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Advent Calendar Day 10 – Cookies, Cookies Everywhere
The cookie plates I took to the neighbors that I told you about a few days ago were a huge hit. Sadly between making a few extra of those and all our incredible cookie eating skills, my large Christmas cookie tin is empty again as of last night. We took a vote after dinner last […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 9 – Homemade Convenience Foods
Let’s talk about convenience today. Compared to even a few short years ago, my life around the Holidays has gotten so much more convenient. I’m able to order gifts and have them shipped to my door. We can watch a huge library of Holiday movies whenever we choose without having to drive to the video […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 8 – The ABCs of Gift Giving
We’re getting closer and closer to Christmas Day. Yesterday I shared an idea with you on how to raise some extra money to buy presents for your loved ones. Today, I’d like to share a whole bunch of ideas for frugal gift ideas with you. A few years ago we talked about Christmas gifts in […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 7 – In Need Of Extra Christmas Cash?
One of my favorite things about Christmas is being able to give meaningful gifts to the people I love. Of course all that extra buying and making of things costs money, no matter how frugal I try to be. Since money is a little tight for us this year, and we happen to have too […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 6 – Time To Bake Some Pies
Happy St. Nicolas Day. We just got through having coffee and cake and I gifted my husband and daughter their annual St. Nikolaus socks. It’s a tradition with some families in Germany to give hand-knitted socks on December 6th. Up until last year, my dad got a pair each year from my Oma Inge (his […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 5 – Cook Once, Eat Twice
December is always a busy time of the year for us. There are school plays, Christmas parties, Holiday Events and of course a lot of extra shopping on the calendar. All this extra “stuff” makes it hard to keep up with all the usual chores and still have time to enjoy Advent and Christmas. One […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 4 – Cookies Anyone?
Way back in 2009 (has it really been this long?) we held a Virtual Cookie Exchange here on the Hillbilly Housewife blog. We had all sorts of delicious cookie recipes that were contributed by fellow bloggers and compiled them into a pdf document. I thought it would be fun to share those recipes with you […]
Continue readingBaking Made Simple – Day 3 of the HBHW Advent Calendar
One of our favorite traditions is each is to bake Christmas cookies and special pies for the Holiday Season. Christmas Day wouldn’t be the same without French Toast Casserole made with homemade bread for breakfast or Sweet Potato Pie for dessert. Leading up to Christmas there’s lots of baking to be done, cookies, brownies, quick […]
Continue readingHomemade Christmas Gifts – HBHW Advent Calendar Day 2
From the comments and emails I’ve gotten yesterday, y’all seem to be just as excited as I am about the HBHW advent calendar idea. I sat down last night and planned it all out through Christmas Eve … and I have a special surprise planned for the last one. Today I thought we’d continue to […]
Continue readingIntroducing The Hillbilly Housewife Advent Calendar
In the past, I’ve traditionally run a big Thanksgiving sale, but with all sorts of different offers going on and us spending lots of family time this past weekend, I thought it would be fun to do something a little different this year. I always loved having and advent calendar as a child and have […]
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