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It’s time for the annual 25 days of Christmas on Savvy Entertaining!
To start you off, here is one of my favorite holiday songs…
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25 days of Christmas
Posted in Christmas, Holidays, tagged 25 days of Christmas, Savvy Entertaining on December 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Frozen Felines
Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Entertaining at Home, Musings, Pets, tagged Blog humor, home blog, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, The Heinous Cat on November 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The weather in our neck of the woods is miserable – cold, drizzly, freezing rain, fog.
It has caused the fuzzy little felines at our house to act even more abnormal than usual.
Miss Maizy (see photo above) comes charging out to the front yard as soon as she hears our car pull in the driveway. She barricades the front door, refusing to let us in, and loudly lets it be known that she is
1. starving to death
2. freezing to death
3. annoyed that we have let the above situations occur
Drooley, aka The Heinous Cat, does not voice his displeasure with us. He is much more subtle with his complaints.
It starts with a cold, steely glare in the kitchen window. If we ignore that, he moves to the patio door where he sits staring at us with narrowed eyes and twitching what remains of his left ear. He will then curl up in a sad little ball and pretend he is going to freeze to the door mat. At this point, Captain Cavedweller will take pity on him and open the door to pet him. Seeing an opportunity to escape into warmth, the cat will race on and plop himself down on the rug by CC’s chair. Flopping onto his side, he waits for the head and tummy rub that is sure to come.
CC is so easily manipulated by the felines. And they know it.
They have to work a little harder to get me to do their bidding. Although Maizy knows if she sits in the kitchen window and looks at me with big, sad, eyes it won’t take long for her to get what she wants.
Maybe I need to take a few lessons from the cats to use on CC…
She Who Has Crazy Cats
The Calm Before the Storm
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, tagged Relax blog, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Spa Day, Spa Party on November 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Before you become fully entrenched in the rush of the holidays…
Before you find yourself entangled in stringing lights and decking the halls…
Before you are elbow deep in cookie baking…
Before you find yourself running from this program to that party…
Before you are exhausted and overcommitted…
Take time to connect with a few friends for a little spa time.
If you want to make salon appointments and go together, great.
If you want to invite over a few close friends and spend an afternoon soaking your feet, sipping some delicious beverage and laughing like only good friends can do – even better.
Keep the refreshments super simple. Think one hot beverage and one cold beverage choice and some healthy snacks like fruit or veggies with cheese and crackers – and don’t forget the dark chocolate (it’s healthy!).
It’s easy to pick up some very inexpensive dish pans at the dollar store. These are great for foot soaking. Add some peppermint soaking crystals or fizzing tabs. Watch a funny movie. Laugh about past holiday disasters.
The whole point is to relax and spend a few hours just enjoying your friends.
When you are knee-deep in holiday chaos, you’ll look back on those spa hours as the calm before the storm.
She Who Needs to Plan A Spa Day
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Holidays, Thanksgiving, tagged Happy Thanksgiving, Shanna Hatfield on November 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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