Christmas Decorations

Put up the Christmas Lights on the trees in the yard today. I am so pleased. The freshly falling snow has settled on the branches, and it looks magical.  God Bless!

Winter Wonderland

Woke up today to the most beautiful scene. While we slept, the fog in the area froze and the trees were blanketed by the most intricate ice/frost. It was just gorgeous. I know the photos do 

not do it justice, but still wanted to share...

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AMAZING!!! 

Gingerbread Cookies and "Divine" Hot Chocolate

Today my husband made Gingerbread Cookies, and divinity. I love the cookies! The divinity was very sugary, so I decided to make hot chocolate and have the divinity be the "marshmallows". It was divine for sure!  

Divine Hot Chocolate and Gingerbread Cookies

Iced Tea

You have heard of Sun Tea... in the north we drink ICED tea...literally. 

I LOVE tea. I drink a lot of Raspberry Tea in the summer and switch to Chai tea for the winter. I like tea, iced. I am not a fan of hot drinks (except for hot chocolate). So today I made some chai and wanted to cool it fast so I could drink it. I looked outside, and decided the snow would do the trick.  20 minutes later, best iced tea ever!!  

ICED Tea ;)

Firewood sled

Winter is definitely upon us. We do most of our home heating with wood, which my husband cut, chopped and stacked during the summer. The wood shed it about 100 yards from the house. Not to big of a deal...until he has to hand carry the wood, in the snow/ice. He had to make about 10 trips, to fill up our wood rack in the house.  

We decided to buy a sled to fill with the idea we could stack wood on the sled and drag it to the house. 

I started shopping. Went to Walmart and the cheapest sled was $26.  Seriously...$26?!?!  Not only was it ridiculously expensive but it was a flimsy plastic and would not have been ideal. So instead...we bought a $10 oil drip pan, bent the front edge so it would not get stuck in snow, and used 4 screws to attach a tote to the pan, and added a rope. Now we have the BEST firewood sled. Thought I would share it. Hope it helps someone else.  

Firewood Sled - Saves time and my back!