New Years Eve Punch

I found this delicious punch recipe on Pinterest.

HERE

We served it at our church for the home tour and then 

I made it again for Christmas Eve. 

Very refreshing.

It is 

1 can frozen Pina Colada mix

1 can frozen orange pineapple juice

4 cans water

Mix in large jar.  (I got mine at Walmart)

Add pebble ice (my friend Lisa calls it rabbit poop ice)

You can buy it by the bag at Sonic

Then carefully add 2 two liter bottles of lemon lime soda

(I used one regular and one diet)

Add one bag of frozen raspberries

I added mixed berries cause that's what I had in my freezer

The berries kind of sit on top and look pretty and sometimes 

they end up in your glass and then they taste pretty.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did.  It was a great big hit.

                        Have a Safe and Happy New Year!!

Packing it Up

I hope your Christmas was as much fun as ours.

There was lots of family, friends, and food.

Very delightful, although we missed the California kids so much.

Now all of this needs to be put away until next year.

Even though the decorations will be put away,  I'm hoping to keep

the Christmas spirit going all year.

Sunday Sayings

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given...and his name shall be called... 'The Prince of Peace'."     2 Nephi 19:6

Merry Christmas from Mimi's Cottage!

Christmas Fun

We've been having some Christmas fun around Mimi's Cottage this week.

We started out on Sunday with cinnamon rolls for dinner.

A cinnamon roll and a cup of hot chocolate.

Well balanced and oh so healthy.

Then on Monday we made a boatload of candy cane popcorn

for neighbors and friends.  I found the recipe and downloadable tag

HERE

On Tuesday I made a couple of Christmas stockings for a son in law

and our newest little grandgirl.

Today one of the grandboys and I made these snowman ornaments for

his mommy and his Mimi's tree.

They are made with the littlest canvas painted red.

The snowmen bodies are fingers painted white and used as

a stamp.  Snowflake fingerprints, sharpie pens for the details,

and ribbon to hang them by.  We tried to make some

with his 6 month old sister but that turned into a disaster!

Got the idea from HERE

Last week I made a couple of these cute candy holders.  They're made out of an old jar with the lid painted red and a Dollar Store candlestick also painted red.  I got the idea from HERE.

While the paint was drying on the snowmen ornament we made reindeer

cookies that I saw on Pinterest.

Sooo many fun ideas out there! 

Not one single original idea once again.

Tomorrow I hope to come down from my sugar high.

And clean up the mess we've made having all this fun.

Sunday Sayings

"True love was born in a stable."  Anonymous

Timing

December is always a busy month for me.

Well,  I guess everyone is busy in December.

There's home tours, parties, shopping, wrapping, decorating,

baking, cleaning, and the list goes on and on.

So here's the conversation the Mister and I had the other day.

Him:  "I think this would be a great time to get a few things

done around here."

Me:  "Really?  Like what do you have in mind exactly?"

Him:  "Like finish up door trim, baseboards, things like that."

Me:  "NOW??"

Him: "Well, not if you're going to get snippy about it!"

We've lived in this unfinished house for three years now.  And NOW

he wants to start moving around furniture and empty the linen closet?

Aaaaaah!

One thing I've learned after almost 40 years living with this man

that when the project mood strikes it's best to just get out of the way.

Pantry

Unfinished door trim...

Pantry

Finished door trim

Gotta love it.

Holiday Home Tour

Last night we had our neighborhood Christmas home tour.

We met at our church building for some appetizers and a

nice little lesson on making our Christmas more meaningful.

I was in charge of the refreshments and the serving table decorations.

So I made these little flags out of scrapbook paper and stuck them in

a pot from the dollar spot at Target.

I made a table runner out of aqua and red Christmas fabric.

It was simple, not very expensive, and I think it turned out pretty cute.

I took my camera with me.

But I didn't take one single picture.

So here they are waiting to go to the party.

I didn't take any pictures of the home tour either.

Sad,  but true.