December 14, 2007 – 11:44 pm
Nathan Clark George and two fellow musicians presented a beautiful concert this evening. You can sample their work at nathanclarkgeorge.com. Their Christmas album is my very favorite. They played the songs from that album as well as other songs. Everyone had a wonderful time! We got rave reviews on the music, the food, the entire […]
December 13, 2007 – 11:18 am
The dining room is decorated with silver and white and a touch of cobalt blue for Christmas. The deep window sills are covered with batting, snow and silver ornaments. The inexpensive blue vase came from Wal-Mart and it and others like it were used at a friend’s wedding to hold bouquets on the reception tables. […]
December 11, 2007 – 9:42 pm
Our grandbaby, one of the twins.
December 11, 2007 – 9:41 pm
Grandbaby number one of the twins. We hope to visit in February.
December 9, 2007 – 10:21 pm
The kitchen is decorated with snowflakes and icicles. This collection continues to grow. Each year new ones are added and older plastic snowflakes are removed. We have four south facing windows and two east facing windows, all topped with a garland that is lit with blue and white lights. The snowflake ornaments hang from the […]
December 9, 2007 – 9:21 pm
In the early 40’s, when my mother was a young girl of about eight years of age, her father took her and her siblings to visit his mother at Christmas time. Grandmother’s house was small so she decorated a tree in the yard rather than the house. They didn’t find her at home, but my […]
December 7, 2007 – 1:02 pm
We put a bowl of this on the coffee table at the open house. After the party there were only two pieces left. It smells *wonderful* while baking and tastes as good as it smells. I’ll be making it again. ~~Rhonda Toffee Bar Crunch Biscotti 6 T. butter, melted 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup […]
December 7, 2007 – 11:41 am
My son Daniel enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies when he was younger. Still does. 🙂 He used the recipe on the back of the Nestlé Toll House chocolate chips package and often doubled it to make cookie bars. I don’t remember when the idea came to me to use the cookie bars to make these […]
December 6, 2007 – 10:31 pm
This is a delicious hot (or cold) punch. My all time favorite hot punch. I served it at the home extension Christmas party this evening. ~~Rhonda Spiced Cranberry Punch 1 c. sugar 4 c. water 12 whole cloves 4 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks 2 T. minced ginger root 8 c. cranberry/apple juice cocktail 2 c. orange […]
December 6, 2007 – 10:14 pm
This evening my home extension group came over for our annual Christmas party. The weather was cold and cloudy all day. Around 4:00 p.m., we began to get a little sleet and some freezing rain. A few women had to cancel as they live out of town and didn’t want to risk the roads, but […]