Eclectic Muddlehood

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Archive for December, 2006

A Kiss Ain’t Just A Kiss Anymore

Posted: Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 @ 1:28 pm in General Mayhem | No Comments »

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Hershey’s Kiss, I have discovered a plethora of new varieties for the holiday season. What began as a short shopping venture to secure stocking stuffers has turned into gloriously delicious research. I invite you to join me!
Here is the list of decadence I have successfully […]

Sweet Winter Memories In the Making

Posted: Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 @ 5:22 pm in Motherhood, Childhood | No Comments »

Barely able to suffer the one hour wait required before the gingerbread house could be decorated, my eldest swore she would stand a vigilant watch until the much anticipated moment the kitchen timer would chime heralding her into the land of frosty gumdrop and sweet peppermint ecstasy…

Creative Abandon

Posted: Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 @ 11:20 am in Motherhood, Childhood | No Comments »

As another holiday melody drifts across the living room and into the kitchen, I find myself suspended in bliss. I smile to myself as my ears hear “fall on your knees, all hear the angels’ voices.” This morning I hear them in the sparkling crystal laughter shared between us as my eldest daughter and I […]

Reunion Reflections

Posted: Friday, December 1st, 2006 @ 10:50 pm in Childbirth, Motherhood | No Comments »

My husband and I attended my tenth high school reunion last Saturday and, all in all, had a smashing good time. It was filled with the usual reunion cliches of course; the people who looked exactly the same, the people who looked better and the people who looked worse. There was the assortment of lawyers […]