Victorious!

Thanks to Google for the photo.  Our cats won’t pose like these. 
I don’t think these presents will stand a chance up against these two. 
Never before at Christmas time have I ever had the gifts wrapped before midnight on Christmas morning.   Often hubby and I  were both bleary-eyed when our three boys woke up to open presents.  [...]

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Pumpkin Cake

Photo credit:  Jim McQuire:  Pumpkins in Snow
I was looking for a new recipe for dessert this Thanksgiving. 
I came across this one, which I have tweaked a bit. 
It is like those “Dump Cakes” of the 1970’s.  I have the one in the oven right now.   Wish you could smell it baking 
Pumpkin Dump Cake
1 29 ounce can Libby’s [...]

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Pecan Bars

This is one of those recipes that you find on the back of the box of sugar. 
I have a fabulous cook book that I bought 20 years ago called:
Best Recipes From the backs of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Jars.  by Cecil Dyer 1989
Since it is nearly Thanksgiving in the States, I thought it was time [...]

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Birthday Cards for Narcissists

I think that Hallmark is missing out on a HUGE profit market here.
A whole line of greeting cards for narcissists. 
After I thought about it though, I remembered that the N didn’t want any celebration for his birthday. 
Celebrating a birthday or holiday made the N less than superior to the rest of us humans.  Seriously. 
Read Vanikin’s [...]

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Now THAT would be a Valentine’s Day Card!

 

I was in the store today with my youngest son.  We were in the valentine decoration aisle….Who knew there was so many decorating / gift ideas for this day of love? 
I asked Sam if his 6th grade class going to have a Valentine’s Day party?  Would we need to purchase valentines cards? 
He didn’t know. 
I should [...]

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Infamous Fudge

     

     It must have been in the mid 1980’s when this famous fudge recipe was published in the local paper.  I remember wanting a new fudge recipe and since this was from my favorite candy store, I was excited to try it for the holidays. 
     This candy store is in the Western United States…as far [...]

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A gift that won’t be returned…..

    
     For those of my fans…..I think there are two of you….who have been following the saga of the heritage albums that were being created as Christmas gifts for my in-laws….our tale continues…
     When we last heard from our heroine, it was the 11th hour and the albums were still not finished.  On the 23rd, [...]

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Bit off more than I could chew….

Okay – It’s the eleventh hour…..
The fabulous gifts for my in-laws are still not finished. They are with-in hours though…..I hope.
I really should have realized that making two albums for lives over 7 + decades long was going to take me more than a month…..no thanks to the photo developer in my area…who will remain [...]

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Christmas Crafts

 
        The dishes are washed, the turkey is digesting, the L-tryptophan is rising in my blood stream….I will be nodding off shortly.  What I really should do is grab my sister-in-laws, and take a brisk walk, before coming back to indulge in Round Two….PIE! 
     We’ve drawn names for Christmas Day’s gift exchange….we’ve taken my ’tongue in [...]

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Christmas Tree Fights

With that title, it does not seem like this post will be about the warm “fuzzies” of Christmas. 
When I was a child we got a huge tree every Christmas…flocked.   A Noble Fir looking like it was right out of a child’s picture book, covered with snow.  My father NEVER went with us to get a tree, [...]

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