After we got engaged Colm and I talked a lot about where to get married. We had no family in Connecticut (we didn't move to North Carolina until much later) and I really didn't want to go back to Iowa to get married when most of our friends were out East. Colm joked that we should get married in Belfast (Northern Ireland, where he is from). And I said "Yes, we should! That would be amazing!" We arranged a trip to Ireland that February to make plans. Colm told me he knew the perfect place to ... VIEW POST
Carolina Sweet Tart
How to Help Your Local Food Pantry
Over the weekend I saw a Facebook post about a reverse advent calendar. The premise was quite simple. Each day in December gather up a specific food item on the list and then on Christmas Eve drop off your donation to your local Food Pantry. While this is a wonderful idea, and I know the suggestion is coming from a good place, there is a major flaw in this plan and it's pretty important. Please don’t wait until Christmas Eve to donate to your Food Pantry. Many local food pantries are only ... VIEW POST
While giving to your local food pantry during the holidays is great, don't forget there are hungry people all year long. Here are a few ways you can help.
Not Your Mama’s Milk and Cookies
To help celebrate the holidays this year, I'm joining in with over 20 other bloggers for Houseful of Nicholes' Houseful of Cookies virtual cookie exchange! (My Not Your Mama's Milk and Cookies was created just for Santa's adult helpers, but you can modify the filling to make it kid-friendly.) Natasha really likes playing on the "Houseful" theme when there is more than one of something, and we are definitely sharing a houseful of holiday cookie recipes--from bloggers all over the web. It's a ... VIEW POST
With all the work Santa does he deserves something a little better than a plain old cookie! These gingerbread cookie "shots" are covered in white chocolate, then filled with RumChata for a grown-up version of Milk and Cookies. Mmm mm good!
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