{"id":1700,"date":"2011-01-20T09:52:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2011-01-21T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T15:02:40","slug":"one-lump-or-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/2011\/01\/one-lump-or-two.html","title":{"rendered":"One Lump or Two?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, we mail home a box from Miami, filled with all the stuff we don’t have room to pack. The presents for the kids, the after-holiday stuff we buy. But this year, the box had something special for me. And I plan on using it the first quiet moment I get on this snow day.<\/p>\n

It was a Yankee swap<\/a> prize. Not my prize. Adam’s prize. But I stole it (post swap) because it was too much of a treasure to let him have it, with his uncouth ways.<\/p>\n

I love this Yankee swap. We have so much fun. It’s always a challenge whether to go fun or serious. This year I went serious. A nice spice sampler from Penzey’s that was on sale for $7.95 (our limit is $10). But it just didn’t… feel right. I kept second guessing myself. And then I realized I had a whopping $2.05 leftover. In a Yankee swap, that’s like an entire new gift! So my spice sampler transformed itself into a Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, complete with potato, peas, and 75 cents for .63 pounds of chicken. Done!<\/p>\n

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The swap was good. I ended up with a musical magic wand that has been hotly contested between Doodles and Pie. I’ve had to declare it “shared” and it lives in the playroom.<\/p>\n

But Adam. Oh Adam got a gift of which he was unworthy. It was a timely gift, as my friend, Simon, had just posted on Facebook a link to the proper way to make tea<\/a>. But the instructions lacked something. A certain je ne sais quois<\/em>. Until. Until. Until we got this for the Yankee swap:<\/p>\n

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How beautiful is this? It takes the tea bag, it let’s it sit in the tea, and then it removes the tea bag at the designated time!<\/em> No more weak tea because I took the bag out too soon! No more overly strong tea because I started making my tea only to be distracted by a screaming child. This is the ultimate tea-making tool! I don’t understand why I’ve never heard of it before!<\/p>\n

Forgot Calgon. Tea-Boy, take me away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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