Christmas Countdown - 2015

[snowflake22]

Happy Saturday MMC! My hubby left about 6:30 this morning - I have been hanging out with Gracie this morning & watching Hallmark Channel. When Jim left this morning it was -2º, feels like -2º. By 10am, it was 10º, feels like -15º! Hmmmm! Lol!



I'm thinking about watching some of my DVR'd Christmas movies!? I should get moving though & get some things done! Feels kinda nice to do nothing! :smile:



I did make those cookies yesterday & they are very tasty. I will have to post the recipe! They were easy too!



We had planned on staying home last night but our lake neighbors (who we haven't seen since October) texted & asked if we wanted to meet them somewhere between our house & theirs for dinner. So we ended up going to Wingers (obviously a wing place...lol) It was very good. I had Southwest Spring Rolls. Yum! It was a nice & relaxing night! And they have offered to watch Gracie while we are in Mexico next month. That makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER about leaving. They have a Soft Coated Wheaten too & he is Gracie's friend. They will have their hands full!



Have an awesome Saturday everyone!

Good morning, Holiday!

Sounds like a nice, relaxing morning! Enjoy!

I am watching DVR 'd Christmas movies, too [emoji319] And putting away my Christmas tree and ornaments.

That is so great that your friends can take care of Gracie while you're in Mexico! And awesome that she'll have a playmate to help keep her company [emoji175]

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!




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[snowflake22]

Well, I just put the Christmas tree out by the curb...it's the least wonderful time of the year.[emoji444]

(((Hugs)))




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[Holiday]

Evening folks. Just sitting here on the sofa, relaxing a bit in front of the fire place. I'm not going to get into much tonight, because I have to work tomorrow. I found that out today as I had my coat on and was getting ready to walk out the office to come home...Nice!

So, oh well, it is what it is.... It's a quiet night here, everyone is off in their own little space in one part of the house or another and I am doing the same.

Have a nice night, see you tomorrow!

What a way to burst your bubble! Hope your day at work goes well & quick!

Good evening. Just wanted to wish everyone a good night. Feeling kind of mopey and under the weather today. I'm probably just tired, haven't been sleeping well. Hope everyone had a nice day. See you in the morning. Keeping you all in my thoughts ~

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Hope you are feeling better today!!!

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cheesy LOVE IT!

Sorry, just have to interject my thoughts on pizza.

We are big fans of thin crust, but when we went to Chicago a few years ago we fell in love with deep dish. Uno's is good but the deep dish pizza in Chicago was much better. We want to go back to Chicago just for the pizza.

We ate at Giordano's in Chicago last year. YUM! My sister had a couple pizza's shipped to her & put them in our Christmas exchange!! YUM cheesy

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I am a big fan of cold pizza, but I read about a trick to reheat pizza by heating it up slowly in a cast iron frying pan on a stovetop burner. I do have to say it really does the trick. It tastes just like the day you bought it fresh. My kids love it that way.

That's how I reheat mine too! So tasty!

You had me at Rolo...cheesy

:thumbsup:

Love it.


I could post one about Massachusetts, but It starts with a "Man From Nantucket..." I think I would lose my membership because of that one. cheesy

Bah ha ha - I know that one! :lol:

Good early morning everyone! I am sure hoping everyone is sleeping warm in their beds! I have tossed and turned and finally decided to get up let the dogs out and see if I can find anything to eat as a relatively healthy midnight snack! now I want pizza so bad after reading this thread!!! I have had a migraine all night and it just won't go away, so I just took some advil and am waiting for that to ease off and try to head back to bed... the weather is a chilly but seasonal 31f right now, highs today in the m id 40's with the chance of rain coming in late tonight through the rest of the weekend until Monday night changing over to snow. most of the snow is gone on our street and in the backyard except for the shaded areas...jan in Utah is looking strange this year! anyways I hope everyone will have a great Saturday, I am about to eat some toasted cinnamon raison bread with apple butter preserves on top!!!hmm

For some reason I'm craving pizza now too! Hope you are feeling better today & you were able to get some sleep!!!

Hey everyone!!

It's a gorgeous morning here in Alabama with a temp of 19 and a wind chill of 12. Supposed to be warming up later this weekend with rain. No snow for us so far this winter. Hope everyone is having a beautiful and blessed day!!:cold:

Hope you get some snow soon!! xx Have a great day!!

Good Morning MMC !!!
Continues cold here at -28c (-18f) but looks like the snow has stopped finally. Already running out of places to put the white stuff.

I have the weekend off so can get a few things done. Taking mom to do some shopping, butt mostly staying home and keeping warm.

Have a great day everyone!

Enjoy your weekend off! Have a great day! Loved the snow pics you posted yesterday! So pretty! (and cold!)

