TEMPT MY TUMMY /P.B.COOKIES

Did the holidays find you making all kinds of goodies, aww yes the holidays are a great excuse to bake our little hearts out, all that candy making, cookie rolling, pie making & the list goes on & on we feel compelled to make all the favorites, & grandma's fav's are a must then there's always the need to try out new things & a great place to find new & delicious things to try can be found at http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/ where you will find tempt my tummy hosted by Lisa

When the last present has been passed out, opened & received, as you look around at all beauty of it all there's the thought of taking it down & carefully wrapping & putting it all away but just can't bring yourself to do it cause you're coming off that sugar high & there's not a cookie in sight, even the Christmas music has disappeared from the radio stations "sigh" well not to worry within 5 min you can have hot fresh cookies to get you going again LOL so come on let's make some cookies & clean house! whoo hoo!

EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
just enough flour to desired thickness
I use about a spoon full, the more flour the dryer the cookie

WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS

With 2009 coming to a close & looking back it has been a good year & believing the new year to be even bigger & better as it will bring a new addition to our family come July
We hope that you had a wonderful & blessed Christmas, even when we don't get everything excately the way we planned it still turns out wonderful when we look around at what all God has blessed us with
The tour of lights party turned out great & yes there's pictures to follow ASAP

TEMPT MY TUMMY

Welcome to Tempt My Tummy, today I'd like to share with you a yummie looking recipe that I'm going to try out for my upcoming tour of lights party, it looks soooo good so it has to be good right? you can find more recipes by clicking http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/ where you'll meet lots of great participants in today's tempt my tummy






CINNAMON BUN POPCORN

12c.popped popcorn (1/2c.kernels)

1c.chopped pecans

1c.brown sugar

3/4t.cinnamon

1/4c.Karo syrup(or honey works well)

1 stick real butter(1/2c)

1/2tsp.baking soda

1tsp.van

3 squares almond bark

you can use air popped or microwave popcorn,preheat oven to 250,place popcorn & chopped pecans in a large bowl & set aside

combine brown sugar & cinnamon in a big microwaveable bowl

chop butter into chunks & place on top of sugar mixture, pour syrup or honey over top of everything, microwave for 30 sec.stir to combine

should be nice & bubbly at this point,remover from microwave & add van. & soda, should be foaming at this point

pour over popcorn & nuts stirring quickly or it will harden, spread onto foil lined pan & bake 30 min. stirring every 5 min

if it' not crunchy enough cook another 5 min, give a final stir & let cool,while you melt the almond bark

using a fork drizzel over popcorn, when cooled reak into chunks

you can find pictures with step by step directions here , click the picture on the left side for step by step directions

http://www.ourbestbites.com/

BLUE MONDAY/ A LITTLE BLUE FOR CHRISTMAS

Hello! & welcome to another week of Blue Monday, where does the week go ,LOL you can find a great group of ladies who are sharing their bluest of blues today over at Sally's who is our sweet host of all this blueness so be sure to go by http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/, you'll be glad you did

This is a silver tree done in blue lights & blue balls, it is set up in my guest room every year, which I call my blue room as it is blue LOL, this is the way it looked last year, but this year I will be changing it up a bit perhaps but the blues on the white tree, the outcome of the blue tree will be on my other blog during my Christmas at Nanna's week

These little guys, Ann & Andy were a Christmas present from hubby a few years back, they adorn my tree that is done up in red lights & red themed ornaments, when it is all over there is so much red in the room,people call it my red room LoL

and we can't leave these guys out , LOL These are block snowmen that I made for my last show of the year, one will get to be part of the winter wonderland theme I will have going on in the living room for my tour of lights party

SUNDAY SELECTIONS

Welcome to Sunday selections, we hope today finds you well & blessed, have you heard that saying, too blessed to be stressed? don't let the holiday rush get you stressed but instead try to think on things that are true,like the true meaning of Christmas, things that are honest, do you do the right thing if you receive too much change back or notice an item unpaid when you get to the car, think on things that are pure, days when Christmas all about love & family, not about the gifts, think on things that are lovely, some of the sweetest Christmas memories are from my childhood, think on things that are of good report, let everything out of your mouth be good conversation, for if there be any virtue and if there be any praise think on these things, yes even in the struggles of Christmas you still praise him & give him thanks as a child has the faith to believe in Santa , believe that God will meet your every need this holiday season, our family seems to grow bigger every year as we are blessed with six granddaughters & more on the way & when we look into those precious faces blessed out weighs the stressed!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas !Today's thoughts are based on Philippians 4:6-8

PINKK SAT/ORNAMENT MEMORIES

Welcome to another weekend of pink Saturday, this week's them is show off your favorite ornaments, new or old & tell what it means to you, be sure to go by & say hello to our sweet hostess Beverly over at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ where you're also meet more wonderful participants










HAPPY PINK SATURDAY & MERRY CHRISTMAS!



These little ornaments are all that's left from what mom called our "real ornaments" lol now you're probably not old enough to remember when you could buy that first real ornament form an actual store lol but I remember she was so proud of these & they were to be wrapped with paper every year , lordy I think they were better cared for than ... well not really lol I think there were angels, come to think of it I know there was humm I shall investigate sisters tree, mom probably doesn't even remember I have them so shhhhhhhhhh lol

MAMA! TURN UP THE HEAT!

IS IT UP HIGH ENOUGH?????

I THINK WE NEED A BLANKIE

THANKS MAMA! NOW CAN YOU TURN IT UP A NOTCH PLEASE!

HOLY MOLY !WHAT HAPPENED TO MAMA! I TOLD YOU IT WAS TOO HOT!

MAMA! MAMA! ARE YOU OK? WHEW! SHE WAS JUST ASLEEP!

MAN! THAT WAS CLOSE!

LOL remember the silver tinsel, well the more I thought about it the more I thought something wasn't right with the way it looked, I was in the dollar general when I came across this narrow box of....... hum silver tinsel , it was then that I realized that in the excitement of seeing silver I automatically thought I was buying tinsel which actually is foil shreds , the stuff used for packaging LOL LOL, so now that I have the right stuff I'm all set LOL

THE REAL TINSEL

THE IMPOSTOR

PINK SAT. /CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

Welcome to pink Sat. for the month of Dec. Beverly has chosen Christmas themes for our Pink sat. post, oh what fun! today is base on childhood memories & well when you get to be up in years there's too many to choose from LOL LOL be sure to visit http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ where you'll not only meet our wonderful sweet Beverly but all the sweet pink participants , I'm sure they'll be lots of eye candy as well

Do you remember this stuff? LOL back in the day it was called tinsel & came in a little long flat box, mom would tell us to put it on the tree one strand at a time well you know what always happened don't you? LO before it was over with we became tired & weary of that silver stuff & began to throw it on the tree by the handfuls LOL , I began to ponder whether or not they still made this stuff, so I went on a search & lo & behold there it was! yea I'm resorting back into my childhood just a bit & determined that one of my trees will be drapped ever so glorious with this silver madness LOL

This sweet quilt also holds a very special Christmas memorie for me, it's 35 years old, will be 36 this Chrismas, it is a precious gift from Terry's grandmother, back in 75 she made all the married grandkids a quilt, it was my first year to be a part of the family & was so honored & touched that I could be a part of that, it hangs over our bed, tattered in a few places that just need a few stiches here & there, I believe she made 9 quilts that year, it's just a little something that makes me smile when I look at it