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Another Holiday Dessert
This is one of my favorite desserts, and I made it for our Christmas party. Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert 20 Oreo cookies (divided) 2 T. melted butter/margarine 1 (8 oz) pkg of cream cheese, softened ½ cup peanut butter 1… Continue reading
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Holiday Craft Adventure #1
Grandma Valerie sent Lily and I this cute foam craft, and so we spent Tuesday afternoon putting it together. It was quite the adventure, but went together pretty well with some glue dots. It was very fun, and a great… Continue reading
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Holiday Baking Adventure #2
This week I decided to bake bread to give away and eat :). I made 7 loaves, 3 normal to go with a small jar of strawberry freezer jam, and all the rest were cinnamon bread. YUM!! I need to… Continue reading
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Holiday baking begins!
Last Saturday, the holiday baking began with my sister Cheryl's delicious pumpkin cookies :). Yummy! Here's the recipe if you want to try them . . . Pumpkin Cookies 1 c. shortening 3 c. sugar 2 eggs 2 c. canned… Continue reading
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Fun!!
I am so excited! My friend Angela is trying out the world of blogging, which is awesome, because she and her family are stationed in Japan, and it means I can keep track of them. Her husband, Rob, is Kevin’s… Continue reading
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .
I love this time of year – I love the lights, the sounds, the smells, the parties, the music, the baking, coming up with fun gifts and surprises, etc. We are finally finished decorating, and although it took us a… Continue reading
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I wish the world would just slow down . . .
. . . so I can catch up with it. I am feeling a little stressed and overwhelmed at the moment – not with any one thing, but with a combination of a bunch of different things. These are not… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Recipes
Well, I promised the recipes for the Pumpkin Roll, and my dinner rolls, so here they are . . . Pumpkin Cake Roll 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup canned pumpkin 1 tsp lemon juice 3/4 cup flour 1… Continue reading
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Plenty to Be Thankful For
What a wonderful Thanksgiving!! It all started on Wednesday, when I got to spend the day with Cindy baking pies. (I got to play the teacher, which you all know is my favorite thing in the world.) We had a… Continue reading
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Watch out world, Derek has Pirate shoes . . .
. . . and he's not afraid to use them!! That's right, Derek is WALKING!! Actually, he has been walking for a few weeks, but is getting better everyday. This has opened up all sorts of new troublesome things he… Continue reading