 

[snowflake22]

What a way to burst your bubble! Hope your day at work goes well & quick!







Hope you are feeling better today!!!







cheesy LOVE IT!







We ate at Giordano's in Chicago last year. YUM! My sister had a couple pizza's shipped to her & put them in our Christmas exchange!! YUM cheesy



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Delish!!! [emoji106][emoji487]




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[Holiday]

Good morning, friends!!

What are your plans today?

I will be staying inside! Currently -12 out there, may warm up to 10 degrees today. Fingers crossed, ha!

I am going to start packing away the ornaments & our Christmas decorations. That will be an all day project. While I'm doing that, I will watch Christmas movies =]

Hope you have a blessed Saturday!

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I hope taking down ornaments doesn't make you too sad!!! My big plan for today is cutting the "ick" off the chicken breasts I bought on sale at the IGA yesterday! LOL Hate that job! We'll probably go out with our friends to celebrate a birthday tonight - that's about it! Have a great Saturday snowflake!

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!
Just popping in quick, I have to head out soon. I need to go to the supermarket and the butcher this morning. I have lots of other errands to run this afternoon as well. My husband thinks he figured out whats wrong with our heat. He still thinks we could use a bigger boiler but he also thinks there may be something wrong with circulator pump, whatever that is. He'll be working on that today and hopefully fix the problem. It is freezing out! Wish I could stay in but I better get moving, so much to do. I'll pop back in at some point today. I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!

I hope it's a quick & easy fix!! Stay warm while running your errands! Have a great day HMG!

Good Morning, MMC!!!!! It's freezing here this morning!!!! We currently stand at -2 but we should start to warm up here soon and will keep warming up through tomorrow. Our high today should reach 18 around midnight tonight. Then tomorrow we may see 30!! WooHoo!! Of course, that's going to come with some drawbacks in the way of an ice storm tomorrow night into Monday morning. Oh yay. Hopefully they are wrong and it ends up being more snow than ice. Or even better, rain!!! Not to much going on today. Just going to do some more cleaning. May venture out this afternoon to see if I can find anymore Christmas stuff too. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!

Did I see that right? You want rain? Oh made! I understand not wanting ice...but come on ~ what about some snow??!! cheesy Have a great day made! Hope you can find some Christmas stuff to do!

Well, I just put the Christmas tree out by the curb...it's the least wonderful time of the year.

:sad:

 

[Holiday]

Good morning, Holiday!

Sounds like a nice, relaxing morning! Enjoy!

I am watching DVR 'd Christmas movies, too [emoji319] And putting away my Christmas tree and ornaments.

That is so great that your friends can take care of Gracie while you're in Mexico! And awesome that she'll have a playmate to help keep her company [emoji175]

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!




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Thanks snowflake!! Yes, it makes me feel much better that she will be going to our friends house. She will have a blast!!! cheesy

 

[Holiday]

And here's a picture of that wild girl who will be going on vacation to her friends house next month! She knows we're talking about her! cheesy

 

[Holiday]

And here's the recipe as promised:

Cinnamon Caramel Cookies

1 Box White Cake Mix
1 Egg
1 stick butter, melted
4 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
2 tsp. Cinnamon
24 Milky Way Simply Caramel Bites (I used Rolo's)
3-4 Tbsp. Cinnamon Sugar

Beat together the cake mix, egg & melted butter until a soft dough forms. Add the cream cheese & cinnamon & beat again until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Roll the dough into 24 even dough balls. Press each ball flat & place a Caramel Bite in the center. Form the cookie dough around the candy bar & roll into a ball again. Roll the cookie dough ball in the cinnamon sugar & place on baking sheet.
Bake at 350º for 10 min. Remove from oven & let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before moving to a piece of parchment paper on the counter. Let cool completely. Store in air tight container.

A couple notes:

This made 29 cookies for me. Also, it worked best when the dough was almost frozen. Yesterday, I just sat it outside for a bit. HA! Also it worked better to roll the dough if my hands were a little damp. I just kept sticking my hands under the faucet & it did the trick.

 

[snowflake22]

I hope taking down ornaments doesn't make you too sad!!! My big plan for today is cutting the "ick" off the chicken breasts I bought on sale at the IGA yesterday! LOL Hate that job! We'll probably go out with our friends to celebrate a birthday tonight - that's about it! Have a great Saturday snowflake!







I hope it's a quick & easy fix!! Stay warm while running your errands! Have a great day HMG!







Did I see that right? You want rain? Oh made! I understand not wanting ice...but come on ~ what about some snow??!! cheesy Have a great day made! Hope you can find some Christmas stuff to do!







