Sunday December 12, 2010: If you are reading this that means that for some reason while en route to Honolulu (via a few days in San Francisco) or sometime after my arrival in Honolulu I neglected to log into Blogger & update Useless Ranch. I am sure the problem must be computer related, some wireless versus dial-in thing, a freak weather pattern that makes me want to sit in a tropical garden & forget that this time next week I will begin interviewing contractors because it seems my sewing room (& A's office) are sliding into a sink hole. Yes, it has been that kind of month, season & year.
Most happy times to everyone. I will be back, clearing queued posts just as soon as I can get the sound of waves out of my ears. Or maybe a day or two after that.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
I see your snickerdoodles & raise you two buckeyes
Somehow in the haze that was last December, I never blogged about our first ever holiday cookie swap. Probably because I never took pictures & I mostly only remember I meant to write about something when I upload the digital camera. I have only two time frames: Now & the Distant Past/Future (they are the same thing right?).
Let me give you the highlights:
V** made buckeyes. Dozens & dozens of buckeyes. I did not know what a buckeye was but I do now-it's where Reese's got the idea & homemade is better. Because she committed to buckeyes early, M****** was in. Apparently they are a favorite of C****'s.
M****** made a variety which included these fantastic chow mein noodle peanut butter things. She said "Let's call them manger cookies".
A***** made...I don't remember. I DO remember starting this whole thing because A***** has access to a cache of Hungarian-family cookies recipes & I know I was not disappointed.
They brought with them E****'s cookies. They were the snickerdoodles. I think.
B*** mailed her cookies from Boston. When choosing what went back to her, we left off everything with icing that would just get all smushed. Lucky me!
I made my mother's nut balls. I made enough for everyone at the table to get a Chinese takeout tray of them as a Thank You for Playing take home gift. I also made sour cream jam prints using the last of my homemade cranberry sauce, toffee spoons & Irish toffee spoons.
For A***** & M****** the highlight of the evening was the Irish. So much so that when they left for the gym, I offered them a to-go cup. They thought they would stop at the liquor store on the way instead. M****** went on to tell people it brought her milk in & A***** gave her father a bottle for Christmas.
We are doing this again for sure, although I do not yet have a date. Who's in? Long distance can be accommodated.
Let me give you the highlights:
V** made buckeyes. Dozens & dozens of buckeyes. I did not know what a buckeye was but I do now-it's where Reese's got the idea & homemade is better. Because she committed to buckeyes early, M****** was in. Apparently they are a favorite of C****'s.
M****** made a variety which included these fantastic chow mein noodle peanut butter things. She said "Let's call them manger cookies".
A***** made...I don't remember. I DO remember starting this whole thing because A***** has access to a cache of Hungarian-family cookies recipes & I know I was not disappointed.
They brought with them E****'s cookies. They were the snickerdoodles. I think.
B*** mailed her cookies from Boston. When choosing what went back to her, we left off everything with icing that would just get all smushed. Lucky me!
I made my mother's nut balls. I made enough for everyone at the table to get a Chinese takeout tray of them as a Thank You for Playing take home gift. I also made sour cream jam prints using the last of my homemade cranberry sauce, toffee spoons & Irish toffee spoons.
For A***** & M****** the highlight of the evening was the Irish. So much so that when they left for the gym, I offered them a to-go cup. They thought they would stop at the liquor store on the way instead. M****** went on to tell people it brought her milk in & A***** gave her father a bottle for Christmas.
We are doing this again for sure, although I do not yet have a date. Who's in? Long distance can be accommodated.
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