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id="content">  <div class="sub-title">Archive: December 2015</div> <div class="post-wrap masonrycontainer">  <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-14732 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-resolutions-listing tag-new-years-resolutions-holidays-lists-outfits tag-resolutions">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/" title="The Closing of the Year"><img width="565" height="424" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1-565x424.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1-565x424.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1-590x443.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1-976x732.jpg 976w, 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outfits</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/resolutions/" rel="tag">resolutions</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>It’s the last day of 2015, with exactly 92 minutes left on the clock as I write this sentence. Our champagne is chilled, we’re in for the night with family, and I’m reflecting on what a wonderful, and sometimes incredibly stressful, year it’s been.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/" class="more-link">Read more on The Closing of the Year…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=The Closing of the Year - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The Closing of the Year - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/" title="The Closing of the Year" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/" title="The Closing of the Year" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/31/the-closing-of-the-year/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Collages1.jpg&description=The Closing of the Year','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-11863 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food tag-new-years tag-recipes">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" title="Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce"><img width="565" height="547" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267-565x547.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267-565x547.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267-300x291.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267-590x572.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" title="Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce">Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/">December 30, 2015</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/eating-stuff/food/" rel="category tag">Food</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/new-years/" rel="tag">new year's</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/recipes/" rel="tag">recipes</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Use your imagination here, and picture a gorgeous, silky looking sauce instead of a mess of onions. Because that’s what this is, even if the photos don’t show it. I made this the last two New Year’s Eves in a row, and I still can’t take a proper photo. Last year I forgot to buy shallots and used an onion instead (hence the jammy look of the sauce above).</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" class="more-link">Read more on Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" title="Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" title="Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/30/steaks-with-brandied-cream-sauce/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4267.jpg&description=Steaks with Brandied Cream Sauce','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-14712 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family-life-2 category-teaching category-thoughts">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" title="This Fall Sucked"><img width="565" height="433" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577-565x433.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577-565x433.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577-300x230.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577-590x452.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577-976x747.jpg 976w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" title="This Fall Sucked">This Fall Sucked</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/">December 29, 2015</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/family-life/family-life-2/" rel="category tag">Family</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/working/teaching/" rel="category tag">Teaching</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/family-life/thoughts/" rel="category tag">Thoughts</a></span> <span class="tags"></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>So here’s the thing about November and December: they were kind of the worst.</p> <p>H spent 2 nights in the hospital the week before Christmas having some tests done. Everything came out clear, but we were still camped out in a hospital room with our little girl. And we may聽have more tests ahead of us. Nothing life threatening, but still awful. That photo above was when we first checked in, before she was all hooked up to wires.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" class="more-link">Read more on This Fall Sucked…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=This Fall Sucked - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=This Fall Sucked - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" title="This Fall Sucked" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" title="This Fall Sucked" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/29/this-fall-sucked/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3577.jpg&description=This Fall Sucked','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-14715 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-quilts category-sewing tag-gifts tag-quilts tag-sewing">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" title="Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap"><img width="565" height="565" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-565x565.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-565x565.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-590x590.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752-976x976.jpg 976w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" title="Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap">Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/">December 28, 2015</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/quilts/" rel="category tag">Quilting Stuff</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/making/sewing/" rel="category tag">Sewing</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/gifts/" rel="tag">gifts</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/quilts/" rel="tag">Quilts</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/sewing/" rel="tag">Sewing</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>I never posted this one, but I participated in the latest #makeaquiltmakeafriend swap through Instragram during the fall. In November I mailed off this mini Tula Pink sampler made with Cotton + Steel prints to my swap partner @Tripleee80.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" class="more-link">Read more on Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" title="Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" title="Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/28/schnitzel-and-boo-mini-quilt-swap/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2752.jpg&description=Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-14679 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events-celebrations category-family-life-2 category-food tag-christmas tag-family tag-food tag-gifts">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/27/christmas/" title="Christmas!"><img width="565" height="756" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01040-565x756.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01040-565x756.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01040-224x300.jpg 224w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01040-441x590.jpg 441w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01040.jpg 765w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/27/christmas/" title="Christmas!">Christmas!</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2015/12/27/">December 27, 2015</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/playing/events-celebrations/" rel="category tag">Events and Celebrations</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/family-life/family-life-2/" rel="category tag">Family</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/eating-stuff/food/" rel="category tag">Food</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/christmas/" rel="tag">christmas</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/family/" rel="tag">family</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/food/" rel="tag">Food</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/gifts/" rel="tag">gifts</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Our Christmas photos! 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