:sad:

Thank you!
I'm doing ok =]
At this point, it'll be nice to have the house back in order! Hopefully most of it by the end of the day!

Happy birthday to your friend! Have fun celebrating!!




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[snowflake22]

And here's a picture of that wild girl who will be going on vacation to her friends house next month! She knows we're talking about her! cheesy

Aww! She looks so fluffy and sweet!
Please give her a big hug for us!! We're sending some for you too! [emoji4][emoji171]




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[snowflake22]

And here's the recipe as promised:



Cinnamon Caramel Cookies



1 Box White Cake Mix

1 Egg

1 stick butter, melted

4 oz. Cream Cheese, softened

2 tsp. Cinnamon

24 Milky Way Simply Caramel Bites (I used Rolo's)

3-4 Tbsp. Cinnamon Sugar



Beat together the cake mix, egg & melted butter until a soft dough forms. Add the cream cheese & cinnamon & beat again until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into 24 even dough balls. Press each ball flat & place a Caramel Bite in the center. Form the cookie dough around the candy bar & roll into a ball again. Roll the cookie dough ball in the cinnamon sugar & place on baking sheet.

Bake at 350º for 10 min. Remove from oven & let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before moving to a piece of parchment paper on the counter. Let cool completely. Store in air tight container.



A couple notes:



This made 29 cookies for me. Also, it worked best when the dough was almost frozen. Yesterday, I just sat it outside for a bit. HA! Also it worked better to roll the dough if my hands were a little damp. I just kept sticking my hands under the faucet & it did the trick.

Oh, wow!! YUM!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!!




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[snowflake22]

Good afternoon, friends!!

Time for a lunch break, then back to un-decorating the house!

Hope your days going well!

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[Holiday]

Aww! She looks so fluffy and sweet!
Please give her a big hug for us!! We're sending some for you too! [emoji4][emoji171]

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She just got a snowflake hug!!! cheesy Thank you! She is fluffy & she doesn't get a cut until Jan 29th!

Oh, wow!! YUM!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!!


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Sure thing! :smile:

 

[Holiday]

Good afternoon, friends!!

Time for a lunch break, then back to un-decorating the house!

Hope your days going well!

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Enjoy your lunch break!!! I'm ready to stick a little pizza in the oven....after all this pizza talk! :lol:

 

[snowflake22]

She just got a snowflake hug!!! cheesy Thank you! She is fluffy & she doesn't get a cut until Jan 29th!







Sure thing! :smile:

Fluffy means extra cuddly!! [emoji4][emoji175]




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[snowflake22]

Enjoy your lunch break!!! I'm ready to stick a little pizza in the oven....after all this pizza talk! :lol:

Thanks! Reheating pizza here, too! [emoji39]




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Fluffy means extra cuddly!! [emoji4][emoji175]




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:thumbsup:

Thanks! Reheating pizza here, too! [emoji39]




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GMTA! :!!

 

[snowflake22]

:thumbsup:







GMTA! :!!

They really do! Ha!! [emoji2]




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[made582]

Thanks, friend!
I do too, starting a list of his work that I want [emoji173]️

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My list would be pretty long since I haven't seen one that I don't like!!! LOL!!!!

Happy Saturday MMC! My hubby left about 6:30 this morning - I have been hanging out with Gracie this morning & watching Hallmark Channel. When Jim left this morning it was -2º, feels like -2º. By 10am, it was 10º, feels like -15º! Hmmmm! Lol!

I'm thinking about watching some of my DVR'd Christmas movies!? I should get moving though & get some things done! Feels kinda nice to do nothing! :smile:

I did make those cookies yesterday & they are very tasty. I will have to post the recipe! They were easy too!

We had planned on staying home last night but our lake neighbors (who we haven't seen since October) texted & asked if we wanted to meet them somewhere between our house & theirs for dinner. So we ended up going to Wingers (obviously a wing place...lol) It was very good. I had Southwest Spring Rolls. Yum! It was a nice & relaxing night! And they have offered to watch Gracie while we are in Mexico next month. That makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER about leaving. They have a Soft Coated Wheaten too & he is Gracie's friend. They will have their hands full!

Have an awesome Saturday everyone!

Sounds like a great night!!! Glad Gracie will have a friend to keep her company while you are in Mexico!! Have a great day, Holiday!!!!!

Well, I just put the Christmas tree out by the curb...it's the least wonderful time of the year.

I hope the blues let up for you soon!!!!

Did I see that right? You want rain? Oh made! I understand not wanting ice...but come on ~ what about some snow??!! cheesy Have a great day made! Hope you can find some Christmas stuff to do!

LOL!!!! I have to go babysit Monday afternoon while my sister meets with the counselor from the court. So I don't really want to deal with snow and open corn fields all the way there either.