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Champagne Jello Shots

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If you are staying in this New Years Eve like me then it is time to get our menus together. I know I will have my favorite assorted cupcakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes, a frozen lasagna (Ana Capris) lol, garlic bread and some Sparkling Apple Cider for the kiddos to ring in the new year. I have been searching Pinterest for the perfect festive drink and these jello shots jumped off the page like try me ASAP! I can’t wait to try them on Monday night with Le Marc Prosecco.  Check out the recipe for Champagne Jello Squares via the celebrationsathomeblog.com she has some great ideas. Cheers to 2019!!!!! And thank God for Pinterest. 

CHAMPAGNE JELLO SQUARES RECIPE

  • 1 box plain gelatin {4 packets} + 2 cups water
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups Brut sparkling wine, Champagne, Cava, or Prosecco
  • 1 cup club soda
  • 3 Tablespoons Chambord liqueur
  • Package of fresh strawberries

Prepare gelatin according to package directions, using the 2 cups of water. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl, over sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar.

Let cool until warm to touch, and add sparkling wine, club soda, and liqueur; stir to combine.

Pour mixture into an 11 x 13 inch baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or over night, until set.

Once set, cut jello into bite-sized squares and serve. Add strawberries to rim of glass.

TIP: Use a small spatula to help lift jello off the bottom of the baking dish, gently.

 

XO,

Sharonda

 

***Repost from Pinterest via Celebrationsathome!

So Long 2017

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As we inch closer to the new year and reflect on all of the ups and downs of 2017 one word stands out, PATIENCE. It was a long and trying year for almost everyone I know. Starting with the inauguration of the President and well shit just seemed to go downhill from there. Anxiety levels were sky high, racial tension reappeared like it was 1985 and well life as we knew it had changed. Then you add in all of our personal drama and it just seemed like a roller coaster ride that never quite stopped. 

I know that I am not the only one that felt the strain. We talked about it daily on social media and in our small circles amongst our “real” friends. We argued over politics and we unfollowed people on Facebook. We marched in protests. We attended the weddings and funerals of our loved ones. We got bad news from doctors. We laughed and we cried. But we made it. We overcame some of the hardest days of our lives and that says a lot. 2017 will be remembered as a year of loss but also a year of finding the strength that we never knew we had. It was a year full of lessons for the future. I have learned so much about myself. I am definitely not who I was on December 30, 2016 and that is a good thing.

 

 

This year has taught me a lot about slowing down and letting go of the things that no longer serve me. I know you have probably heard it before but the mind is very powerful and when you learn to control your mindset things tend to go much smoother. It is not what happens to you but how you react to it. I have learned that relationships change and that it is okay if you don’t have the same friends or talk to them every week. I have learned that it is okay to say no to invitations or volunteering if you just don’t have the time. Most importantly, I have learned to say yes to me and my personal wants and needs. We as mothers tend to put ourselves last and as a result the burnout, frustration and fatigue will come in and hit you like a ton of bricks. But if we are patient and just as compassionate to ourselves as we are towards others we will live happier more fulfilled lives.

 

 

So I thank God for the lessons of 2017. The beautiful ones and the ugly painful ones. It was not at all what I expected. But I learned the power of compassion, forgiveness and self love. 2018 I am so happy to see what you have in store for us. I know it will be amazing.

 

 

Happy New Year,

Sharonda