Our boys after last night’s holiday piano recital. Their teacher is in the upper right… Last night my boys had their holiday piano recital. In Nebraska Jacob only had one recital per year (May), but their teacher here in Florida puts on a nice holiday recital also. They will have a bigger one in May. … Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ?”I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” It came across my @BreakingNews Twitter feed this evening. Before CNN, before FoxNews…Yahoo news had apprently caught it from Yonhap News Agency. I did get a grin out of Korea Central … Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ?”I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” It came across my @BreakingNews Twitter feed this evening. Before CNN, before FoxNews…Yahoo news had apprently caught it from Yonhap News Agency. I did get a grin out of Korea Central … Read more
It had been a very long time since Dave and I were able to dress up and go out without the kids. A couple years, I guess. Don’t get me wrong, we go out occasionally, like to dinner or a movie, but of course we don’t always dress up for those. Last night we went … Read more
I made these last evening also. I didn’t have enough almonds, but had plenty of almond extract so these taste SO GOOD this year! ****************************** Cranberry Almond Biscotti. This is a recipe I’ve been making for over 10 years. This is one sophisticated cookie…cranberries are always so, well, holiday! What’s cool is that the only … Read more
Another post from 2008, and the next cookie recipe headed into in my stand mixer this afternoon. This isn’t really a Christmas cookie, but it’s among my most popular (after the Holiday Surprises). **************************** I’m not going to waste time going into the legend of the Neiman Marcus cookie. I will simply refer you here and … Read more
Instead of recreating a blog post about one of our favorite cookie recipes, I’ve “repurposed” my November 2008 post. Many of the commercial links from 2008 had to be changed, so I’ve updated the links to the recipe, some of the ingredients I like and the cookie-making equipment I recommend. Similar to 2008, this will … Read more
Took this picture yesterday at the Commissary. I’ll let the picture speak for itself. The subtitle below says “Creamy taste and texture of pumpkin pie flavored with natural cinnamon & ginger”. I don’t know what to say about this pie-ish product. Many times you guys have known me to whine about processed foods. That’s not … Read more
I’ve been contemplating holiday crafts for Dave’s squadron’s Christmas party. I’m helping to set it up. (Oops, did I say “Christmas?” I mean, um, “Holiday“.) I recalled doing God’s Eyes in Girl Scouts and Sunday school when I was growing up. With all these remnants of yarn hanging around from my HAP afghan rectangles, and a … Read more
Disney Universe for Wii retails for $45-50. Click this link to go straight to Amazon’s listing. At the last minute, I decided to stamp/crop our family Christmas cards this year. I’m tapping into a lot of the materials I have on hand to save a little money, and I used the Splitcoaststampers website gallery to search … Read more