Hello dear readers! Christmas is behind us and a new year is looming closely on the horizon. I’ll do an after Christmas post for you soon, I hope.
In the meantime, I’m planning our first week back to school; perusing curriculum catalogs for the next school year and attempting to work up an entire Sunday School curriculum for our church. Not to mention birthdays…we have 3 in the next 7 days.
So be patient, I’ll be back soon and hopefully have some exciting things to share.
Potato candy is a funny thing. Either people look at you like you’re nuts and say “eeeeeeeeww”; or they say “I haven’t had that since I was little”. So far this year I’ve had more of the favorable responses than the “ewww” one. So here is a recipe for those in both camps. You can either make it and decide you don’t like it after all, or make it and reminisce about your childhood.
1 small potato
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. butter
1 lb. confectioner sugar
peanut butter
Peel, boil and mash potato. Mix in vanilla and butter. Mix in sugar (using your hands works best). Mix well. Place mixture between wax paper and roll it out very thin. Remove top sheet of wax paper, spread peanut butter on top of mixture. Roll up like a jelly roll.
Chill and slice in thin slices. Enjoy!
This is the first ballet I’ve ever attended. Saturday night we watched the show, Sunday afternoon I worked backstage. Let me tell you, backstage is HARD work!
The production was WONDERFUL! I’ve been told that it rivals professional shows. The guest artist was Jurijs Safonovs. He is such a wonderful dancer, and so pleasant to work with.
Olivia had a wonderful time in her first year of The Nutcracker. It was so much fun watching her excitement build. But what I loved was her level of confidence.
Here are a few photos from backstage today. Aren’t they adorable? Olivia’s solute in the last photo was impromptu on her part, and way cute.
My daughter, the clown:
Lindsey is now super excited about next year. She has grand plans for being a Gingersnap….but I think she’s going to miss the age cut off for auditions. Olivia is already planning out the next few years worth of roles as well.
Aren’t they a lovely couple?
The girls love to make things for people. Even if it’s just scraps of paper glued to each other, they put lots of love into their art work.
This year we ventured into the world of making potholders. Yes, I know, it’s another rite of passage to make potholders as gifts.
The girls and I really enjoyed working on these. And, yes, the colors really ARE that bold.
So look out grandma’s, you’ve got new stuff coming! (Don’t worry, NONE of the grandma’s have a clue how to turn on a computer.)
Our neighbor, Ms. Kay, is a lovely and lively 70ish widow lady. She is a native of Luxembourg, and has the most delightful accent. More importantly, she has a wonderful warm and loving disposition about her. She’s become a surrogate grandmother to Olivia and Lindsey.
In her native land of Luxembourg they celebrate “St. Nicholas Day” on December 6. So we decided to treat her to a little St. Nicholas Day celebration.
The girls and I made her some lemon poppy seed scones. Added some German chocolates, various teas and some ginger honey for her scones. Then the kids made a lovely St. Nicholas Day card. Our original plan was to leave it by her door with her morning paper so she could be surprised, but the wind is gusting up to 35 miles per hour today…so we opted for a personal delivery.
There’s nothing like making a little old lady burst into tears first thing in the morning! She was so surprised and excited, almost like a little kid herself! She squealed “you have no idea how much this means to me!”
I tell you this, not to say “oh wow, look at us what great people we are”. Rather, my motive is to show you how something so small and simple can mean the world to someone else.
So this holiday season, and all year long, look around. See who needs a little pick me up, a little something that says “you matter”. Rather it be some scones, or a bouquet of wild flowers or 10 minutes over a cup of tea.
Be a blessing to those around you.
By now, you’re tired of turkey. But you can pull the remaining meat off the bones and freeze it for later. Here are a couple of recipes for your leftover bird.
Creamed Turkey:
1/4 cup margarine
small onion, chopped
garlic to taste
1/3 cup flour
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups milk
2-3 cups of turkey pieces
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Melt margarine, add onion and garlic and sauté until tender. Stir in flour until all butter is absorbed. Add broth, milk, salt, pepper and turkey. Cook until desired thickness. Serve over toast, biscuits noodles or potatoes.
Turkey Pot Pie:
9” deep dish pie crust
1 small onion, chopped
1 can (15oz.) mixed veggies
2 cups cooked turkey (or chicken, or ham)
1 can cream of chicken soup (or mushroom if using ham)
1/2 cup milk
sage
Preheat oven to 350. Drain veggies. Mix veggies, meat, soup and milk and sage. Pour into pie crust. Top with 2nd crust. Poke hole in top to let out steam Brush with egg. Bake 30 minutes until golden brown.
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