Christmas on the Homefront - Glen's World Famous Fudge

What is the holiday's without a little food?!

As military families around the world, sometimes we have trouble being with our families and friends during the holidays.  However, a lot of people find that celebrating familial traditions helps bring our loved ones closer, with a grocery store trip just around the corner!

This month, some of our Homefront Team members, will share with you special recipes that they share with their loved ones during this festive time of year!  We hope that you enjoy testing them out, and maybe adding them to your own box of traditions.

Our first recipe this month is from Glen of Glen's Workshop.  Glen offer's handcrafted bullet pens and fine wood crafts.

Glen is sharing is "World Famous Fudge" recipe - "This is an easy, fool proof, quick recipe which produces the best tasting fudge I know.  I have made this recipe for more than 20 years and have never had a failed batch.  The key to this fudge is the final ingredient."

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Be sure to keep checking back to this blog all month long for other great recipes and holiday tutorials from our Homefront Team members!  And remember to search "homefrontetsy" on Etsy to see all the great handmade items offered by our shops.

UPDATE: Thank a Teacher Giveaway is Almost Here!

Last week, the Homefront Team announced they are having a GREAT giveaway on this blog, with sneak peek pictures of what { ONE } lucky winner will receive.  Here's a little update with more information on it!

On May 20th, 2013, one lucky winner will be randomly selected to win this { AWESOME } prize basket filled with 15 { FABULOUS } prizes from 11 different Homefront Team shops!

All the prizes together!

These basket includes (in alphabetical order of shops):

Branklets N Bling

Pink Crystal Earrings with Jewelry Polishing Cloth

Camelot's Accessories

Schoolhouse Fabric Basket

Glen's Workshop

Handmade Coventry Ballpoint Pen in Chrome and Cherry

Gramma Vedora Soap Company

Yuzu Handcrafted Hot Process Soap

Jenny Clark Stamp Art

Hand Stamped Cards with a Decorative Case

Mallory Alisabeth

4 Matchbook Notepads

Marks On My Heart

Alphabet Blocks Bookmark

Quite Crafty

Crochet Top Kitchen Towel

Paper Capers

Re-purposed Spiral Notebook with 10 mini envelopes

Pop's Pops and Treats

{3} 1 oz Handmade Chocolate Bars with Candy and Cookies

Rural Inspirations

Antiqued Bird Bracelet

All of these { WONDERFUL } items make up:

So how do you enter, you ask?

This giveaway will open on Monday, May 13th, 2013 and end on Sunday, May 19th, 2013.  All you have to do is come to this blog throughout the week and use the Rafflecopter entry form.  You DON'T have to "like" any pages or "follow" twitter accounts; although you definitely can for more entries!  You DO have to comment on that specific blog post (with the entry form), answering the question we post in the comments.  It's that { EASY }!

So check back on Monday for the officially entry form and { SHARE } this giveaway to all your friends and family!

And be sure to check out all of our fabulous Homefront Team member's awesome handmade items by searching "homefrontetsy" at Etsy!

10 Things - 10 Reasons to Love Retirement

1.  More time to spoil the grandchildren.

2.  More time to spend with the better half.

3.  More time for hobbies.

4.  More time for community service.

5.  More time for friends.

6.  More time for travel.

7.  More time for good restaurants.

8.  More time for napping.

9.  More time for reading.

10.  No time for the boss.

And then you'll wonder where all the time went!

This week's 10 Things List was brought to you by Glen's Workshop.