Saturday, December 26, 2009
Santa!!
We were visited by a man from the North Pole on Christmas Eve! Our nephew Zach helped with Santa's visit and was a hit with the cousins and young at heart grown ups. Thanks for your help, Zach! We love you.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Simple Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and peace to you and your families! It's going to be a white Christmas here on the eastern plains of Colorado.
Mother Nature does the best job decorating our outside trees! Colorado Blue Spruce.
Austrian pine with the gorgeous pine cones and freshly falling snow. The storm isn't over, yet. Wind maybe later.
Small, but favorite, Black Hills spruce. All taken this morning after clearing pathways to the car and the dog's bowl and water dish. BooBoo is my alarm clock--he knows lights should be coming on in the house about 5:30ish each morning. It doesn't matter that I'm on vacation. He still wants me up.
And, one small tree in the house. I'm liking the simplicity of it. Stuck a few glittered pine cones at the base. Now on to Puppy Chow, the cereal treat, for the gift baggies tomorrow. Requested by Sarah.
Mother Nature does the best job decorating our outside trees! Colorado Blue Spruce.
Austrian pine with the gorgeous pine cones and freshly falling snow. The storm isn't over, yet. Wind maybe later.
Small, but favorite, Black Hills spruce. All taken this morning after clearing pathways to the car and the dog's bowl and water dish. BooBoo is my alarm clock--he knows lights should be coming on in the house about 5:30ish each morning. It doesn't matter that I'm on vacation. He still wants me up.
And, one small tree in the house. I'm liking the simplicity of it. Stuck a few glittered pine cones at the base. Now on to Puppy Chow, the cereal treat, for the gift baggies tomorrow. Requested by Sarah.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Popcorn and Pinecones
Between laundry, picking up and trying to clean, going to town because there's a storm coming, making two wreaths with ornaments (NOT a coat hanger--that wire is too stiff) I made EASY peppermint popcorn. I was so lazy, I bought this already popped corn.
Melted a bag of white chocolate chips with about 1/2 bag of peppermint crunch chips. It made such a pretty pink coating with a mild flavor.
Poured it on a cookie sheet of popcorn and sprinkled some m & m candies over the top. Broke it up into pieces, bagged it up, and it's ready for the treat bags on Christmas Eve. Easy!!
For the table decorations I glittered some pine cones from our yard. I love the glitter paint with nothing flaking off and getting into my eyes! It didn't take long at all. We always have a feast with so much food to eat, there's not much room for a fancy centerpiece.
If there isn't a blizzard, I can go out and cut some pine branches to put on the table, too. I'm not fond of going outside when the wind is howling!
Melted a bag of white chocolate chips with about 1/2 bag of peppermint crunch chips. It made such a pretty pink coating with a mild flavor.
Poured it on a cookie sheet of popcorn and sprinkled some m & m candies over the top. Broke it up into pieces, bagged it up, and it's ready for the treat bags on Christmas Eve. Easy!!
For the table decorations I glittered some pine cones from our yard. I love the glitter paint with nothing flaking off and getting into my eyes! It didn't take long at all. We always have a feast with so much food to eat, there's not much room for a fancy centerpiece.
If there isn't a blizzard, I can go out and cut some pine branches to put on the table, too. I'm not fond of going outside when the wind is howling!
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