Peppermint Stick Cocoa

 Make a great gift

• 1 cup powdered milk
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup miniature chocolate chips
• 1/2 C  Crusted peppermint candy 

Layer powdered milk, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, and peppermint candy.

 On Your tag : Mix contents in a large bowl. For each serving, place 1/3 cup cocoa mix in a mug and stir in 1 cup boiling water. Store remaining mix in airtight container.

French Horn

 

12 Days of Christmas : French Horn 

Done with Music paper and French Horn. 

Monday at Home

 

{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 12/22/2025 }

Happy Monday from rainy Louisiana. I hope everyone had a great weekend, we took time out to go see some Christmas lights around our area. But today I am finishing up some baking for friends and family. 

weather

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• Another cloudy, rainy week in Louisiana. 

This weeks plans : 

I am having breakfast and coffee, while make the week plan.

Dinner in the crockpot, as I have baking planned today.And we will deliver our gifts  tomorrow  . I have a small shopping list to make online and pick up Wednesday morning.  That afternoon we have a  community gumbo Wednesday night after church.  

 

On the Menu 

• red beans and rice in crockpot
• spaghettis and meatballs 
• Gumbo
• Christmas dinner : baked chicken and sides 
• Chicken pot pie 
• Pizza 

It's just us for Christmas so we are keeping it simple and sharing with friends in need. 

On my blog

After Christmas I am doing snow time , then Mardi Gras, Chinese new year and Valentines.  

In town

The library on Saturday we made mini gingerbread house.  We are closed until January.  

MWCG town decorating contest 

In Church : Community church and gumbo. We visited the shutins with food baskets. 

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 

4th Sunday of Advent: Love

MerryChristmas-December22nd 2025 HOME STAR BlogHop

 

WELCOME to the December 2025 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!
Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

https://athomewithlisajung.blogspot.com/2025/12/christmas-cranberry-mini-loaf-gift-bread.html

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This week is HOME feature week
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Bev from Eclectic Red Barn

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The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
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(All features were chosen from the November 2025 "You're the Star" blog hop)

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Christmas Cranberry Mini Loaf Gift Bread

 

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup (10 2/3 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup fresh cranberries, chopped
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar

directions

In large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.Cut butter into thin slices and add to bowl. Break butter into mixture with fingers until mixture is crumbly. Stir in the brown sugar.Add chopped cranberries, milk, and eggs and stir. The batter should be thick, but not dry. If necessary, add more milk, a tablespoon at a time.Scrape batter into the greased mini loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour or until done.Turn loaves out and let cool on rack.

In small bowl, mix the confectioners’ sugar with a small amount of water to make the icing.Drizzle icing over the breads. Let icing harden before moving the breads.And wrapping for gift giving.

4th Sunday of Advent

We light the candle of love

Antiques Flee Market ; Cozy Mystery series

 

Antiques Flee Market (A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery Book 3)

An antiques dealer browses for suspects: “Lively…this bubbly tongue-in-cheek cozy also includes flea market shopping tips and a recipe.”—Publishers Weekly
 
Winner of a Romantic Times Award for Most Humorous Mystery
 
As the Christmas season gets into full swing in the Mississippi River town of Serenity, Iowa, antiques connoisseur Brandy Borne finds herself in the midst of holiday mayhem when Walter Yeager, an old flame of her mother’s—and a fellow antiques dealer—becomes a victim of Yuletide homicide. And his precious first edition of Tarzan of the Apes has disappeared…

 
“Brandy and her eccentric mother make a hilarious team of snoops.”—Joan Hess
 
“Surely one of the funniest cozy series going.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

My book pick :This series is such great fun to read. There is a mystery to it, but the greatest fun is meeting all the characters. I'm sure most adult children think their mother is crazy, but how often we turn out to be right. I just laughed out loud all the time & could hardly wait to start the next book. If things start to get too serious we always suddenly find one of her Trash & Treasure tips to make us smile.