1. What's the best $5 gift to give someone?
That is a good question. I'm sure that many of my kitchen gifts come in at $5 or under, so maybe some fudge, or a mulled cider mix ... but one $5 gift I've personally appreciated in the past is a Dunkin Donuts gift card.
2. What's your favorite way to relax/unwind during the busy holiday season?
Probably a cup of some holiday herbal or decaf tea sipped by the tree lights. Maybe with a vintage Christmas magazine or a Gooseberry Patch Christmas book in hand. Maybe even a Christmas cookie.
This wonderful book made an appearance at my childhood home every single Christmas. When I saw this little softcover alongside my mother's Christmas notebook, I knew the Christmas baking season was about to begin.
3. How do you feel about gingerbread? Love it or no thanks? Are gingerbread houses a part of your holiday tradition? If you said yes, how does that look? Do you like ginger flavor in other kinds of dishes?
I love gingerbread -- both the cake type and the cookie type. I do try to bake some gingerbread men each Christmas, but it doesn't always happen.
We have made gingerbread houses in the past, mostly when the kids were younger and it's fun, but not a tradition as such. I took a few minutes to hunt for a photo but no success as yet.
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And yes, I do like ginger flavor in other kinds of dishes. Muffins, scones, Asian food ...
4. December 5th is National Blue Jeans Day...will you be celebrating? Do you have a favorite brand? A favorite pair? Do you have a hard time parting with a favorite pair of jeans? Blue jeans-joggers-leggings-yoga pants...which one do you wear most often?
If by celebrating you mean will I be wearing blue jeans on that day, well, it's likely.
Favorite brand would be Gloria Vanderbilt, though I do have a pair from Dress Barn that I like a lot. (Are those stores even around anymore? Somehow I'm thinking not. I bought those jeans at a thrift store.) My favorite pair is a dark indigo Gloria Vanderbilt. Of the mentioned articles I wear jeans most often.
5. As we head into this holiday season what's your biggest priority or goal for the end of the year?
Oh, let's see. Probably just to have had a peaceful and meaningful Christmas season.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
After months, if not years, of struggling with an older desktop computer that wouldn't support any more browser updates, I finally got a laptop that is totally up to date. Now to master the learning curve involved. I will still use the desktop for blogging and many other things, but the laptop is going to be very helpful. Very thankful to grandson Sam for helping us decide on the best value and fit.
You will quickly get used to the laptop ! It's so nice and practical, when I think of my old computer I wonder how I could work with it !
ReplyDeleteI think we all wore Jeans at least at home and on holidays, they are so practical and for old and young, men and women !