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New Years Eve 2012

January 1, 2012
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For the third year running, we hosted a dinner party with Eileen and Carlos to ring in the New Year. I love ringing in the new year with a dinner party. We have great food (yes we have to make it ourselves, but it’s way better than we would get out somewhere), great company, and [...]

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Mele Kalikimaka!

December 24, 2011

Mele Kalikimaka is the right way To say Merry Christmas to you! From our (tiki) family to yours, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

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Thanksgiving 2011

November 28, 2011
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It’s official. Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. And my favorite time of the year is officially here! This year we did two rounds of the holiday, one on Thursday with Noel’s family and one on Saturday with our family. So we got a bit of both worlds, some with others cooking for us, some [...]

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Happy New Year 2011!

December 31, 2010
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From my kitchen to yours! Thanks for following along on our journey here at 990 Square for the past year. I hope to see lots more of you all in 2011! We’re not really big on resolutions around these parts, but I do have a couple of goals for the new year: 1. Keep baking [...]

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Christmas 2010

December 26, 2010
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Ah, another holiday over. Makes me a little sad. I’m always one to get major post holiday blues. This year the holiday seemed even more fantastic than usual. Probably because we got to see all of our family, and even a little snow! We started out at home where Noel and I exchanged gifts. He [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 12.22.2010

December 22, 2010
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Snickerdoodles

December 20, 2010
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Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house… Pandora was playing Christmas music–it must be cookie baking time! This year, thanks to our weekend in Florida, my annual cookiepalooza in preparation for the Ratskellar Christmas Party was seriously condensed. To one day. Yikes! Somehow I survived, and at the end of the day [...]

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Thanksgiving at the Shore

November 28, 2010
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Well another fantastic Thanksgiving has come and gone. This one was extra special, since it was our first one (and first holiday!) at the shore! On Wednesday morning I packed up the turkey and seemingly half of my kitchen and headed to the shore. I had to make a not so brief stop off at [...]

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