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Tell us your Blog’s story! What made you start blogging? Why did you decide to open up a slice of cyberspace and put your name on it? Tell us what your purpose was back then – is it the same today or have you changed focus?

Many blogs have a rich history, and as a bloggers life changes so does their blog. So it will be interesting to see everyone’s posts this week!

If you’ve never participated it’s easy to do so – don’t be shy. You have until Friday to share you link on the linky and get your mojo goin!

When I started blogging, I had been digital scrapbooking for awhile, and I was getting into photography. I noticed the blog train on scrapping forums where I belonged, so I started my blog as a way to show off the pages I was doing, and to help promote the designers I was working with at the time. In addition, it was a way to document what was going on in our lives. It gave me another creative outlet.

The more I got into the blogging, the more I moved away from the digiscrapping. It’s sad, but I haven’t scrapped in two years. Blogging has become my creative outlet while the rest has taken a backseat. Now, I’m still blogging about our lives, but less about the scrapping. It’s more about the three A’s – Autism, Allergies, and Army. That’s what is taking up the majority of our time these days.

It’s through blogging and social media that I’ve met a fantastic network of people of all kinds. I’m constantly learning, growing, and changing from the people who I’ve chosen to surround myself with – my virtual family.

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This week’s Monday Mojo (yes I know it’s Wednesday, but you have all week to link up, remember?):

For this week, we would love for you to share a picture of your Christmas Tree (if you celebrate!) Also, let us know what your favourite holiday traditions are! I know I love to hear how other people celebrate. We can’t wait to hear what you do!

I finally decorated our Christmas tree the other night after much nagging from my 5yo. I put it off as long as I could because:

1. I wasn’t in the mood.
2. The boys can’t leave the $&%(% tree alone.
3. The lights on two branches near the bottom of the tree just poofed the other day (see $%*@) tree).

It’s not perfect, but it’s decorated. Next year, I”m going back to our regular tree that I have to string the lights on myself. It fluffs better (real trees make me itch). The bald spots on this tree are really getting to me. I’m glad we didn’t pay any more for it than we did. We’ve gotten our money’s worth, and I think it’s done. (Excuse the crappy cell phone pic. My camera has turned into a princess and will only focus when it wants to. Check out some of our ornaments.

Other traditions that we have include:

• pizza on Christmas Eve
• leaving beer and cookies for Santa (who wants to put toys together sober?)
• Welsh cookies
• pancakes for breakfast Christmas morning, made by my husband (the best part)
• ravioli lasagna for Christmas dinner (I’m the only one who likes turkey, and no one like ham)
• something crafty for when the kids are bored with their Christmas gifts to help maintain our sanity over their break

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Monday Mojo Topic
For this week, we would love for you to share your favourite holiday recipes! I am always looking for new things! (Any holiday will do!)

Welsh cookie

I’d have to say that our favorite holiday recipe, hands down, is Welsh Cookies. It’s a tradition that comes from my husband’s family. His two grandmothers brought their respective family recipes over from Wales. I had never had them until I met my husband. For his family, they are a cookie unique to Christmas. They’re not your typical sweet cookie either. They’re more of what I’d consider a tea sort of cookie. I guess that’s why in his family the kids are allowed to have them for breakfast during the holiday season.

Last year, we had some cookies, from an unknown bakery that were so good. They were soft and moist. I’ve been working to try and replicate that in our cookies. I’ll be honest. I totally threw out his family’s recipes and started from scratch. I found a recipe online at Joy of Baking. Then I was talking with a friend who does way more baking than I do (I cook, but not so much in the baking department). She gave me some suggestions, and this is what I’ve come up with. They are a much lighter cookie, and if cooked right, soft and moist too. Hint: DO NOT BAKE YOUR WELSH COOKIES. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. Just to let you know. I tried that this year too instead of the griddle.

Welsh Cookie Dough

Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour (yes, it does need to be cake flour)
1/3 cup sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (to taste)
1/4-1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (to taste)
1/4 cup cold shortening
1/4 cup cold butter
1/3 cup currants (I find raisins to be too big and icky)
1 large egg
4 tablespoons milk (this may be more or less depending on environment)

To Make Dough:

In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add shortening and butter, cutting in like making a pie crust. Add currants. Add milk until dough comes together, but don’t over mix. Form dough into a ball and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes (I usually make dough while I’m making dinner, and make cookies the next day).

To Make Cookies:

Take half the dough and roll to 1/4″ thickness. Cut into 2″ circles. Cook on medium heat on a griddle until browned on both sides, much like pancakes. Sprinkle with sugar when they come off the griddle if desired.

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Oh Christmas Tree!

What do you do to get your mojo back when it seems to be missing? What are your suggestions for renewing creativity within yourself and how do you keep your writing fresh?

Ironic since yesterday I sat with this tab open all day and nothing came out. I just can’t write if I’m not moved. When I force it, it’s crap. If you’re a regular reader here, I’m sure you can tell which are the more forced posts and which flow more freely.

When I’m in a funk, I do several things. I play games in an effort to ignore said lack of writing. I sit and stare at the blank box where text should be in WordPress. I surf other blogs. I hang out on Twitter and Facebook. I’ve even been known to do laundry. I know, the horror! If it’s a weekend, I’ll search for a day trip to drag my family out of the house just so we not only have something to do, but I can take pictures and blog about what we did that day.

What do you do when you can’t seem to get the words out? Come join us for Monday Mojo and on the forum.

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