I LIKE THE CAPTIONS ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE PICTURES



A nice break for our hearts and minds in a now very hectic world. This falls under "gotta share". Enjoy!!

 

FYI ~ that's T "not touching" C....so annoying!!

 

   



Prayers are Needed.!



One of my sweetest dear friends, Tracy from Cotton Pickin Cute. could use some healing prayers for her Grandson Zach. He is in the hospital. If you would like to read more as to what's going on just click on her link above.



I have lit a candle for Zach . Should anyone else like to do so, just click on the link. I've put in under the group name CPC. I know we all wish Zach a quick recovery and all the best.

deb



We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Taylor Swift

I Remember when we broke up the first time
Saying "This is it, I've had enough", cause like
We hadn't seen each other in a month
When you, said you, "needed space", what?
Then you come around again and say
Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change
Trust me, remember how that lasted for a day
I say, I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you

Oooh we called it off again last night
But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk
to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Like ever...

I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me, falling for it screaming that I'm right
And you, will hide away and find your peace of mind with some indie record that's much cooler than mine
Oooh you called me up again tonight

But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
to my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

I used to think, that we, were forever ever
And I used to say never say never

Huh, he calls me up and he's like, I still love you
And i'm like, I just, I mean this is exhausting, you know
We are never getting back together, like ever

We are never ever ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
to my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Not getting back together, we
Oh, getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
to my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Happy Birthday Brandon!!

Today is B's Birthday!

He and T will be here tomorrow to celebrate it.

 

I made some of his requests yesterday.

Today I made a couple more.

What's in a name??

I made the cake he requested for his Birthday,

''Chocolate Throw Up Cake.''

We're a family of chocoholics

  

I developed this cake years ago

and it gets a request quite often.

It consists of:

 A two layer Chocolate Cake.

Chocolate frosting with chocolate chips in the middle and

chocolate or white chocolate chips on the outside with the frosting covering all.

Hence the name.

After a piece you're so chocolated out you feel like, well you know.....
but they still come back for more! LOL

I also made some Banana Bread for Monday morning breakfast.

 

 Happy Birthday to my first born!!

I love you more than life itself!

I am so proud of the man you've become ♥♥

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

I'm joining Etsy Cottage Style Cottage Kitchen



Let the Baking Season Begin!



 

My first baby's birthday is Nov. 10.

 

 

What happened to October?

 And Thanksgiving is a couple weeks away!

The pressure is on! 

 

Each year I make Russian Teacakes,

his favorite cookie (my sister's and I's too), for him.

This also kicks off our Holiday Baking Season.

 

I always pull out the recipe in my Mom's handwriting.

Even though she's gone now it makes me feel closer to her.

 

 

 

Russian Tea Cake Cookie Recipe

 

Gather ingredients:

 

 

1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts 

 

The Ultimate Chopper in the photo has got to be hands down my favorite appliance. No more chopping nuts by hand or using the little nut grinder and turning the handle round and round. Best of all it was free! My neighbor had thrown it out. I snagged it and low and behold it work like a dream. I gave it a thorough cleaning and use it so much.

This is after just a few taps of the button!

It's awesome!.

 

 

I always use her measuring cup too.

(Yes, there are a lot of us here in blog land that have the same canister set! LOL)

 

Mix all well.

I don't know what I would do with my Kitchen Aid Mixer. With 2 torn rotator cuffs it makes mixing much less painful :)

 

Chill dough. I usually make the dough the night before and let it chill over night. Then it's all ready whenever I am.

 

  Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet (cookies do not spread). Bake at 400 degrees til set, but not brown, about 10-12 minutes. Roll warm tea cakes in powdered sugar. Cool. Roll in powdered sugar again. Makes about 4 dozen tea cakes.

 

 Enjoy!

 

He has also requested Stuffed Rolls

for dinner.

 

 

He and T will be here to celebrate on Sunday.

So today I got the Russian Teacakes and Stuffed Rolls done, tomorrow...his cake and some Banana Bread.

 

When pressed for time, we sure can accomplish a lot!