December 30

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  We did. We began with worshipping our Lord and then spent the afternoon at my grandmother's and then went back to services and then went back to my grandmother's. 

My brother came in Monday evening and spent the week. He and his wife and girls went back to South Alabama yesterday.  My dad took us to the McWane Science Center. We all had a good time. 

Tonight we are having a New Year's Eve, Eve Party for our youth here at our house.  I am supposed to be cleaning but as you can see I am taking a bit of a break.  I did gather up the garbage here in my space so I can count that as doing one thing for this space clean up.  I have gotten out of the habit that I had started before the holidays but I will get back to it come next week. 

TaTa for now as I am heading to vacuum and sweep the kitchen.

Happy New Year!

12 Weeks of Christmas

On the 12th week of the 12 weeks of Christmas I created this...

tags for trimming

(11) a note card holder with cards

(10) 6x6 layouts for the 12 months of the year

(9) a chocolate and mini card gift box

(8) Christmas cards for mailing

(7) Recipe box for gifting

(6) a Journal for a gift

(5) gift boxes with the cricut art philosophy cartridge

(4) star album for my friends

(3) an event calendar for the year

(2) a picture frame using the my acrylix block

(1) and a layout for my family photos

Christmas Cookies

So today we are working on cookies for our cookie swap at our Girl Scout Christmas party that is Monday night.  Rebekah decided she wanted to try a new recipe that we got from one of those jar mix gifts books (I love those for gifts).  She wanted to make Yuletide Christmas Cookies.  These are green rolled in red sprinkles.  The instructions said to mix until a soft dough forms and then roll into logs and refrigerate 2 hours.

Does this look like soft dough that can be rolled into a log.  Rebekah and I are uncontrollably laughing as she is trying to scrape the dough off of my hands.  So we decide a plan b. Girl Scouts are always prepared right?  We decide to use a cookie scoop and then top with red sprinkles.  We will see how this works.

Here is the finished product from the soft dough cookie.

Hannah tried the blond brownies with red and green m&m's. We didn't have plain m&m's so we used the ones with peanut butter in them.  This should be really good. Here is her cookie/brownie for Monday night. Not near the mess but we will have these memories forever.

Now we are on to making sausage balls for Hannah's christmas party on Tuesday.  We will have them ready for baking Tuesday morning.  Nothing like getting ahead.

The Bookshelf

Time Management for Christian Women

Helen Young and Billie Silvey

             Looking for a “Christianized” Heloise’s hints or One-Minute Superwoman? Sorry, you just picked the wrong book. But if you’re feeling more like Martha than Mary, try Time Management for Christian Women. Billie Silvey and Helen Young run basic time management principles through a Bible filter to distill excellent advice on doing your best work and being your best self for the Lord.

            You’ll make time for memorable mottos, laugh-out-loud anecdotes, and sold research on:

                      Overcoming habits that kill time

                      Recognizing and using scraps of time
                      Finishing work at the office, not bringing it home
                      Whether or not to accept a volunteer project
                      Being good to yourself

         Time Management for Christian Women is sensitive to the ministry goals of single and married women at different stages of life. Charts, Scripture, questions, and activities for each chapter make this book ideal for both group and individual study.

12 Weeks of Christmas

On the 11th week of the 12 weeks before Christmas I created this...

a note card holder with note cards

(10) 6x6 layout of the 12 months of the year 

(9) a chocolate and mini card gift box

(8) Christmas cards for mailing

(7) Recipe box for gifting

(6) a Journal for a gift

(5) gift boxes with the cricut art philosophy cartridge

(4) star album for my friends

(3) an event calendar for the year

(2) a picture frame using the my acrylix block

(1) and a layout for my family photos

December Daily Bible Reading

4 Proverbs 25	5 Proverbs 26	6 Proverbs 27	7 Proverbs 28	8 Proverbs 29	9 Proverbs 30	10 Proverbs 31
11 Esther 1	12 Esther 2	13 Esther 3	14 Esther 4	15 Esther 5	16 Esther 6	17 Esther 7
18 Esther 8	19 Esther 9-10	20 Ecclesiastes 1	21 Ecclesiastes 2	22 Ecclesiastes 3	23 Ecclesiastes 4	24 Ecclesiastes 5
25 Ecclesiastes 6	26 Ecclesiastes 7	27 Ecclesiastes 8	28 Ecclesiastes 9	29 Ecclesiastes 10	30 Ecclesiastes 11	31 Ecclesiastes 12

Date Logs

This recipe came from my grandmother who passed away in 1992.  My mom used to make these all the time. They are easy, fun, and of course good.  I thought I would share this recipe with you.

DATE LOGS

1 cup sugar                                                                1 (8 ounce) pkg. chopped dates

1 stick margarine                                                     2 cups chopped nuts

1 egg                                                                            2 cups rice krispies

1 tsp. vanilla                                                              coconut flakes

Mix first five ingredients in sauce pans and cook over low heat 10 min. Remove from heat and add rick krispies and pecans.  Let cool to handle. Shape into 2 logs and roll in coconut. Chill about 2 or 3 hours. After chilling slice logs.