Thursday Favorite Things Party

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Happy New Year's Eve Day. Well, this year is coming to a close. I know so many people are glad that it is over, but it will be one that we never forget. 

I would like to say thank you to all of you who stop by each week and join our party. It is such a pleasure to see all of the wonderful recipes, crafts, DIYs, stories, and so much more. I am looking forward to a new year as you share your wonderful posts. Have a Happy New Year my friends!

I Hope you enjoy all of the inspiration you find at the party. We have the best bloggers and they are all so creative. Hope you like the features!

Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  Glad you are joining us for the last blog hop of 2020.  Can you believe it? Another years is about to end. 

We appreciate you stopping by each week and participating in the blog hop.  I look forward to seeing all of your posts in the coming year. 

Before we start our main event, let's take a look at our features from last week's party!

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A Coronavirus Christmas

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Smiling for Christmas Season

Our New England Winter Cottage

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Oozy & Cheesy Bacon Ro*Tel Appetizer Cups for Holiday Gatherings

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You're The Star - Home Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star -  Home Feature Week

Happy Monday dear friends. I hope your Christmas was wonderful. Mine was awesome. This week will be the beginning of the end of 2020. Can you believe it? I know many are glad that it is coming to an end and hoping for a new year without Covid.

I am sure that the new year will be a wonderful no matter what happens. We just have to have faith. 

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

WELCOME to the December 2020 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

Over The Moon Linky party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

I want to start out announcing Over The Moon will not be new next week. We will be back on January 10th.

Marilyn and I will hold this party open for an extra week. So feel free to come back and add additional links to make up for the inconvenience!!

The closing date and link limit will be removed to accommodate.

 

Happy Sunday dear friends. I hope you had a blessed Christmas. Mine was so lovely. I had my in-laws and my daughter for both Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day. 

I know that this year has been different than other years but I felt so blessed. I hope your Christmas was wonderful and that you felt blessed as well.

Happiness Is Homemade Party

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #355

Welcome one and all to our 4th December blog hop for Happiness Is Homemade! 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas -  it was different for sure!  But remember folks: it's not about the stuff or the decorations, it's about being together and spending time.  

Soon we will be celebrating New Years Day and with it the promise of a new year.  I'm sure that most of us will be glad that this year is coming to an end, but I know I learned a lot this year and despite the difficulties, I actually enjoyed my time being at home. I am sending New Year wishes to you all. 

There were so many great posts last week, it was hard to pick the features!  After much debate, I was able to narrow it down to these 5 so GO CHECK THEM OUT!

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Happy Christmas Eve Day. You are probably in the throngs of getting ready for Christmas, but I wanted to stop by and say I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

We will not be having a party today. Enjoy your day and have a blessed Christmas.

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  Glad you are joining us.  Are you ready for Christmas?  We are getting so close to the big day.  Only 2 or 3 sleep nights depending on when you stop by the party. We ae having cool weather here in Florida. This Christmas will be the coldest one in 20 years. We won't have snow however. lol!

You're The Star - Family Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Family Feature Week

It's Christmas week. and I am so excited you stopped by. I know you must be busy getting ready for the big day. It seems that time flies exceptionally fast this time of year. So don't fret too much if everything is not perfect, Christmas will come and it will be wonderful.

Take some time for yourself and just enjoy a few moments. I have been doing that a lot lately. Keeping memories and moments close to me heart. I am sending you blessed Christmas wishes. 

Welcome to week#3 of the December 2020 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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December 2020 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
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Over The Moon Linky Party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday everyone. Well, it is Christmas week. We are counting down to the big day. Don't remember when the kids were little and they were so excited they could hardly stand it. I remember those days myself when I was little. I miss having little ones around at Christmas. They make it so magical. If you have little ones, enjoy the time. It goes by so quickly.  

If you are not ready yet, don't panic, you still have a few days. I am so enjoying this time before the big day. In-laws are coming for dinner tonight and then some company on Tuesday thru Thursday morning. It is going to be a wonderful week.

I want to send you special blessing for a wonderful Christmas holiday. You your home be filled with love and laughter. It may not be the same as Christmas's in the past, but we are blessed to have made it through this difficult year. 

May the new year bring new hope and new beginnings.  

Happiness Is Homemade Party

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party

Welcome one and all to our 3rd December blog hop for Happiness Is Homemade! 

We are getting down to the wire folks - ONLY 5 SLEEPS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS?!?!?!?!?

