Baby It's Cold Outside

Mr. Richard has been out twice snow blowing.    The prediction is snow everyday this week~!

New Shop

Remember Jessie?

She recently opened an Etsy shop featuring her creative photography.  Please check it out - some great Gift ideas!    www.etsy.com/shop/spennerphotography  Jessie does amazing work.

Thanks for your support.
TTFN - Babs

Holiday Nature Walk

One thing I really enjoy creating is my pots on the sides of the garage door.  All I had to do was take a little nature walk and snippers to create something I think looks spectacular.  Mother Nature provides all the items.
Snow included.

It's snowing on and off today.  We just caught our "Local on the 8's" and snow is predicted everyday this week.  I think today we will just stay tucked in.  Lots of crafty things to do and heat up the house by turning the oven on for dinner - roasted chicken breasts, sweet potatoes, fresh squash. Yum!

Have a good day and good week.  Remember to take a few moments to be still and just relax!~
TTFN - Babs

Reasons Why I Need This

Ipad

 

 

I went to the Apple store today in the Grand Rapids Woodland Mall.  The place was packed.  I couldn't resist looking at and learning more about the IPAD.  Now that I have seen the real thing and learned more about it, I want/need it really bad.  The hubby can't quite understand it.  Why do I need it, he states.

Well,

1.  I could be so in touch with everything and everyone at any given moment.
2.  I could use it as a learning tool.  There is so much to learn about it.
3.  They (Apple) offers classes on how to use it, so I could easily learn so much about it.
4.  I feel a need to not get lost in the technology world (which I already somewhat am).
5.  I want to stay abreast with what's going on with technology.
6.  I think it's so cool.
7.  I don't want to fall behind the times.  I want to stay up with all the kids!
8.  I just plain want it!  Isn't that reason enough.
9.  I am hoping I could get the husband into the 21st century with it.
10.  Again, I just plain want it really, really bad.!!!

The hubby will say "get a job" and you can buy whatever you want!  Ugh!
Oh well, I will have to work on him.

Have you seen the Ipad?  Any reasons you know of why I shouldn't get one?
TTFN - Babs

Back to my roots

My polish heritage has been calling our name.  It's time to master this thing.  Kolachki.  They are polish/czech cookies.  I tried making the previously, but they kept coming apart.  This year, Maggie and I vowed that we would master these if it killed us.  She found the perfect recipe.

We started with chilling the dough:

Next you roll it out thin and cut into two inch squares.  Fill the squares with raspberry filling, almond paste, and we used nutmeats as well.  Pinch together (the hard part).  This is what they look like at this point.

Bake, cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.  Taste!  Divine!!!!!  Worth the work. 

Hope there are some left by Christmas.
TTFN - Babs

The White Stuff has arrived

It did hold off until December 1st.  We're that much closer to spring!

Simplicity.  My theme for this holiday season.  Care to join me?

TTFN - Babs

Benjamin Tucker "Tucker"

My Tucker.  Maggie's second oldest.  Tucker is 21/22-ish.  He lives in Colorado - Denver to be exact.  He loves it there!  He started college this past semester and is really enjoying it.  He is ready to learn and is determined to do something with his life. 

Tucker, too, is an outdoors person.  He loves the snow - can't wait to go snowboarding.  He likes to hike the mountains.  He loves the solitude of nature.  He is great at soccer and has joined several adult teams in the area in which he is residing.  I think because he and his brother Lenny were born in Wyoming - they have the
 mountains in their blood.

Tucker is a very likeable person.  He has a great personality and an awesome smile.  He has gone through a lot .....trying to figure out who he is, losing a really close friend to cystic fibrosis rather unexpectedly, and trying to find his place in life.  He tends to be somewhat of a loner - sometimes lost in his solitude.  However, I witnessed this summer that Tucker has grew by leaps and bounds.  He has this new found confidence,  he's happy, and is going after what he wants in life.  He has blossomed.  How that makes me happy. 

I think he is in a really good place right now and I have so much faith in the fact that he's going to go great places in life.  He has a new found strength and am really excited for him.  To know Tucker is too love him!
TTFN - Babs