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Merry XMas & a Prosperous New Year to All

Wow what a year it has been. I got to admit parts have been very tough, but it was all for the best and I can’t wait to see what 2014 brings. I hope everyone has had a more peaceful & wonderful year, you all have a blessed Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) & here’s […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 23, 2013 By SLS

Happy Holidays – 2012

In keeping with tradition (2009 / 2010 / 2011) here are a few of our favorite parodies, light displays, etc… With that and no further ado, from my family and all of us SLS Construction / AlaGBS, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Bountiful New Year. This year’s Best Gingerbread […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 24, 2012 By SLS

Picking a Fresh Cut Christmas Tree:

Let’s face it, nothing beats having a real Christmas tree. While I prefer a live one that I can plant, that isn’t always optimal so the next option is a “fresh cut” tree. Whether you drive to a Christmas tree farm to cut your own or simply pick one up from a tree lot here […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Christmas December 10, 2012 By SLS

Thanksgiving: Getting ready in a rush?

Full confession; we are nowhere even close to being ready for Thanksgiving this year. That nice “getting ready for the holiday checklists” that I created & have honed over the years – yeah, I just barely pulled it up with 5 days to go. (Fortunately we aren’t traveling & the guest room is always ready) […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Thanksgiving November 17, 2012 By SLS

Accio Butterbeer part Deux, & Happy Birthday America

July 4th is one of the most popular days for grilling and enjoying the great outdoors with friends & family. Two weeks ago we released a recipe for an adult version of Butterbeer and it just wouldn’t do to have the younger ones dreaming of using Levicorpus, Crucio or any other similar curses, so… The […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: BBQ, Grilling July 4, 2012 By SLS

Accio Butterbeer

Frak that didn’t work, & going to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade is simply out of the question, so what can one do… Well I guess I could do what any Muggle would do & simply Google it. Oh my, there are over 235,000 different pages on just the recipe. Well that might be a […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations June 19, 2012 By SLS

Hitting the Road: RV’s, Gas Mileage, & Assorted Tips

As the Star Trek transporter still has not been invented, many vacationing families & others start looking to RV’s due to their many benefits. Can one say no TSA checks, bag check fees, or as many of the dreaded “are we there yet? One of the biggest questions most often asked (after the price) is […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Camping, RV June 15, 2012 By SLS

Memorial Day – a time for remembrance & flag etiquette

Ahhh, Memorial Day and what is seen by many as the start of summer. Having stopped by a lumber yard yesterday I can easily say that the sale of barbeque grills, ac units, and flags was pretty brisk. While there is still some doubt about how Memorial Day / Decoration Day originally came to be, […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Flag Etiquette May 28, 2012 By SLS

Hitting the Road: Vacation / Camping Checklist & RV Toolkit

With summertime fast approaching, many just can’t wait to hit the roads & go on vacation. When we first started out it was packing up the vehicle & sleeping in tents at a campground or staying at a hotel. As we started getting just a tad older & the family grew (6 kids & a […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Camping, RV April 8, 2012 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: COOKIES!!!

You know when I saw the topic of this week’s Let’s Blog Off was on cookies I couldn’t help but laugh & wonder if the Cookie Monster managed to sneak in & post this topic… After that nice little laugh and thinking that I didn’t really have anything to add to the topic (much less […]

Filed Under: Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Blog Off March 27, 2012 By SLS

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