My presents are wrapped and under the tree, my baking is done, except for the Christmas cake and I have all of my groceries bought. I am feeling very relaxed and and enjoying the days. 

I really thought I was behind this year, but somehow I got it all done and have been relaxing. We have company coming on Tuesday for a couple of days and then I will be getting food ready for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Are you ready for Christmas?!?!?!?!  If you are, that's great!  If not, don't worry it WILL still be awesome!

Now let's check the awesome features from last week's party.  

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Happy Holiday Season! We are only one week away from Christmas Eve Day. It's coming fast. I finished my wrapping and the cookies are all done. I got some of them delivered and will do some more tomorrow. 

Now all I have to do is make a list of what I need for meals and buy the ingredients. My BIL and SIL will be here on Tuesday for a couple of days and then there's Christmas Eve dinner, plus Christmas Day. Those meals will be smaller, just in-laws and my daughter. Sounds like a lot of cooking coming up. 

Are you hosting Christmas dinner? Have you decided your menu?  I did pick some awesome recipes that you might want to try or maybe one of the DIY projects. 

I Hope you enjoy all of the inspiration you find at the party. We have the best bloggers and they are all so creative. Hope you like the features!

Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  Glad you are joining us.  We are inching our way to Christmas and the links are so helpful getting us prepared! 

I do want to apologize for not returning all of your comments. I must have had a senior moment, because I thought I had. In any case, I am sorry if I missed you. Crazy getting ready for Christmas. That's my excuse , and I am sticking to it. lol!

I have been making cookies today. Hubby had to go to his office in Miami, so it was the perfect time to do some baking. 

Brownie Ornament Cookies

As Christmas approaches, it always seems to be such a hectic time. If you are still trying to make some cookies, then these are for you. They are so easy and you use a box mix of brownies to make them. 

You can even have the kids help decorate them. A great project to do over the break.

 

You're The Star - Creative Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star - Creative Feature Week

Happy Monday dear friends. A new week is beginning and Christmas is getting closer. I got all of my boxes ready to go to the post office. Already sent my cards and wrapped some of my presents for under the tree. Wrapping presents use to take me about a week but I was able to wrap most of them in a few hours. 

This week I am making more cookies. I will be giving them to neighbors. I need a few more to have a nice variety. Are you making cookies? Do you share them? 

I hope you find some awesome inspiration here at he party. Have a great week.

Welcome to the second week of the December 2020 blog hop called "You're the Star"!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share this post from my blog:

Fabric Wrapped Candy Canes

Over The Moon Linky Party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday everyone. Christmas is approaching quickly. I sent out my cards, mailed my packages and now making some more cookies to give out. 

How is your Christmas holiday festivities coming along? Are you buying less than usual? I did. I had a lot less to wrap. I can remember wrapping for a week and yesterday it took me a few hours. That's my kind of wrapping!!

Since I am still making cookies, I thought this week's party should be all about cookies. Maybe you might find a recipe that calls your name. 

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Happiness Is Homemade

Welcome to Happiness Is Homemade Link Party

Welcome one and all to our 2nd December blog hop for Happiness Is Homemade! 

I have been making cookies. Some are Christmas ones, and others are not , like chocolate chip cookies. I can't have Christmas cookies without them. Have you made Christmas cookies? What kinds do you like to make?

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe that two weeks from today is Christmas Eve Day. Yikes, why does it always seem to sneak up on me? I thought I was doing good, decorating done and the tree is almost finished. On to cookie making time - my favorite part. 

I don't have many gifts to wrap since we don't buy much for each other - a couple of simple gifts. Do you buy for your hubby? How do your handle Christmas gifts? I am getting my gifts ready to send to mail. Should go out on Friday. At least that will be done. 

I Hope you enjoy all of the inspiration you find at the party. We have the best bloggers and they are all so creative. Hope you like the features!

Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  Glad you are joining us.

I am almost done with my Christmas decorating. Just need to finish the tree. It was nice not doing so much this year, even though I enjoy it. I had 2 UTIs within 2 weeks of each other. That has really wiped me out. When I went last week, I was feeling better so tested negative, but then I woke with it on Sunday it was back. I did test positive today so they gave me some meds. Hopefully that will make it go away for good this time.

Holiday preparations are well underway and we have had so many great links to help you in your preparations.  I appreciate you stopping by each week and participating in the blog hop.  Before we start our main event, let's take a look at our features from last week's party!

