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I have arrived

SP Bragg — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:22:46 +0000

After 23 hours in the car, I have finally arrived in Florida. It’s Christmas Eve and I’m just about ready to go shopping! Can’t break a tradition now can I. Will be back tomorrow with more news about Florida and what I’m up to and yes, my family thinks I’m nuts for wanting to work while on holiday, but what can I say??

It’s fun

So, I will see you tomorrow. Have a great Christmas Eve and a great day tomorrow, just in case my family won’t let me work!!

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I Just Thought of Something

SP Bragg — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:19:51 +0000

If you have noticed a few bare spots on your tree, I might be able to pass on a little something. It has to do with tiny picture frames and photos of the family. I have several generations of family members tucked into the tree. Some are still with us, but many are now gone. But each year, it is so comforting to look into the faces of people who were and still are important in our lives.

And you have heard me speak of Britt on more than one occasion. I have the cutest photo of here when she was four years old. Man, has she grown! At the moment, there are no new family members to add, but who knows about the future.

Fine Polished Picture Frame

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Thoughts for this time of year…

SP Bragg — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:49:45 +0000

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

~Charles Dickens

I think that this is the perfect time to pull this old classic off the shelves and enjoy it once more over the coming days.

A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classic)

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b5media Beauty and Style Christmas Lists

SP Bragg — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:19:13 +0000

Yesterday, you saw my Christmas list, well, all of the gals in the beauty and style hub got together and came up with their own wish lists. And, as you can imagine, after reading the list, I just might have to add a few more items to my own!

Don’t you just love Christmas!!

It’s a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)

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My Christmas Wish List

SP Bragg — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:19:01 +0000

Not everyone in my family likes to shop as much as I do, so I decided to make it easy for everyone and choose just one store for my wish list. At the moment, I’m kind of partial to the Lush line, so here goes…

Eggnog Lipbalm

Winter Wonderland

Reincarnate Solid Shampoo

Honey, It’s Christmas

Angels on Bare Skin

On the other hand, if they spot something that they know I will love, that’s okay with me too. I plan on spending a lot of time pampering me the entire month of January!

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Gift Giving Made Simple

SP Bragg — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:20:13 +0000

Make it easy on yourself. If you are exchanging gifts with a family, suggest that you make it one gift that everyone will enjoy instead of individual gifts for everyone. I can remember our next door neighbor when I was about twelve years old. She gave us this amazing box of holiday cookies. Everyone certainly enjoyed cookies and I still remember them to this day!

So, Marion… you did good!

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Everyone is getting bark for Christmas

SP Bragg — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:12:59 +0000

Okay, that’s not all they are getting for Christmas, but it is at least something that I can make without screwing up. All you need is chocolate and nuts. You melt the chocolate, stir in the nuts and then spread out on a parchment lined cookie sheet and pop into the refrigerator. When it has harden, you break into pieces. Now if you can find a recipe easier than that, please send it to me!

But for those of you who aren’t into cooking/baking etc., you can simply buy a gift pack of goodies. I was at the mall a few days ago and noticed tons of gift baskets full of stuff that you wouldn’t normally indulge in… but hey if you can’t indulge during the holiday season, when can you! And it doesn’t get much better than chocolate!

Perfect Combination – 12 oz Chocolate Peppermint Bark coupled with Creamy Hot Cocoa Mix in Keepsake Tins

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A little shopping help from your friends…

SP Bragg — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:00:33 +0000

I could give you a list of everything that I would like for Christmas, but I thought that I would go in a different direction… the items below are what the readers of the site are buying through Amazon. What you see below, are the most popular purchases in November!

The Wisdom of Menopause Journal: Your Guide to Creating Vibrant Health and Happiness in the Second Half of Your Life

Pottery Barn Storage & Display (Pottery Barn Design Library)

Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones

The Real Age Makeover

Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

Beggars Banquet

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All Things Sugar and Spice

SP Bragg — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:20:39 +0000

Yes, I have my moments when all I want to do is curl up with a mushy Christmas novel. Most of the year, I’m researching something or other, so to be able to stretch out on the sofa and lose myself in someone else’s life is rather blissful! So, this is what I’m reading at the moment. Actually, it has four novellas inside and I’m in the middle of “The Twelve Desserts of Christmas. And at the end of each chapter, author Joanne Fluke, offers the recipes for each of the desserts that she talks about it in novella. She almost has me checking out what ingredients I have… just in case I get the urge to bake!

But the best part is the ornament that is offered in the center of the book. Okay, I really wasn’t expecting anything much in the way of this freebie, and only opened the little envelope out of curiosity, but to my amazement, this is one cool little ornament. They said that it was 3 dimensional and it really is. You twist the top of the ornament and suddenly you find yourself with the most unusual ornament with a floating snowflake inside.

Not bad for a freebie! Not bad at all!

More about Sugar and Spice

To be honest, I’m still amazed at the ornament and I will actually hang it on the tree. Never expected that!!

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Holiday Fingernails From Long Ago…

SP Bragg — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:29:40 +0000

Have I ever mentioned the fact that I have years and years worth of magazines? I must be the only person who can walk into a mall looking for a pair of white socks and come out with a buggy full of magazines. Hey, it was a Mother’s Day fundraiser and they had groups of women’s magazines at a $1.00 a year. Can you imagine. So, I simply filled up a buggy with magazines from the sixties and on up.

Anyway, for this entry, I won’t be going back that far, but I did just pull a magazine off my shelf from a long ago December and they were talking about holiday colors for fingernails. At the time, colors like hot chocolate, eggnog, gingerbread and my favorite… sugar cookies were on the hot list. Apparently if the color mimicked anything Christmasy, you were on the right track.

So my question for you this morning, (yes, I’m wide awake at 3:30, so I thought that I might as well get up and work) What colour will you be painting your nails this holiday season?? Come on, give us some suggestions so that we can all hit the parties with dazzling nails!

More information on Avon INSTANT MANICURE Dry Nail Enamel Strips

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