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Finally back from China. We had fun, as we do on all our holidays, but would never go back nor recommend the trip to others. Some of the cultural treasures ie Terra Cotta Warriors, Great Wall, Forbidden City etc. were amazing but waking up every day to polluted grey skies, a dirty Yangtze River, and cities with 30 million people took the joy out of it. Specially if you come from relatively clean and underpopulated Canada. We've done extensive travel in Europe where the population is quite dense, but the cities are clean, livable, with well kept antiquities. Nearly every holiday we go on ends with us thinking we would like to rent a house and stay a couple of months to investigate further, this one ended with "Take me home!". Could be the first holiday we've come home from where we lost weight, their Chinese food was not that great. We went to a small gourmet style restaurant where the food was the best Chinese food we've ever experienced in our lives, but were told this is an anomaly. The best part was the Chinese people, very helpful whenever we got lost, mostly happy and very friendly, beautiful very treasured children, and very safe everywhere we went. Glad to be back,
Elizabeth
Cindy that is the cutest photo. Big smile maker! TFS!!!!! :0)
Elizabeth so glad you are back home from your vacation. You were missed! :0)
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Elizabeth, It sounds like you had good and bad experiences on this trip. I hope the majority was alright though...I have never been out side of the US, but have always had the desire to go to Ireland.
Hey Everyone I have a friend who is 80 yrs.old and fell down and broke her hip, she is in our local nursing home till she gets better. I was wondering if I could ask of use a favor and send her a card. I have it the card request RAC too. You can send it to me, in care of her.
Thanks a big bunch..this is the address:
Virginia Samson
C/O Pat Cobb
4020 W 9th Ave apt#235
Hibbing MN 55746
Here's our cookie for this week. Light and sweet, and GF just for me! Folks, if you get Sunset mag, these are the sweet treats that are on the front cover and page 86. Easy to make and even easier to eat!!
To think I used bake and eat all those other cookies, oh how I long for a good Snickerdoodle!
Oh Jennifer, your cookies look like the melt in your mouth kind of goodness! My mouth is drooling! hehe WOW! :0)
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Here's our cookie for this week. Light and sweet, and GF just for me! Folks, if you get Sunset mag, these are the sweet treats that are on the front cover and page 86. Easy to make and even easier to eat!!
To think I used bake and eat all those other cookies, oh how I long for a good Snickerdoodle!
Jennifer... would you be willing to share that yummy looking recipe? I'm always looking for GF treats!
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I'll send you a copy with the mail that will go out tomorrow! I want to try them with toasted coconut in place of the peppermint and white chocolate. I may use the itty bitty chocolate chips too. I'll get your address form the teapotters list.
Mutnik, they are melt in your mouth goodness! Lucky for me the DH isn't that fond of peppermint! And when I make the coconut ones, he doesn't like that either! Does eating them while on the treadmill make the calories null and void?
Oh Oh Jennifer, me too. With Christmas coming I'd love a new cookie recipe. Maybe we could make a trade. What course would you like to have a recipe for. I have a great Christmas pudding sauce recipe called "Sterling Sauce".
Elizabeth
Hi there! OMG! I have not been here in awhile but I smelt cookies! Snort! Elizabeth! Welcome home girlfriend...just read your I am back post.....I respect all you world travellers! I am glad you went but glad you are home.....interesting......not sure I wanna go there! Ha! Welcome back!
Ooh, Ooh, lovely cookies! Yummers!
Okay, gotta idear! Be back later....tee hee...sneaky sneaky!
Mutnik, they are melt in your mouth goodness! Lucky for me the DH isn't that fond of peppermint! And when I make the coconut ones, he doesn't like that either! Does eating them while on the treadmill make the calories null and void?
LOL Works for me!
I'm doing my holiday baking next week and will share a couple recipes/ cookies. I hand out about 50 goody boxes every year so I really need to get baking!
Hey ladies, I just wanted to thank everyone for sending my friend cards that is in the nursing home from having a fall and breaking her hip. One peg board is over filled, and the second one is getting like that too...This is sooooo Wonderful of all you ladies....Virginia is sooooooooooo thankful for every card she gets..It realy makes her days there much easier..
