Christmas Baking
I know, I know, I'm late starting the Christmas baking - but whoa, have I found the the perfect frostable sugar cookie recipe! Try it, you'll see. For this batch,…
Christmas Lights
I do so love this time of year, driving through the neighborhood and seeing the lights outside people's homes - it doesn't matter whether it's a full-on entertainment show with…
Glendale Doth Truly Glitter!
Last night Paul and I took eleven kiddos to downtown Glendale for Glendale Glitters - the annual holiday celebration of lights. It lasts about a month, on weekends, and there…
A Little Night Musicke
It's been a bit raucous around here this evening -- that is, it seemed so when I arrived home around 8:30 with Megan and Mother, having spent the first part…
The End of an Era
For many, many years (in fact, for me, as long as I've been married - for my husband, longer), we have received a precious gift each holiday season: One ice-cream…
A Welcome (and LONG overdue) Visit
I don't know how I missed posting about this, but there you go: "One thing drives out another," as Butterbur famously said. A couple of weeks ago I was delighted…
Back in time…
Every little girl's dream is to be Cinderella -- to be transported from the ordinary to the extraordinary, to be dressed in the most fabulous of ball gowns and to…
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!
I couldn't even believe it - I had to go hunting through my Nettie's World archives for proof - but it's been 2 years since we had a proper Christmas…
Thanksgiving 2013
Recipe for one fantabulous Thanksgiving: Spend the first half of the week preparing food and the house for Thursday's guests, with loads of help from every member of the family…
Knights of Columbus Picnic – November 2013
Yet another marvelous event that took place during my embarrassingly month-long hiatus from the blog was our second Knights of Columbus Picnic. There was much festivating, baby-goat feeding, racing of…