Category: Susie’s Corner
Polar Express 2022
Our Polar Express Party was a huge hit thanks to all the help from our amazing family and friends! I’m so glad that we decided to give it a go even though we don’t really have our house set up the way we want it yet… its better to work with what you have right now and not keep putting things off until everything is ‘ready’ or ‘just right’ because that day may never come!
The kids had a fun time and are already making plans for next year! I’ll share some photos of the setup.
Getting your calendar organized!
Do you ever feel like you are running a day late and a dollar short? I know this past year or two have been like that for me. Our lives were completely turned upside down for a bit and it has taken me quite a while to figure out which way was up. I have found a lot of comfort in going back to some of our old routines and they are helping us to get better organized.
It’s almost a new year so I am trying my best to get our home running even smoother which will help alleviate a lot of the stress that we have around here.
One of my best organizational tools over the past several years has been our Cozi Calendar. I also like to keep a large calendar handy for everyone to access so there is less confusion about what is happening and who needs to be where and when they need to be there. I haven’t tried out some of the newer scheduling systems because the one I currently use seems to work pretty well for us and I don’t really want to try to implement a lot of new changes while we are still trying to find our way back to ‘NORMAL‘.
We do pretty well about keeping our doctor appointments and such straight but sometimes it’s the other things that get overlooked… I actually almost forgot one of the kid’s birthdays last month! Thankfully I had already bought the supplies I needed so I was able to pull it all together fairly quickly.
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Made From Scratch Gifts
Are you tired of wasting your money on gifts that just aren’t appreciated? Or maybe you’ve noticed that your dollar just doesn’t stretch as far as it used to?
Well, here are a few gifts that are sure to be well-loved and appreciated!
These are always a hit around our home and everyone who gets any as gifts always ask for more!
Fudge — Always a Winner!
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It’s Just About Fudgin’ Time!
It’s just about that time of year when I need to get started on my Christmas Fudge. I definitely need to get it made before the Polar Express Party so we can share it with our family and friends who may come to visit.
Here are the recipe links for the fudge flavors that we have made in the past:
The Milk Chocolate Fudge has several flavor variations to try.
Milk Chocolate Fudge (Christmas Fudge) — several flavor variations!
I am hoping to try a couple of new flavors this year… maybe even an egg nog flavor! It’s always fun trying out new flavors and sometimes we have great success while others are total flops but we have fun trying!
Here are some of the other candies that we make around this time of year as well:
Chocolate Covered Eggs (updated with more flavors!) (shape into balls for Christmas Candy)
Crockpot Chocolate Peanut Clusters aka Reindeer Poop
Haystacks aka Noodle Cookies (2 versions here)
We hope you find these recipes easy to use and we pray that you have a blessed holiday season!
Let us know in the comments what your favorite Christmas Candy is!
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