My daughter Hannah just loves to sing, make music or better yet make noise. She is a member of her school choir and she is one that enjoys making her own music with her plastic recorder. This Christmas I gave Hannah something I knew she would love, a 12 hole Hobbit Ocarina.

The 12 Hole Tenor Ocarina “The Hobbit” is about 5 inches long, accurately tuned in the key of C Major, with a pitch range of 13 notes. It also has the capability of performing sharps and flats.

Before I wrapped this and gave it to my daughter, I had to be the first one to try it. I can’t say that my music sounded good but I like that this comes with an instructional booklet as Hannah is eager to learn how to make beautiful tunes. I kind of want to learn how to play it too!

The STL Ocarina website has this hobbit style ocarina as well as a large variety of other ocarinas in different shapes, colors and prices. For more information, visit: www.stlocarina.com.

One thing this girl loves is chocolate. I also like pretty boxes with chocolate inside them.

Inside the pretty Chocolate Bliss Box I received from Harvard Sweet Boutique waiting for me to try were some Chocolate Toffee Cookies and Double Chocolate Fudge Brownies oh my…

The Harvard Sweet Chocolate Bliss Box contains eight Chocolate Toffee Cookies and six Double Chocolate Fudge Brownies. I tried the brownies at first and thought they definitely had double the chocolate. For those that crave chocolate like me, these are going to spoil your tastebuds. Since the cookies have toffee in them, it gives these chocolate chip cookies a little crunch to them.

If you want to spoil someone or maybe spoil yourself, Harvard Sweet Boutique has some delicious gifts with an assortment of cookies, brownies, bars and more. To check out their products, visit: www.harvardsweetboutique.com.

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We happen to LOVE the Keurig brewer in our home. Our main brewer gets used every single day, sometimes multiple times.  We love the brewing system and the variety of K-Cups so much that we have more than one brewer.

If you a true fan of the Keurig like me, you will also have an extra Keurig to bring along with you when you travel!

During the winter months I love me a nice cup of HOT cocoa. We recently tried a few new varieties that including the “Dark Roast” from Caza Trail, the “Cappuccino” and “Hot Cocoa” from Grove Square.

I like coffee but I am also a HUGE fan of chocolate. There are those days and nights (mostly during the winter months) when a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows or whip cream hits the spot.

We enjoyed all the varieties but my favorite is the Grove Square Hot Cocoa. My husband on the other hand preferred the coffees. He likes to mix both the Caza Trail Dark Roast, the Grove Square Cappuccino along with some creamer and whip cream. He can get creative when it comes to making coffee at home.

With the Grove Square Hot Cocoa, you get 3 different flavors in the box. You get (4) Dark Chocolate, (4) Peppermint and (4) Milk Chocolate. I like all three of the flavors and think the Peppermint flavor was a clever idea, YUM!

When it comes to my preferred cup of coffee, I like my coffee COLD. I have to have it with ice, creamer and of course SUGAR. You can also find me adding extra flavor to my coffee like a drizzle of chocolate or caramel too.

If you enjoy coffee, how do you prefer drinking yours?