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Recipes
Egg Nog
6 eggs, separated.
1 pint milk
1 pint softened vanilla ice cream
1 cup sugar
bourbon to taste
Instructions:
Separate egg whites from yolks. Beat yolks with half of the sugar. Beat till light yellow and foamy. Beat egg whites in separate bowl, adding the other half of the sugar gradually. Beat till stiff peaks form. Fold whites into yolks. Add milk and ice cream. Mix well. This may be "spiked" by adding Southern Comfort or your choice of bourbon, etc.
Serve cold with nutmeg sprinkled on top.
Sausage Balls
1lb ground sausage
(I use hot but you can use mild or med.)
1 12 oz. pkg. sharp cheddar cheese
3 cups dry Bisquick
Instructions:
Grate cheese, mix raw sausage, cheese and dry Bisquick well with hands. Form in to 1 or 1 and 1/2 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet or pan. Bake at 375 for 15-20 min.
Sugar Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
6 tbsp. butter or marg.
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla.
Instructions:
Stir together flour, baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt. Beat butter and shortening for 30 seconds, add sugar and beat till fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add dry ingredients, mix well. Cover and chill at least 3 hours. Working with half of the dough at a time, roll out dough on a slightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes and bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 min. at 375. Makes 3 doz. approx. Recipe may be doubled.
The Perfect Tree
Every year me and my family set off in
search of the "perfect" tree. Since
we get a real tree, we usually wait
till the second weekend in December.
The whole family loads up in our
"Jimmy" and we travel about 25 miles
to a tree farm where you cut
your own. If we're lucky the
weather is clear and cold. The tree
farm is huge and we walk till we're
worn out. When one of us spots
what we think is the "perfect" tree,
we holler for the others and then
we have to "vote" on the tree. Well
of course, if you have ever picked out a REAL tree, you know there's NO
perfect trees. This notion is purely
subjective. lol. After much
debate, we choose our new tree and
tie it to the top of the truck
Then we get home and the real work
starts. After lots of work from Mom
and Dad (that's me and hubby)
the kids get to decorate
it, with some help from me of
course. Our trees are usually
Virginia Pines and so fragrant!
This is one of my FAVORITE
parts of Christmas!
 
MY LETTER TO SANTA
Dear Santa,
I rarely ask for much. This year is no exception. I don't need diamond earrings, handy slicer-dicers or comfy slippers. I only want one little thing, and I want it deeply.
I want to slap Martha Stewart.
I get all cozy inside just
thinking about it. Don't grant this wish just for me, do it
for the thousands of women across the country. Through
sheer vicarious satisfaction, you'll be giving a gift to us all.
Those of us leading average, garden variety lives aren't
concerned with gracious living. We feel pretty good about
ourselves if our paper plates match when we stack them on
the counter, buffet-style for dinner.
We're tired of Martha's showing us how to make centerpieces from holly hock dipped in 18 carat gold. We're plumb out of liquid gold. Unless it's of the furniture polish variety.
We can't whip up Martha's creamy holiday sauce, spiced with turmeric. Most of us can't even say turmeric, let alone figure out what to do with it.
Martha avoids take-out pizza (she's only ordered it once), she refuses to eat it cold (No cold pizza? Is Martha Stewart living?) When it was pointed out that she could microwave it, she replied, "I don't have a microwave."
Martha has 40 sets of dishes adorning an entire wall in her home. Forty sets! Can you spell "overkill"? And neatly put away, no less. If my dishes make it to the dishwasher, that qualifies as "put away" in my house!
Martha tells us she's already making homemade holiday gifts for friends. "Last year, I made amazing silk-lined scarves for everyone," she boasts. Not just scarves, mind you,
"Amazing scarves". Martha's obviously not shy about giving herself a little pat on the back. She goes on to tell us that ...."homemaking is glamour for the 90s", and says her most glamorous friends are "interested in stain removal, how to iron a monogram, and how to fold a towel." I have one piece of advice, "Martha, get new friends."
There you have it, Santa. If there was ever someone who
deserved a good smack, it's Martha Stewart.
ho ho ho
-Author unknown
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What Christmas means to me
Christmas is so many things. It's wonderful smells coming from the kitchen, it's a crackling fire with stockings hung overhead. It's children's laughter and candycanes and the smell of pine. It's mistletoe
and whispered secrets and shiny icicles and angels staring down from their lofty perch at the top of the tree. It's singing carols and visiting with family and friends and eating till you pop. But most of all it's the time we remember and celebrate the night that a saviour was born. And they called his name Jesus.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
-Luke 2:11
You are Dasher! You're fast, and at the head of the
pack.
Which reindeer are you?
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