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?

Hoppy Easter!

Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

Be my friend on Facebook

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted.  I must admit, I spend most of my time on Facebook these days, just because there's so much more interaction.

If you want to friend me and see all the cute pictures I post (lots of shabby chic and roses), here's the link:  https://www.facebook.com/ivy.bend

I'd love to have a zillion more Facebook friends.  Won't you be one of them?

Happy Valentine's Day To You

Isn't this little card adorable?  Though much older, it reminds me of Mrs. Potts and Chip from Disney's Beauty and the Beast.  What do you think?

Happy New Year!

My resolution is to blog more often.  How about you?