You're The Star - Garden Feature Week

Welcome to You're The Star -  Garden Feature Week

Happy Monday everyone. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We spent the weekend trying to get our Christmas decorations up. We got all of the outside done and most of the inside, all but the tree. There's always tomorrow, right.

Are you ready for Christmas? Do you have all of your decorating done. I hope you have an awesome week ahead.

WELCOME to the December 2020 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

Kung Pao Chicken

Over The Moon Linky Party

Welcome to Over The Moon Linky Party

Happy Sunday everyone. Here we are at the first Over The Moon Party in December. I am a little behind in Christmas decorating. Trying to get it all done today but not sure if that will happen. 

I thought I was doing well, but somehow I am still behind. It sneaks up on you and before you know it, there it is. All of the outside is done, just a little more in the house and the tree. 

I didn't do as much this year as in the past. Are you doing the same or less or more? Some how I just wasn't in t he mood to go all out. Maybe because it will be a quiet Christmas. What are your thoughts? 

My favorite part of these parties is reading your comments. I feel like I get to know you and that we are almost like "texting" back and forth. You share your stories with me and I share mine - just like friends.  So keep them coming.

Happiness Is Homemade Party

Welcome to Happiness Is Homemade Party

Welcome one and all to the first of our December blog hops for Happiness Is Homemade! It is such an exciting month. I love this time of year. So many awesome posts are shared. I want to make all of the recipes and the projects that are posted. I just drool over all of them. So many ideas, so little time. I know you must be excited to see all of the posts as well. I hope you will find inspiration too. 

As you go on this journey through the month of December, I'll be sharing new features here at our Happiness is Homemade link party every week - these special posts need to get the recognition they deserve!  Be sure to check them out and leave some love with a comment or a share!

Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Happy Thursday! I am so excited today since I am heading down to Davie (where I use to live) to visit some friends and spend the night at my friend's house. We try to get together every month or so. We always have such a great time together. We get take out and drink some wine and laugh and do facials. All that girl stuff. 

I hope the rest of your week is great and thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and share at our party. 

Many of my features come from you my commenters. Don't forget to leave your Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you could become one of my featured commenters next week.  

Kung Pao Chicken

We love Chinese food but our local Chinese restaurant closed so I have had to make some dishes at home to satisfy of cravings. I love to find meals that are quick and easy and this one fits the bill.  After making this dish, there's no need to get take out again. 

The original recipe called for dried chilies, but I did not have them so I used chilies in Adobo sauce.  

I don't often get to take great pictures since hubby is usually waiting to try the dish. He loved this recipe. 

This is going to be one of our new favorite Chinese takeout dishes, at home!

Recipe                                                                                                      Print

Ingredients:

• - 12 oz (350 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast or thigh, cut into bite-sized pieces
• - ¼ teaspoon salt
• - Dash of white pepper
• - 1 teaspoon all-purpose cornstarch
• - 2 tablespoons oil
• - 1 garlic clove, minced
• - ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• - 6 dried chilies or chile de arbol or chiles in Adobo sauce
• - 1 large red pepper, diced
• - 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onion (scallion), white and green parts, plus more for garnish
• - ½ cup (150 g) dry roasted peanuts, plus more for garnish

Sauce:

• - 2 tablespoons Chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
• - 2 tablespoons basic chicken stock
• - 1 teaspoon sugar
• - 1 ½ tablespoons Chinese rice wine or cooking sherry
• - 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• - 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
• - 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• - 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
• - 1 teaspoon all-purpose cornstarch
• - 1 teaspoon water

Directions:

- Combine all of the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.

- Toss the chicken with the salt, pepper, and the all-purpose cornstarch. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

- Heat ½ the oil in wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces and stir-fry until the chicken turns white about 2 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside. Wash and thoroughly dry the wok or skillet.

- Heat the remaining oil in a wok or skillet over medium-high high heat. Add the garlic to the wok or skillet and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the dried red chilies and stir-fry until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the red bell pepper and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the reserved chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the stir-fry sauce and stir-fry for 1 minute, until the chicken is nicely coated. Add the peanuts and green onion and stir-fry for 30 seconds.

- Dish out and garnish with more green onions and peanuts. Serve immediately with hot steaming rice.

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  Glad you are joining our party.  Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (for U.S. bloggers)  We appreciate you stopping by each week and participating in the blog hop.  Before we start our main event, let's take a look at our features from last week's party!