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   This recipe comes from www.fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.com .  Another great cake recipe coming your way! On Monday we celebrated 7 years of marriage. That’s something to celebrate. We’ve grown A LOT in these 7 years! See, when we went through pre-marriage counseling our counselors told us something we will NEVER forget: “You two are the 2 most opposite people we have EVER seen in our 25 years of marriage counseling experience. Good luck” I was a whopping 20 years old at the time and thought ‘whatever, I laugh in the face of a challenge.’ Stupid, stupid stupid. Those first couple years were rough. Rough in the sense that we learned very quickly that marriage takes work. Give me a topic, ANY topic, I can promise, with about 99% certainty we are different. He’s a night owl, I like to get up at 4 am. I’m a runner, he’s a biker. I like vegetables, he likes steak. He uses discernment when he speaks, I well, I don’t. I fart, A LOT. He farts about once a day...

   Have you ever wondered what it takes to pull off a successful Black Friday shopping day? Or are you the type that camps out in front of Target each year to get that killer deal on a new plasma TV? Either way, whether it’s your first time braving the crowds, or if you’re simply looking to hone your skills, below is a field guide that we think will help you get in, get what you need, and get out this Black Friday.

This comes from  www.cooklikejames.typepad.com  .  Enjoy! Best Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies Best Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies Another classic Christmas cookie - Shortbread is a traditional Scottish dessert that consists of three basic ingredients: flour, sugar, and butter. According to Wikpedia, this cookie resulted from medieval biscuit bread, which was a twice baked, enriched bread roll dusted with sugar and spices and hardened into a soft and sweetened biscuit called a Rusk. Eventually, yeast from the original Rusk recipe was replaced by butter, which was becoming more of a staple in the British Isles. Despite the fact that shortbread was prepared during much of the 12th century, the refinement of shortbread was actually accredited to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century. The name of one of the most famous and most traditional forms of shortbread, petticoat tails, were named by Queen Mary. This type of shortbread was baked...

This comes from  www.sewmanyways.blogspot.com . Hello and welcome to Tool Time Tuesday. For the next few weeks or more, I am going to gear these TTT posts towards Christmas...maybe do some decorating posts or maybe gift giving ideas. I know it may seem early, but we all know those nights of making or decorating at the last minute. So why don't you join me in doing one or two crafts a week, so you can actually enjoy the holidays without all the rushing around. Here is the first project for the holidays....A Santa Can. Make one this week for yourself and then make another one for gift giving. It's perfect and practically FREE! Do you remember  the post   I did showing flower arrangements for a school fundraiser. I went to local restaurants and pizza places and asked them for their large metal cans that tomatoes come in. They were happy to give them to me for free. They are the big ones...7 inches high and 6 inches across at the top.(note: Lowes or Home Depot...

  This diy comes from  www.trendytree.com  .  Pretty cool and pretty ingenious.  Make a few of these for around your front door or porch area. How to Make a Lighted Christmas Box Decoration   This crafty idea for lighted Christmas decorations comes from TypicalScrapbooker Janie, one our Trendy Tree Facebook Group members, and what an excellent idea! She put together some pieces of chicken wire to make her box, added some inexpensive clear Christmas lights, covered the boxes in a nice shiny fabric and topped the box off with a crisp Deco Poly Mesh bow. Kudos to Janie! – Be sure to drop by her Blog  Typical Scrapbooker Crafts  and say hello! There is just no limit to getting all sorts of variety in this decoration – size – color – fabrics - bows – embellishments……the list is long and only limited by your imagination. Imagination…..which in my case….I need examples!! So here are some more photos of TypicalScrapbooker Jani...