tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63319350154925299862024-03-05T01:32:57.172-06:00Marni LuHuMarla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-90050450820281392672010-12-17T15:04:00.000-06:002010-12-17T15:04:41.572-06:00on the fifth day of christmas... and Toffee Tarts!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The other day, I was talking about family Christmas traditions and how we always get ornaments to add to our tree for each member of the family (including the four-legged ones!) that represented the current year. Another tradition I have been doing since the first year we got married is to make Toffee Tarts. They are delicious, easy to make and you never have to worry about having any left over...they are a hit wherever you bring them! I hope you set aside a little time to try these...<br />
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2 bags of MacIntosh Toffee </div>
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1) First, follow the instructions on the box and bake the mini tart shells until golden brown (about 10 min).</div>
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2) Unwrap toffee squares and melt in a saucepan on low, mixing in 1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk. This take a bit of time because it has to be gradual as if you heat it too fast, the toffee will get hard. Eventually, it will look like this:</div>
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3) Pour toffee mixture into mini tarts carefully and tap your tray so you get all of the air bubbles out.</div>
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4) Before they cool too much, place a Mini Hershey Kiss on top. Yumm!</div>
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5) Ta Da! The tarts are done. I will usually freeze them to make sure they don't all get eaten up before company comes but also to set them. they taste fantastic right out of the freezer too! ENJOY!</div>
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Happy Friday Everyone!Marla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-61948174619279205842010-12-16T20:47:00.000-06:002010-12-16T20:47:47.632-06:00on the 4th day of christmas...Today a $50 gift certificate is up for grabs from <a href="http://thrivedesign.ca/">THRIVE Landscape Design</a>, from Regina, SK. Share a favorite gardening tip to enter your name to win...<br />
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It is definitely winter in Saskatchewan, but now is a good time to be planning your yard AND it gives you something to look forward to...Marla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-31852924388196434862010-12-15T15:14:00.002-06:002010-12-17T15:16:43.582-06:00on the third day of christmas...<div style="text-align: center;">
On the THIRD day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...</div>
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a pair of red Swarovski crystal earrings</div>
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a custom photo ornament from Jennifer Enns Photography. Check out her great stuff <a href="http://www.jenniferennsphotography.com/">here</a>.</div>
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As it is nearing Christmas, it makes me a little panicky to think of all the things I still need to do...wrap presents, BUY presents, make some Toffee Tarts (a family fave), write Christmas cards (which will probably end up being New Year's cards), and the list goes on as long as Santa's! In the midst of the panic, I started thinking about Christmas traditions...</div>
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One of the best family traditions we have is to each get new ornaments every year that represent something from our current year. Most years, we find more than one and want to capture a moment in time. This year, we were so fortunate to go to Hawaii for a dance competition of all things. While there, we found ornaments for Dale and Sidney at the Dole Plantation and I chose not to get one because I had seen one I loved on a previous day. Of course, when I went back to get it ...it was gone! </div>
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So, I decided to make my own this year and I love how it turned out. I used a starfish I brout back from Waikiki and had some shells and beads that I glued on.</div>
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What Christmas Traditions do you and your family have?</div>
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One the SECOND day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...</div>
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a $25 gift certificate from <a href="http://www.prairielaneboutique.com/">Prairie Lane Boutique</a> </div>
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Have your favorite quote or words made into art for your home! I LOVE these...</div>
