Hummus is a bit of a head scratcher.
It’s been around forever, but suddenly a few years ago became the new “IT” food.
At the grocery store, a small container starts at $3.99 and goes up considerably if it has other high fashion ingredients (use the words artisan and roasted and you can add at least another dollar).
Food bloggers and their commenters have gone crazy as well, posting recipes with multiple steps and heated arguments about whether a Vitamix is better than a food processor. Don’t even get me started on the remove-the-skins vs. leave-the-skins debates. (Honestly, I fell for it, and used to skin them, but at least for me, the difference isn’t worth the work).
For several years now I’ve used Super Bowl Sunday as my time for getting my taxes together.
It certainly is impossible to miss, with all the shouting on TV, and endless posts on social media. Even the crafting blogs get into it (guilty!)
The game doesn’t start until evening, but the TV coverage starts early. You have plenty of time to do this task and get it off your list way before it is time to start eating chip and dip.
Instead of waiting until the last second, using Super Bowl Sunday is an easy trick. Most, if not all, federal tax forms (W-2, 1099, etc.) are due to you by January 31st. And the IRS begins processing returns right around the first week of February as well.
If your taxes are easy and/or you are really a DIY-er, then this Sunday is a great day to get everything together and file online. If your taxes are more complicated, Sunday is a great time to find all the papers and get them into that envelope to send off to your tax preparer.
An extra bonus of filing earlier? If you going to receive a refund, it usually comes earlier, too!
I’m not sure if you know this, but a big football game is coming up next weekend.
And I don’t need much prodding to produce a garland, so an over-hyped sporting event will definitely serve as an excuse!
For this one, I decided I wanted to hang the garland vertically (which might technically be a streamer and not a garland). And that meant the image needed to be visible on both sides since the footballs were going to move a bit in the air.
I’ve harnessed the power of Silhouette Studio’s Print and Cut feature and added a twist – I double side printed the image.
