Rocking around the Christmas tree!

I once had a dress like that.  Ahhhh...the good old days.

Angels we have heard on high

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings."

Two cute cats

He's making a list

Are you on the naughty or nice list?

Light a candle this Christmas

Trimming the tree...

This is how I see myself when I'm trimming the tree.  Young, slim, and not wearing a bulky sweater.

How to you see yourself when you decorate the tree?

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

While visions of sugarplums danced in her head.

Making my Christmas Lists

I make a lot of lists at Christmastime. What to buy for friends and family, what to make.  Cookies are on the list. I like to make and decorate cut-out cookies. I make them with anise flavor.

What's your favorite Christmas cookie?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gratitude

This time a year I'm grateful for having my family, a home, and a cat. What are you grateful for?

Stay warm!

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Happy New Year!

It tasted good anyhow

After all the fattening holiday food, I had a hankering for a nice a vegetarian dish, so out came one of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks.

I selected a recipe (helpful when these books have gorgeous photography) and read it over to decide how to make it mine.  It featured filo dough, broccoli, and feta cheese.  Hmm.  I'm not a big fan of broccoli mixed with cheese, and I'm REALLY not fond of feta cheese.  Well, I needed to make the recipe my own anyway right?

So, out went the feta.  But wait, I thought why keep the broccoli when I prefer onions and peppers.  And if it needs cheese to bind it, why not use mozzarella?  And since onions, peppers and mozzarella sound like a pizza, why not add sausage to the mix?

So much for my good intentions on a nice vegetarian recipe.

So it wasn't vegetarian, it was delicious anyway.

Do you substitute ingredients the first time you make a recipe, or so you follow it implicitly?

Getting ready for the season

Are you ready for the holidays?