Day 10: Today, I am grateful for Thanksgiving Food Traditions! Since we a multicultural family, balancing all of our traditions and foods made for a few “quandaries” when we first got married. One of our very first compromises in this was that we do Dominican food on Christmas Eve, but Thanksgiving is ALL Southern […]
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2019 Gratitude Challenge, Day 9
Day 9: Today, I am grateful for the Singapore Homeschool Picnic!! That’s right – a picnic for ALL homeschoolers in the whole country! (Obviously, not all of them came, lol) But isn’t that pretty cool? And it was a lovely park as long as the breeze was going! […]
2019 Gratitude Challenge, Day 8
Day 8: Today, I am grateful for our Thanksgiving Traditions. Thanksgiving is easily my favorite holiday of the year. I love everything about it. Our traditions, the food, the cooking, the company, everything! Traditions are important. I’ve always believed they help children ground themselves, and learn about their heritage. And when we move SO […]
2019 Gratitude Challenge, Day 7
Day 7: Today, I am grateful for Scrapbooking! There’s an old saying that Scrapbooking is cheaper than therapy, and I wholeheartedly agree! (But perhaps not the way I spend, lol) It has been AGES since I’ve been able to scrapbook – actually it’s been two years since I’ve really been able to dig down […]
2019 Gratitude Challenge, Day 6
Day 6: Today, I am grateful for Apple Butter. Today I am thankful for apple butter. Warm, fresh, homemade apple butter. My house smells fabulous! Chunky Sweet Spiced Apple Butter 4 cups (about 1 1/4 pounds) peeled, chopped Granny Smith apples 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1/4 cup butter, […]