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Monday, December 22, 2014

Merry Christmas

The decorations are complete, the gifts are bought (need to be wrapped), and the cookies are baked.  I have just a few more odds and ends and we'll be ready for the big day.  Tuesday will be pie day, I think.  (Cranberry Blueberry and Lemon Meringue)


                                                               Sugar cut-out cookies








 DH's Almond Biscotti





Date Nut Pinwheels



Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies





No Bake Cookies (Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Oatmeal)





Peanut Butter Blossoms




DH's Rustic Nut Bars




Spritz



Do you think we baked enough?  

I also managed to finish the kids' ornaments for this year thanks to Foxwood Crossings' little sleds and the designs that go with them.  I got a late start but they worked up quickly.  Taping them on the sleds with a little Stitchery Tape is a finishing technique I can handle.  (New Year's Resolution:  learn some finishing techniques and "finish" some of the many ornaments I've stitched.)  I also stitched a gingerbread house ornament but everyone on the planet seems to be out of the sleds.  I hear that the manufacturer says they'll be available again in the spring.






These little "sled guys" are addicting.  I also have a leaflet of snowmen for these sleds so I'll probably do some of those for next year's snowman tree. 

We're "down" a few kids for this Christmas.  Our DS who lives in Denmark was here in October and he'll be back in the States for DD's wedding next year. Our DD and her finace' are traveling in Asia.  (Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Cambodia).  Here's a picture they sent from Hong Kong:



Merry Christmas!

Happy Stitching!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day




Happy Valentine's Day to one and all.




I thought I'd devote this post to food. I baked some heart shaped cookies the other day but they were eclipsed by my DH's wonderful cake. He made this just onece before right after our new baby son and I came home from the hospital....20 years ago. We've been having a great time saying he makes this cake every 20 years.




The cake is from an old Bon Appetit Magazine and has everything I love in it....orange, raspberry, and, of course, lots of chocolate.