7th Day of Christmas Giveaway with Zoe Elmore

NOTE: Be sure to join my cyber friend Candace Cameron Bure for her TV movie airing tonight called The Heart Of Christmas at 7 & 9pm EST on GMC TV (consult your local guide or call your cable provider for channel information) and check out her new online magazine called Roomag. I am blessed to be a monthly contributor there. :-)

It is day 7 of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways!

You may comment on each day’s post to be put in the drawing for that particular prize.

Then, one gal who comments on all 12 posts will win the grand prize. (You can scroll down below to day one to see it.)

Comment on any post until midnight EST, Sunday December 11th.

All winners announced Monday, December 12th.

Now, here to guest post is the fabulous Zoe Elmore!

I’m an ADD girly girl who LOVES anything and everything that sparkles and shines. Bling is my middle name and I’ve “bedazzled” most everything I own (including our dog).

Being married to the finest, man I know for 32 years is one of my life’s biggest and best blessings.

Our kids Joe, Josh and his beautiful, precious, adorable, delightful wife Kelsey (yep, I think she’s fabulous!) not only keep us grounded by adding an enthusiastic dose of humor to our lives, they are three of most generous young adults I’ve ever known. The Lord outdid Himself with these kids; I don’t think I could have handpicked any better.

I count it an honor to serve on the speaker team with Karen, and can I just mention that the entire Proverbs 31 team is made up of some of God’s best girls ever? I’m just giddy to have been asked to join Karen and Amy Carroll in the ministry extension Next Step Speaker Services.

If you’re looking for individual help to sharpen your speaking skills and to learn more about marketing tools check out www.nextstepspeakerservices.org If you’d like to get to know me better check out my current site www.zoeelmore.com We’re busy hot gluing the final shiny objects on my refreshed and renewed website getting it ready for its February15, 2012 launch.

Now, for my Christmas idea:

I host an annual ornament exchange and partner that with a food drive to benefit a local charity in our community. Each lady who attends brings one ornament to exchange in a fun and playful game as well as a few items of non-perishable food items. Each year the ladies try to “out give” the previous year’s total by bringing an ever-increasing amount of food for the needy.

Here are the two most requested Dip recipes I serve at the annual Ornament Exchange/Food Drive

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked chicken, chopped (Use a roasted chicken from the grocery for added ease or even canned chicken – drained)

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1 cup Ranch dressing (Original Hidden Valley Ranch® Dressing from scratch. I make it at least one day in advance)

3/4 cup pepper sauce (Frank’s Red Hot®)

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 5 inch pieces or assorted crackers.

Directions:

Heat chicken and hot sauce in a saucepan over medium heat until warm. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Continue to stir over medium heat until they are blended well and warmed through. Add in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker/crock pot. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks or crackers.

Serves 20

Creamy Sausage Dip

Ingredients:

3 pounds breakfast sausage (Cooked and drained)

3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

3 (10 ounce) Diced tomatoes with chilies (Original RoTel®)

(Drain most of the liquid)

Directions:

Heat cream cheese in a saucepan.  Add cooked and drained sausage and the drained RoTel®

Put all ingredients in an oven safe dish and heat at 350 degrees until hot and bubbly.

Serve with crostini (crusty bread) or crackers.

Serves 10

Now for my giveaway:

I want to lend a hand in getting you ready for Christmas by offering:

~ Tote bag

~ Acrylic napkin holder with napkins

~ Bar of Christmas Soap

~ Six mini candles

~ Journal

~ Christmas Note pad

~ Stretch Bracelets

~ “Fun 2 Clean” household gloves

So, to enter to win leave a comment telling us your biggest Christmas task yet to do–shopping for gifts? Baking and cooking? Sending out your cards or Christmas letters? Wrapping? Cleaning for company?

If time is tight just say, “On Dasher!”

Be sure to join us for our remaining 5 days this week!

Oh yeah, and…..just three weeks til Christmas!!!!!

472 Comments

  1. Cleaning and decorating. I need to really clean anyway, but Christmas is usually a good reason. Although this year we are going to be out of town, so I don’t know how much decorating we are going to do.

  2. I’m way behind on preparing goodies, but looking forward to getting caught up this weekend.. I hope ;-)

  3. Unfortunately I am just getting started and still have most of my shopping to do and all of my Christmas cards. (Which is a BIG job, I send out about 130 cards and feel like I have to write a little something in most all of them)! :) Wish me luck!

  4. All of it! Just as I was getting ready to start on Christmas I got the flu! Down for 10 days. I managed to get some shopping done online, but my poor house looks like it is confused with the fall decorations still out and some of the Christmas decorations starting to appear here and there. It just doesn’t feel right reading from The Jesse Tree with sunflowers and fall leaves surrounding me and no Christmas lights twinkling!

  5. I have a beautiful wreath with a teddy bear made of a “tow sack” in the middle. I purchased the wreath a long time ago, added the bear and altho I have other beautiful wreaths I always go back to this one. Call me nostalgic!!! :D

  6. Probably cleaning the house and preparing mentally to get dinner for 13-16 people in my small house!!! :D I love having all my family inhouse even tho it means noise and crowding!!!

  7. Need to finish shopping…but we have really pared down the gift giving this year! Focusing on what is really important! Jesus!

  8. I have about 2 tons of my “secret recipe” brownies to make for church friends & co-workers. Money is tight, so it’s an easy way to give a gift without breaking the bank. I love baking, but this has become a bigger undertaking than I expected. I will be glad when that part is over & people are enjoying their baked goodies. Then, I can move on to wrapping gifts.

  9. My biggest task this year is baking! But I love baking. Family live far away, so I get to bake for friends and co-workers.

  10. Shopping for gifts is probably my biggest Christmas task, although it is usually spread over a few weeks or months. It’s the wrapping that catches me out! I always look forward to it, but often leave it to the last minute and have a few very late nights to get it done. Hopefully I will start earlier this year, so I’m not too tired to enjoy Christmas.

  11. I am doing “simple” this year…..we work with a homeless ministry…we are giving our time and love away…not so much material things…it’s about JESUS…not stuff!

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