tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post8120815702281518231..comments2024-02-02T00:22:18.479-06:00Comments on Okay, Listen Here: Cutting Corners to HappinessStephanie Jones AKA Alicia Hunter Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023631488715031414noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-38243048908669328442011-12-06T17:57:30.087-06:002011-12-06T17:57:30.087-06:00I've never made pie crust in my life. I'm ...I've never made pie crust in my life. I'm so impressed by you!Patricia Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538067779006621088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-24869629832684314322011-12-06T17:43:25.615-06:002011-12-06T17:43:25.615-06:00Hey,
These are good tips. I will have to add them...Hey,<br />These are good tips. I will have to add them to my tricks file! <br /><br />One tip that I read years ago was when guests are coming to visit you can mop the room that the they will enter first so that it seems like you cleaned house when in reality you just mopped one area. <br /><br />I will admit to using this trick more than once. :-)Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-829259869948724532011-12-06T16:32:12.918-06:002011-12-06T16:32:12.918-06:00I bet you do have time to run wild, Crystal! Geez...I bet you do have time to run wild, Crystal! Geez! Why can't I be like you?<br /><br />This year, I started shopping earlier. Major problem is: I bought stuff I don't remember I have and I don't remember where I hid it. Grrrr! Going to be a huge treasure hunt around here sometime soon. (Pirate!)<br /><br />Another problem I have with shopping early, I always seem to find something I like better for that particular person.<br /><br />I'm so indecisive.... :(Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-28294416870119783982011-12-06T16:30:06.104-06:002011-12-06T16:30:06.104-06:00Making extra meals or doubling your ingredients is...Making extra meals or doubling your ingredients is a fantastic way to save time, Jean. Thanks for reminding me! ;)<br /><br />At Fort Leavenworth, I knew a woman who cooked prime meat on Sundays, like say hamburger meat, then she put the meat aside and divided it out for spaghetti, lazagna, etc..., cooked them and froze them for the entire week. She was only cooking on Sundays, but she had the entire week to herself. Yay!<br /><br />On a side note, I'm not particularly fond of cooking for an entire day so I haven't done this. I will get double the hamburger meat, brown it and put some in the freezer for spaghetti, later on. But that's as far as I go. ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-5845796106619752392011-12-06T16:26:22.706-06:002011-12-06T16:26:22.706-06:00Hey Cheryl!
Sometimes you have to cut corners i...Hey Cheryl! <br /><br />Sometimes you have to cut corners in order to get things done during the holidays. And I've heard more people than we know pass off food as their own at parties. If no one is the wiser, no worries. I guess your cake issues fall in line with ordering a turkey or a ham from a well-known business. Same thing! <br /><br />If it equals yumminess, I say go for it! ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-34997768900513104302011-12-06T12:55:32.435-06:002011-12-06T12:55:32.435-06:00To lighten the stress during the Christmas holiday...To lighten the stress during the Christmas holidays, I start shopping early (and I mean early, like January early sometimes), I put up my trees and decorations early (Nov), plan, plan, plan, early, early, early, and buy some of the food items ready-made, depending on the event. That way I can bask in the glory of the season and let my inner child run wild!Crystal Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-2877965064391048942011-12-06T11:48:31.895-06:002011-12-06T11:48:31.895-06:00I try to make extras of meals that lend themselves...I try to make extras of meals that lend themselves to freezing--chili, lasagna, and the like, so we'll have food during the busy times. Also, I tend to make candy instead of cookies and cakes. I find it easier. Cook it up, pour it out, and you're done.<br /><br />Cheryl, There is no shame in hiring it done. I'm not raking leaves. You're not baking cakes. That's fair. Besides, those Mennonite women make the best pound cakes and fruit cakes in the universe. In fact, they might make the only good fruit cakes. I wish I had one right now. Except I don't. I would eat it. And I am trying to be good.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.com