{"id":4251,"date":"2010-12-07T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2010-12-02T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T00:08:50","slug":"a-gift-of-thanks-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/a-gift-of-thanks-this-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gift of Thanks This Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Diana Cosby\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gifts come in many shapes and sizes, but I believe the most precious ones are those delivered from the heart.\u00a0 It’s so easy to get caught up in the mayhem of life, particularly during the hustle and bustle of the Holidays, but every day, there are people amidst the chaos who help you, who take time out of their busy lives to make a difference in yours. This year, why not return that gift?<\/p>\n

This holiday season, as wrapped gifts exchange hands, I ask you to pause, reflect on those who\u2019ve truly made a difference in your life, and if possible, find a special way to say thank you.\u00a0 This can be a simple gesture\u2014something like a greeting card, a bouquet of flowers, or a heartfelt poem.\u00a0 Maybe you could bake someone their \"\"<\/a>favorite cookies?\u00a0 Or, present them a coupon book filled with everyday chores, which they can tear out and give you to do on those trying days when they really need a helping hand.\u00a0 The absolute best gift you can offer another person is one given from the heart.\u00a0 And when special-delivered, without any strings attached, it touches their own.<\/p>\n

This Christmas, I\u2019m making gift baskets filled with my favorite homemade things, such as macadamia-butterscotch chip cookies, shortbread, double chocolate-orange-pecan biscotti, Vermont maple syrup, orange-lemon-maple syrup marmalade and more.\u00a0 With each one, I’m sharing a part of myself with the other person.<\/p>\n

What ideas can you think of?\u00a0 Remember\u2014the more original and inventive, the more fun!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I can’t wait to hear your ideas!<\/p>\n

My gift to you, one of my favorite recipes: Butterfinger Ice-cream Pie!<\/p>\n

Snickers Ice-cream Pie<\/strong><\/p>\n

.Oreo pie shell<\/p>\n

.\u00bd gallon Snickers ice cream<\/p>\n

.Cool whip<\/p>\n

.Chocolate fudge ice cream topping<\/p>\n

.Caramel ice cream topping<\/p>\n

.One Snickers chocolate bar chopped up<\/p>\n

Place 1 quart of softened Snickers Ice-cream cream into Oreo pie shell and smooth out flat.\u00a0 Place \u00bd inch or slightly more thick layer of cool whip.\u00a0 Drizzle on the chocolate fudge and caramel ice cream toppings.\u00a0 Sprinkle with chopped Snickers chocolate bar.\u00a0 Put plastic top on and freeze.<\/p>\n

*I usually make this a couple of days in advance and leave it on a flat shelf in the freeze.\u00a0 This takes less than 5 minutes to make, and 1\/2 gallon will make two pies.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

I sincerely wish everyone health, friendship and happiness this holiday season, a time when the best gift of all is the gift of yourself\u2014that one-of-kind present that can make a difference in the life of another.<\/p>\n

\u00a0***<\/p>\n

Please leave a comment to enter win HIS CONQUEST<\/strong>. If you\u2019re reading this blog through a feed at Amazon, Facebook, Goodreads or another social network, please note that you need to leave your comment at www.museinterrupted.com<\/a> to enter.<\/p>\n

The back cover blurb for HIS CONQUEST <\/strong>and Diana’s bio are in yesterday\u2019s post. Visit\u00a0Diana’s website<\/a> to learn more about her and her books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Diana Cosby Gifts come in many shapes and sizes, but I believe the most precious ones are those delivered from the heart.\u00a0 It’s so easy to get caught up in the mayhem of life, particularly during the hustle and bustle of the Holidays, but every day, there are people amidst the chaos who help… Continue reading A Gift of Thanks This Holiday Season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-give-aways","category-guest-bloggers","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4251"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}