Christmas 2012 Resolutions!

It was a great Christmas....

We were blessed to have at least part of

our family with us.

BUT

Christmas 2012 will be very different.

I sent myself a note on October 1st that I would

start pulling out Christmas boxes and deciding

what I would need for decorating.

DID NOT HAPPEN

I actually took down my fall decorations

before Thanksgiving... even assembling my

new pewter-colored Christmas tree.

WASTE OF TIME

The results:

The most unorganized Christmas I can remember

in years!

My Christmas 2012 Resolutions

1. Cut back on decorating
2. Store only the decorations I plan to use next year
3. Reduce the 17 bins (this is true confession here!) to 5 .. ok,  7 bins!
4. Allow only 2  3 days for decorating... period!
5. Plan menu and cook ahead AND

don't cook for an Army!

Signed,

And if you belive this will truly happen... then "I have some ocean front proptery in Arizona" to sell you! ;-)

My Favorite Christmas Recipe this Year

Cranberry Sauce with Bourbon

1 lb. (about 4 c.) fresh cranberries

1 c. sugar

1 c. brown sugar

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

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1/4 c. bourbon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cranberries, sugars, and cinnamon in 9x13" baking dish. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour, stirring after 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and stir in bourbon.

Refrigerate cranberry sauce until well chilled. This can be prepared a week in advance.

Transfer to a bowl and serve.

Today I am linking to

A Stroll Thru Life

for

Tabletop Tuesday
http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/