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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Cookie Swap/Knitting Luncheon
The Chicks with Sticks knitting group gathered at my home for our anual Cookie Swap/Knitting Luncheon. This is always one of my favorite parties to host during the holidays. We swapped gifts to the tune of "The Right Family" read by me. Now these girls can knit up a storm, but it was quite hard for them to pass a gift to the right, I mean left. Did you get the right gift?
Friday, October 31, 2008
BOO! HAPPY HALLOWEEN
My daughter Annie comes home from school and said, "Mom I volunteered you to make bread for my Spanish Class". I started this bread at 6:30 p.m. last night and finished this morning at 1:00 a.m. She is such a joy in my life.
Recipe: Bread of the Dead
Special sweet loaves called panes de muerto are prepared for this day to please the living and the dead. They represent "souls" of the departed. They are oval or round and have raised skulls and crossbones. The consumption of this bread recalls the taking of bread in Communion.
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tblsp anise seed
2 pkgs dry yeast
Combine and heat in saucepan
1/2 milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup margarine
Set aside for later use
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
Ingredients for glaze
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup orange juice
2 tblsp grated orange peel
Mix dry ingredients, add warm liquid and beat. Add 4 eggs and 1 cup of flour and beat. Gradually blend in remaining flour. Knead on lightly floured board for 8-10 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl and let rise until doubled (1 1/2 hours). Punch dough down and make shapes. Let rise again for 1 hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Boil glaze ingredients for 2 minutes. Apply to warm shapes.
Recipe: Bread of the Dead
Special sweet loaves called panes de muerto are prepared for this day to please the living and the dead. They represent "souls" of the departed. They are oval or round and have raised skulls and crossbones. The consumption of this bread recalls the taking of bread in Communion.
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tblsp anise seed
2 pkgs dry yeast
Combine and heat in saucepan
1/2 milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup margarine
Set aside for later use
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
Ingredients for glaze
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup orange juice
2 tblsp grated orange peel
Mix dry ingredients, add warm liquid and beat. Add 4 eggs and 1 cup of flour and beat. Gradually blend in remaining flour. Knead on lightly floured board for 8-10 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl and let rise until doubled (1 1/2 hours). Punch dough down and make shapes. Let rise again for 1 hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Boil glaze ingredients for 2 minutes. Apply to warm shapes.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wiskers on Wednesday
Meet Gus. Short for Augustus. He's my bad ass cat! He doesn't lounge around the house or jump in your lap for a scratch behind the ear like most cats do. Although I tried to make him a house cat, he just wouldn't have it. He's an outdoor stalker of prey. He spends most of his days and nights in the gutter. We call him Gus the Gutter Cat. If I could only get a picture of him on his throne, sunning on the gutter next to the street. If I had known he would have turned out like this, I would have named him "Rum Tum Tugger".
Friday, October 3, 2008
Flowers on Friday
Monday, September 29, 2008
YES I DID
Yes I Did! I gave up golf this weekend for this:
What a face!
6 knitters and spinners took a trip to Mentone, AL for a wonderful relaxing get away to knit, spin, shop and graze. And I don't mean the picture of the sheep grazing. I meant the knitters. We all took food and boy did we eat in between all the other activities we did. I'm sorry I don't have as many pictures as Darlene but check out her post to see more.
Then I got home to a great surprise! My sweet daughter had painted me a picture to hang for Halloween. She did a wonderful job. She loves Halloween.
What a face!
6 knitters and spinners took a trip to Mentone, AL for a wonderful relaxing get away to knit, spin, shop and graze. And I don't mean the picture of the sheep grazing. I meant the knitters. We all took food and boy did we eat in between all the other activities we did. I'm sorry I don't have as many pictures as Darlene but check out her post to see more.
Then I got home to a great surprise! My sweet daughter had painted me a picture to hang for Halloween. She did a wonderful job. She loves Halloween.
Annie the Artist.
Friday, September 19, 2008
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