… Want a holiday #hohoho and #hahaha? Watch here.

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Here’s to the Holidays!

Now’s our chance to throw some sparkle around, have some fun, and show the people you care about that you love them. I wish you and yours the happiest of hohohos, the merriest of moments, and the excitement of a … Continue reading

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Better Show: Perfect Stockings

Catch me on The Better Show with the fabulous Brooke Hogan Friday, December 19, showing how to give the perfect stocking. Stockings give you the chance to think of the individual and what they like and make it special for … Continue reading

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Halloween – My Kitty Litter Cake

It’s almost Halloween, so let’s go camping… I mean CAMPy. For your Halloween displeasure and for grossing out your friends, Lizz Winstead and I whipped up for Howdini.com one of my personal favorite things to take to dinner parties: My … Continue reading

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Aunt Jean – Not to be Outdone!

Here comes Peter Cottontail… and Aunt Jean’s caught him. Join Aunt Jean (and her two unsuspecting foils) as she raids a henhouse, fights the crowds at Wal-Mart, dyes her eggs with shaving cream, and flirts with Mr. Electricity. Yep, she’s … Continue reading

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