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
HUGS,
PAT
Hi all,
I make these amazingly cute cookies that look like little mice. I was waiting until I made a batch so I could take a picture of them. Here is the recipe:
Spicy Mice Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 c. icing sugar
2 1/4 c. all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp sea salt
hand full of natural sliced almonds (ears)
a few chocolate melts or chips to melt for eyes and nose
Preheat oven to 325. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Beat butter and sugar until creamy. In another bowl whisk flours with spices. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed butter and sugar. If it becomes hard to mix everything together finish the blending by hand kneading until you have a smooth dough. Measure out level tablespoons and separate. Take each tablespoon of mixture and toll into a ball then shape the ball so it is elongated and shape one end with a bit of a point (to resemble a mouse shape with a nose shape end. Take two slices of almonds and push them in for ears. line them all up on the baking sheet about an inch apart then bake for about 20 mins. Cool completely. Melt the chocolate (when you melt chocolate if it seizes up or won't go liquid enough melt a small knob of vegetable shortening into it) Dip a skewer or toothpick into the chocolate and dot on the eyes and nose. See the picture.
Elizabeth your mice cookies are so Sa-Weet! Thanks for the recipe.
Jennifer, I think you might be on to something....eating on the treadmill making the calories null and void. hehe. Clever thinking going on here.
I will be missing in action for awhile, DH is making me go to Mexico for a short vaca. Can you believe that? hehe Can't wait! See ya'll later! :0)
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I have been pretty much MIA around here - just too many irons in the fire and sometimes even my most favorite thing to do has to go by the wayside!
We just got back from a quick trip to Durango, CO for our oldest grandson's college graduation - fun family time! We even had good weather and were not in today's storm.
p.s. Can I brag a teeny bit? He has a degree in chemistry with additional emphasis on biology and physics and managed a 3.8 GPA.
Dorothy I am so jealous! I love Durango. It is so pretty up there. I sure miss Colorado and all its pretty places. BUT I don't really miss the snow on my front porch. hehe Glad you had a fun trip. Oh, and brag away.....Congrats to your oldest GS. Whoo Hoo! TFS :0)
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Cathy, it is pretty there - guess we get spoiled and don't appreciate it as much as we would if we did not spend a lot of time in CO!
We enjoyed being "down town" Durango and watching families headed for the special Polar Express train - kids wearing their pj's which is apparently a tradition for that.
The other grandson works at the bars and restaurants in the old Stater Hotel so we had a family dinner at the Diamond Belle there - what a fun atmosphere.
Dorothy, I too love the Durango area, well the southwestern part of Co, okay the whole western half of the state, but I'll have to agree with Cathy, it's sure is nice to not have to deal with the snow! I would love to take a ride on their version of the Polar Express, even in my pj's!
Hi Dorothy! Good to see you poppin in! Gotta love Durango...my parents go there all the time as that is where my Dad's doctor is....it truly is beautiful. My son loves the area as well, lots of mountain biking! Hugs to you....
This ia a pic of the cards that my friend Virginia got from you lovely ladies. She is recovering nicely and is realy looking forward to when she can go home. She has to have a hospital bed put in her apartment to make it easier for her to get out of.
She wanted me to tell you all how much she loved each and every one of her cards, and to tell you all THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! foxy67lady_1018_Small_by_foxy67 by foxy67 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Sorry I've been MIA lately. About a week before Christmas my sister just 3 years younger than I am had a seizure (her 3rd). Fifteen years ago she had stage 4 breast cancer which she survived but she was in a drug test group for tamoxifin and in the early testing stages they overprescribed leaving her with a much weakened heart. She has already had a heart attack but these seizures are a new thing. For a period of 4 days she spoke gibberish and hallucinated. She is amazingly brilliant and writes financial computer programs for huge corporations so to see her like this was devastating for the family. She is recovering now and once they figure out the cause of the seizures I'm sure she will be back to normal, at least her mental capacity has returned to normal. We just got through that emergency and on New Years Day our daughter called to tell us
her husband had gone to the store and texted her that he was leaving her. We thought it strange he didn't come home for Christmas with her. What kind of person sends a text he is leaving? anyway her emotions are all over the map and I'm on the phone to her a lot, and when I'm not on the phone I'm worried about her. Thank goodness I pushed her to get a good education and she is a very successful lawyer, so at least she has a good career to keep her going. She is heart-broken. Needless to say, my mind is not on card making. Tomorrow I'm going into the craft room to do my yearly clean up and maybe that will get me inspired to create.
Happy New Year everyone,
Elizabeth
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Oh my goodness, Elizabeth, am in tears reading your post - have added your sister (name?), your daughter (name?) and you to my prayers immediately - what a horrible shock all the way around - Asking God to help your daughter and you all to get through this turmoil and restore your sister's health! God bless you!
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Elizabeth - sending hugs and prayers. I cannot imagine how devastating these events are.
On a positive note - we have two friends who have had seizures, and it is good to know that treatment is available - All the best to your sister and daughter as well as to you.
Elizabeth - my heart goes out to you and your family, sending prayers and hugs your way. You just do what you need to, to keep yourself and your family healthy, safe and sound.
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