Rebecca's Turkey Shirt , originally uploaded by byjen . Its taken a little time to get back into the swing of things after the craziness of getting ready for Sally 's crafting party two weeks ago (the party turned out to be a lot of fun but lots of work). Since the party I've been trying to settle in and organize my crafting supplies, as well as my thoughts, so I'm ready for the upcoming holiday season. I absolutely love Christmas time! I love the decorations, the music, eggnog, the crafts, baking, gift giving, family time, White Christmas, etc. (I could go on and on) There's always so much I want to do, but so often I run out of time to do it all. I am considering putting "more time" on my Christmas wishlist this year. I know its not even Thanksgiving yet but its never too soon to start planning for Christmas. In an attempt to be better organized and prepared for the holidays I am taking Aby Garvey's Holiday Organizing Workshop . Through the workshop,...

Lately, I've been trying to get ready for Sally 's crafting party this Sunday. I finally chose the projects we would work on and am working on some party favors. This morning I finished up some notebooks using my new toy, Bind-It-All , which I love. I still have much to do, but still find time to get distracted and overstimulated by the internet and crafty blogs. During some blog-hopping this afternoon I found a blog hosting a recipe swap which sounded like fun so here's our recipe for Dutch Babies . I don't know exactly where it came from. I just know for a long time we've been making it when we want something special, impressive, yet easy for breakfast: DUTCH BABIES: 1 cup flour 1 cup milk 4 eggs Dash of salt 1/3 cup margarine 1. Put margarine in a pie pan or 9x13 glass dish and set in cold oven. 2. Now preheat oven to 425 with dish inside. Allow oven to warm up while mixing batter. 3. Put eggs in blender. Blend on high for 1 minute. 4. At same speed, add milk gr...