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What inspires YOU?</div>Marla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-68008741523914596342010-12-13T09:11:00.000-06:002010-12-13T09:11:25.857-06:0012 Days of Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9_oOuGDwxD265pQGiUGwtrx0W5vFRK-nm4kMJUKlWyVHl2D9exb3P22_QOHqqJ6gzYHVquWGPQjzpPAoWpSXitHxk21FmrhEDuREUuNH9mgySAkW4EKg4e766y9nQTmfqFTSm6DPx1Vr/s1600/12Days_2800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9_oOuGDwxD265pQGiUGwtrx0W5vFRK-nm4kMJUKlWyVHl2D9exb3P22_QOHqqJ6gzYHVquWGPQjzpPAoWpSXitHxk21FmrhEDuREUuNH9mgySAkW4EKg4e766y9nQTmfqFTSm6DPx1Vr/s400/12Days_2800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jy5FiEo7GXtagUIVV7rjiScNW5IOtsj39b0GyZ-rtDlvnUHUKdMFURygBxdvyMbYcqk4vlloNtbhtDh7yH724tGcnK-CdHyW2ij3alublg1JtLvt2g2ukHPTK4h4aoC_9saA5jYQ4Zvu/s1600/Banner_12Days_540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the<b> FIRST</b> day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...</div><div style="text-align: center;">a $50 gift certificate to <a href="http://www.marniluhu.com/">www.marniluhu.com</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">In order to get your name in for the random draw, go to our<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Marni-LuHu-Designs/50257696197"> Facebook Fanpage</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">and "Like" us. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Have <b>TWO</b> of your friends do the same thing and post their names </div><div style="text-align: center;">and you will have two more chances to <b>WIN!</b></div><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/pumpkin-spice-latte">Pumpkin Spice Lattes</a> are available at Starbucks, for a special treat</li>
<li>I love to wear boots</li>
<li>sweaters</li>
<li>sleeping with the window open at night with a thick duvet on top ...cozy!</li>
<li>my favorite t.v show begin again (can't wait for <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a> tonight!)</li>
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</ul><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Enjoy this beautiful day! Why do you love Fall?</span><br />
MarlaMarla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-954800871767925192010-09-13T21:43:00.001-06:002010-09-13T21:57:13.662-06:00Oprah's Farwell Season...How many of you had the chance to catch the premier show of <a href="http://www.oprah.com/oprah_show.html">Oprah's Farewell Season</a>? I don't know about you, but I have been watching it as long as I can remember and yet, it hardly feels like it has been 25 years!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is What I've Learned from Oprah...</div><ol style="text-align: center;"><li>Pay it forward and it always comes back to you.</li>
<li>Celebrities struggle with their weight too.</li>
<li>Never wear panty hose under a bikini (Kirstie Alley)</li>
<li>Always keep on top of your health.</li>
<li>Oprah has the best taste in her "Favorite Things" shows</li>
<li>The Dept Diet is like any other for me, I couldn't stay on it either!</li>
<li>We share the same birthday, January 29th</li>
<li>I now know what an "A Ha Moment" is.</li>
<li>Anything you set your mind to, you can achieve.</li>
<li>Every women should not live without Spanx!</li>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">What did you learn from Oprah?</div>Marla Fehr-Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118947560663024553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331935015492529986.post-28586486672770808862010-09-11T22:08:00.000-06:002010-09-11T22:17:32.729-06:00Where to Begin...Hello Blog World! As you can probably tell, I am new to this so I am going to start by sharing a few interesting things about me. I really have lived an incredible life thus far and by all accounts, I should have been a cat from the lives I have used up! Some may consider me a medical miracle...<br />
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I was born with a congenital heart defect and at age 7 had open heart surgery to repair my Aortic Valve. Two weeks spent in Toronto, Canada was almost a vacation for a small town girl from Northern Manitoba. After a successful surgery and recovery period, my highlight was and still is to this day was to meet Lanny McDonald and Daryl Sitler who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. After the surgery, I was able to regain a normal childhood and haven't had any problems since!<br />
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My daughter Sidney, which I am sure you will hear more about in future blogs, was born on an air ambulance. She was a footling breech and 6 weeks preterm and wasn't waiting for a major medical facility to be anywhere in sight before she made her <i>Grand</i> entrance! We had to make an emergency landing in The Pas, MB because she was born 15 minutes after take off...on a stormy September morning. All worked out well, mainly because of wonderful medical staff and small town urgency.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0gmnoPTtRQP8vv4o5eYuWE-m4H6_6o8ELvn6I7Wb8ZCRQ8ThmKBep4euCLWq3D4W0UBTYhUcbTf2FN0rY6XYB9pzWp4Ob1PAVD9Cq84bU8_4knIIAQpGd0vXbpUf0pYdeIlnII0ImYgR/s1600/IMG_7493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0gmnoPTtRQP8vv4o5eYuWE-m4H6_6o8ELvn6I7Wb8ZCRQ8ThmKBep4euCLWq3D4W0UBTYhUcbTf2FN0rY6XYB9pzWp4Ob1PAVD9Cq84bU8_4knIIAQpGd0vXbpUf0pYdeIlnII0ImYgR/s320/IMG_7493.JPG" /></a>I think I had used up a couple of lives by now but was once again challenged. I really found out what I was "made of" when I was diagnosed with Cancer 3 years ago. Not exactly what a 35 year old women expects to hear, "We removed the tumor and it IS CANCER". blah, blah, blah, blah...I didn't hear anything after that. I was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma, a childhood cancer that was aggressive and left untreated, would have killed me in less than 6 months. I underwent almost 5 months of chemotherapy and lived in a isolated 10x10 hospital room. I can still smell the cleaning solutions they used, hear the footsteps of the nurses in the hallways and remember the feeling of complete freedom as my husband wheeled me out of the hospital as fast he could, when I got the okay to return home.<br />
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Three years later, I am healthy and livin' life! I have reason to love the life I have and look forward to sharing more with you in my future blogs. I hope you stick around and follow me...I promise I won't bore you!<br />
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