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Sweetwater Spiced Cranberry Cider Recipe!

Sweetwater StyleDec 19, 20142 min read

BRRRR….yesterday was a cold, gray and foggy day!The Sweetwater Kitchen was turned into Florist Shop for the day!(more about that later)You might be wondering what that has to do with Spiced Cider?On a cold…gray….foggy morning a cup of cider certainly hit…

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Christmas Read-A-Loud List!

Sweetwater StyleDec 17, 20145 min read

You’d Better Watch Out!You’d Better Not Pout!You’d Better Not Cry!I’m Telling You you Why!The Sweetwater Retired Librarian  Is Blogging Today!I’ve Made You A List…I checked it twice….These Holiday Themed Books are really Nice!Enough with the lame Christmas Carol Parody…. This is…

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Fast And Simple Table Decor!

Sweetwater StyleDec 15, 20142 min read

Dining Table Centerpieces are always a bit of a conundrum for me!The decor needs to be something that can be on display when the table is not being used….The decor needs to be something that doesn’t get in the way…

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Simple and Elegant!

Sweetwater StyleDec 11, 20143 min read

I was standing there in the middle of all of those boxes of Holiday Decorations!Suddenly….I remembered this quote by Coco Chanel. I decided that this would be my mantra for putting up the decorations around the house!  For some reason…the idea…

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On Thrifting -An Essay!

Sweetwater StyleDec 4, 20144 min read

source goodhousekeeping.comAt this time of year everyone seems to be focused on saving money!The Holidays are an expensive proposition!I was having an interesting discussion yesterday about the attitude surrounding saving money!It got me thinking about the difference between being PARSIMONIOUS…