Happy New Year Articles

Happy New Year!

Let Your New Years Be Kind
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-kindyear.html
Provide journals. (You might place the guys in front of the T. V.)You can pick some up at a dollar store or even rather well priced atyour favorite grocery store.

This Year's Resolution? Simplify!Stephania Munson
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-newyears-simplify.html
"With a nod to Thoreau, we can put a lot of life in sharper perspective by listening to what this early American thinker discovered during his self-imposed exile at Walden Pond:'...men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost....'"

Learn how to make your homeschool more fun and a natural part ofyour day-to-day life.• Simple, stress-free steps to teaching your child to read.• What questions you should ask to help you determine yourphilosophy of education.copy and paste in your browser
http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/subscribe/secrets.php?hop=amomslove

Make It a Goal to Make Resolutions!by Sue Dickinson
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-newyears-goal.html
"I don't think anyone can go through a New Year's Eve without at least considering setting some "New Year's Resolutions". You know the standard resolutions: lose weight, make more money, spend less money, exercise. So many people make resolutions, but so often they are forgotten..."

Lose weight for New Years:
http://www.amomslove.com/health-staymomdiet.html

History of Modern New Year's Celebrationsby Michelle Gonzalez
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-newyears-history.html
"The tradition of celebrating the beginning of the New Year actually dates back as early as approximately 2000 B.C. - about 4000 years ago. The ancient Babylonians would begin an 11 day celebration with the first day of the New Moon after the Vernal Equinox (beginning ofSpring)."

5 Ways to Kick the Procrastination Habit!by Julie Plenty
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-newyears-procrastination.html
"How many of us rush around doing things at the last minute? How many times have we mentioned something that we felt we ought to do and said "yes, I'll get round to it" - but "it" never happens.Procrastination means to "defer action" and is a great delaying tactic - but it rarely serves us well,unless we know what's behind it and what to do about it...."

A Moms Love New Year's Menu
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-party.html

New Years Eve Menu and Recipes

A Moms Love New Year's Menu
by Caroline Shaw

Sweet 'n Sour Meatballs(recipe below)
tortilla cream cheese and salsa wraps(then slice into pinwheels)
potato chips
black diamond white cheddar cheese
pecorino cheese
pumpernickle bread
breton crackers
kielbassa from the strip
(http://www.neighborsinthestrip.com/)
salad with cukes lettuce tomatoes and homemade french...
(oil, vinegar, sugar, honey, paprika, salt, pepper)

gingerale, coke and sparkling grape juice

Sweet 'n Sour Meatballs

2 lbs. Ground beef
½ cup of bread crumbs
1 tsp. Salt ¼ tsp. Pepper
1 medium onion chopped
2 eggs
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Shape into 1-1/2 inch balls.
Brown meatballs in oil and drain fat.

Sauce for Meatballs

4 tbsp. Of brown sugar
3 tbsp. Of cornstarch
1 cup of water
2 cans of pineapple chunks (reserve syrup)
1 cup of syrup... from cans of pineapple
6 tbsp. Of apple cider vinegar
4 tbsp. Of soy sauce
4 green peppers cut into 1 inch pieces

In large skillet add sugar, and cornstarch tobrowned meatballs. Stir in water, syrup, vinegarand soy sauce. Heat mixture until boils andthickens, stirring constantly. Add pineapple,green pepper. Simmer covered, 15 to 20 minutes See http://www.amomslove.com/moms-party.html
and http://www.amomslove.com/hol-home-newyears.html

Christmas Articles on AMomslove.com

Christmas Articles on A Moms Love

A Three-Part Plan to Enjoy the Festive Season
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-working-enjoyfest.html

Tips to an Easy Holiday Shopping Experience
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-easyshop.html

Christmas Gift Ideas
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-cheapgift.html

Gifts in a Jar
http://www.amomslove.com/hg-recipes-giftjars

Mommy...Daddy...is there really a Santa Claus?
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-issanta.html

Don't Let the Marketers Ruin Your Holidays
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-edit-dads.html

Merry Christmas, Santas
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-santas.html

Christmas Memories
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-memories.html

In a "Holidaze"?
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-holdaze.html

Christmas...Real Jobs
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-road-holidayjobs.html

Come On In and Smell the Christmas
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-road-smellchristmas.html

Cleaning My House Gives Me Christmas Money
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-road-christmasmoney.html

Christmas Memories, RV Style
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-road-christmasmemories.html

When I Was Little
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-christmas-wheniwaslittle.html

Gift Ideas for Childcare Providers
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-single-gifts.html

Surperwoman's Christmas
http://www.amomslove.com/health-superwoman.html

Give Presence not Presents
http://www.amomslove.com/kitchenzine.html

Christmas of 1985
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-working-christmas85.html

Holiday Party Planning Guide
http://www.amomslove.com/moms-party.html

Christmas Links
http://www.amomslove.com/news.html

Look around the magazine...there is probably stuff I forgot I have.

Christmas Hints

Read Best Gift Stories Here:
http://www.amomslove.com/contests-stories.html

OK I am making a list and checking it twice.
Stay tuned to AMomsLove Holiday Gift Guide:
Page One: ...gorgeous rings, candles,side tables, flatware!
http://www.amomslove.com/shopping-christmas.html

Page Two:"Honey, buy me anything on this page!"
http://www.amomslove.com/shopping-christmas2.html

Page Three:...something for everyone.
http://www.amomslove.com/shopping.html

Watch for more!

Christmas Hints:
Ask for extra boxes at stores,Take advantage of charity gift wraps

Last minute gifts:
candles, magazine subs (Vogue, Country Living)framed photos of you and your friend, the kids,an artful landscape you took on vacation,

Biscuit mixes, cookie mixes, brownie mixes in a pretty jar, make a tin of your favorite tea bags in a satin pouch or decorated tin,
Bath Care Set (lotion, shampoo, bath salts,loofahs...from a DrugStore or Grocer.
Bake cookies package in brown paper bags with ribbon...line with
foil or wax paper.

So GQ

Chuck at Door for Mistletoe

Check out Incredible Christmas Music Light Display

You have to check out this guy's genius and these lights...although I don't get the peace sign??
http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv
and read the story on the guy that designed the display from a town north of Cincinnati.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/09/eveningnews/main1115306.shtml

Before Christmas

We are waiting for a big snow storm here in Western PA.
Nice time to cozy up before a fire, or say, The Apprentice:)
Going to snuggle in and do a couple of lesson plans on the couch
and wait for the snow to begin falling.

I only wish we were in cook forest to watch the snow fall in a cabin.