Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Christmas to all....And to all a goodnight!


This will probably be my last post until after the holidays. I have been pretty busy. But I would like to share with you some family traditions that we do on Christmas eve and Christmas. It's mostly food traditions :) Having Italian blood on my father's side, we celebrate Christmas Eve with the seven fishes. My grandmother on my dad's side always prepared the seven fishes feast every Christmas Eve. And I have such fond memories of the smells and tastes of Christmas eve. The reason behind the seven fishes varies. My grandmother told me it was for the 7 apostles. But others say it's for the seven sacraments of the church. Or the seven days it took Mary and Joseph to reach Bethlehem. Whatever the reason it doen't really matter. Because the outcome is a wonderful family gathering of love and food. Now, I am no Grammy. But I do my best to keep the tradition alive. I want my boys to remember the same things I remembered on Christmas Eve.  So, what are the seven fish dishes you ask? Good question. Traditionally, we always serve baccala. It is salted dried cod. You have to soak it in water for a few days to get rid of the salt. But not too much. You don't want to lose that flavor. I am actually going to serve it three ways this year. I am going to do the traditional baccala in the red sauce, another in a white salad type, and Gazpacho De Bacalao a puerto rican salted cod salad.  And we will also will be having clams and linguine, shrimp, crab legs, fried calamri, and octopus. I don't think that's seven but it is a lot this year. I typically do smelts too but they don't have them in Texas. I asked and got laughed at. So, they are scratched off my list for this year. Oh, smelts by the way are these small fish that are fried and eaten whole. Well, if you were a real "man" then you would eat them whole. I can eat them either way. They are soooooooo good. 
 Now for Christmas, we celebrate my husbands Puerto Rican traditions. We will be having pernil, (which is a roasted pork shoulder), rice and gandules, tostones( Fried plantains), and pasteles. And for desert, flan. The best desert ever!
So, I thought I would share with you some of our food traditions we do. But of course the real reason for all of these traditions is for the birth of our savior. Sometimes with all the hustle and bustle we forget the real reason why we do these things. I try not to forget or let my children forget the true meaning of Christmas. But I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and  a Happy New Year!


*This post is dedicated to my Grammy. Who I love and miss everyday. Especially, on Christmas Eve.*











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Monday, December 20, 2010

Prim Pal's "Be Mine" Ornie Swap!!!!!




Good Morning! We had such great response to our Christmas Ornie swap that we got together and decided to do a Valentine Ornie Swap. Many of us have little prim trees that we would love to decorate through the different holidays and seasons so here we go!




Sign ups are going to be taken from now until Sunday, December 26th.



For the Christmas swap we had three groups but this all depends on how many of us want to sign up. If you want to do more than one group, please let us know. A group will be no more than 10 to a group.



Names will be distributed on December 28th. Since this is getting close we decided that ornies should be mailed out NO later than January 15th. (confirmation is a must)



Postage of $8.00 should accompany your package. ($1.00 additional postage if you do more than one group.) Ornies do not have to be wrapped unless you want too BUT they should be signed so we know who made what.



Ornies will be sent out on January 22nd. With these time restraints this should give us at least two weeks to display. (the next holiday should be better)



How do you sign up?



Just go to the forum and sign up because we would love to have you join us!













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Sunday, December 19, 2010

A Great Giveaway!

Lori from theblackcrow is having a great giveaway. I don't know if I should mention it b/c I will spoil my chances of winning. LOL. But you should definately head on over and enter in this giveaway. It is too good to miss!!!



~*Merry Christmas*~








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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Some Christmas Pics From around the house

 I must warn you. There are a lot of pictures. I wanted to post pictures of our huge tree in the living room but it is a mess. The boys love to leave their things lying around. So, for now I leave you with some pictures from my living room, kitchen, and hallway. Enjoy!















I made this star tree topper too. I wanted something different for the tree.

Almost all of the ornaments are hand-made. I received so many beautiful ornies from very talented ladies with the swaps I did.

"Cheese!"

My Christmas pudding. It's not real, but I wish it was!

These houses are actually my grandmothers. It is bittersweet taking these out every year. :(






I love my little partridge in a pear tree!

The mitten with the crow in it is a giveaway win from Tam over at Tammy A Primitive Place Blog!

The candy canes are also a win from Tam too!





Looks like one of my boys was "redecorating" my village. Some things have moved around.






The mints and ginger I received from Cindy for a swap I recently did.



Merry Christmas!









 
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

crazy tree lady




I thought I would share this video with you all. How many of you are like this woman? Well, I can say I am getting close. LOL. Enjoy!

~*Hugs*~

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

I just finished my Father Frost!



I just finished up this frost ol' soul. And "Brrrrrrrrr"....he is ready for someone to take him home for the holidays! He is available over in my Esy Shoppe. And don't forget, I have a coupon. Just put in JINGLE10 for a 10% discount on your total order. Thanks for taking a peek!


Merry Christmas!









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Monday, December 6, 2010

My Home For The Holidays Swap Over At Prim Pals








I participated in a home for the holidays swap over at Prim Pals. My swap buddy was Cindy over at http://www.cynthialeedesigns.wordpress.com/. Her goodies she made me are out of this world! The attention to detail is amazing! I love everything I received, especially the Olde Pear Primitive tea towel!!!! I loved the gingerbread man and mint ornies so much I made a stocking just for them to hang in. I am also going to be listing the same stocking in my Etsy shoppe if anyone is interested (sans the gingerbread man and ornies of course).But Cindy, I don't know if you got my email. I just wanted to post this to let you know I love everything!! You are uber talented! I just wanted to share with you all. And I am sorry I didn't post this earlier. I am fighting a horrible sinus infection. I have been having horrible sinus headaches. I thought I got rid of this thing but it came back and slapped me silly. I feel a little better now. Just really exhausted and I have some things I need to finish up and post in my shoppe. But I just wanted to share with you all what Cindy had made for me. I hope you enjoy your goodies I made for you sweetheart. You should be getting them soon.












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