2000 Posts By Christmas 2012

[Jolly O'Leary]

Happy Mother´s Day weeekend to all my Christmas friends! I hope to make mincemeat pie in memory of my grandmother who passed away just last month. A little Christmas cheer to brighten the day.

[Noel+]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

[CandyKane]

Today was dd's last day of preschool. They had a party to celebrate and it was so much fun. Of course I cried when they handed out their certificates. They handed out pictures that they had taken throughout the school year. They were all good, but my faves are the Christmas pictures. I'd better get busy scrapbooking.

[Noel+]

Christmas pictures are always perfect for a new scrapbook. Enjoy CK!

[Jolly O'Leary]

The weather is cool (50´s F) and wet, hubby is in bed with a cold/allergies, and I have spent the day making mincemeat tarts...........seems a little like Christmas. I worked on tweaking my recipe as I remembered it being very heavy on the citrus and I was pleased with the taste of the fruit mix. I have not tried the completed tarts yet, but I think they will be good. I even used Christmas WASA (sort of like graham crackers) for the topping since I ran out of breadcrumbs. Merry Christmas in May!

This is the basic recipe I started with, but in looking this up just now, I stumbled on one that I might try next time. Hubby does not mind consuming the evidence, so I can keep tweaking until Christmas!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mock-mince ... ome%20Page

Here is the recipe I found today with a bit more to the topping. We do not have "graham crackers" here but the Wasa (non sweet) with the sugar and flour could do the trick!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/homemade-m ... ome%20Page

[Noel+]

Thanks for posting your recipe for some Christmas mincemeat tarts! Yum!

[CandyKane]

I went shopping at Wal-Mart last night and bought dd a Bratz Funk-n-glow doll. I was actually gonna wait and buy it for one of her birthday gifts, but since she gets almost as much stuff on her birthday as she does at Christmas I just bought it for her now.

[CandyKane]

I went shopping today and picked up a stocking stuffer. It's a coin bank shaped like a big lipstick tube and it's filled with little girls nail polish, stickers, nail file, and rings. Cute! I also picked up a couple more things for our Christmas child boxes.

[Jolly O'Leary]

Hope all my Christmas friends had a great mother´s day. My modified first recipe for the mincemeat tarts turned out great! I might add a bit more brown sugar next time, but all in all there was not the overwhelming "orange" flavor of the ones I made last Christmas. Hubby said I have to keep making them until I get the recipe right. To him, every day is Christmas. Today I am off to check in at the unemployment office and a drs appt this afternoon. fun fun fun.

[Noel+]

Hope all my Christmas friends had a great mother´s day. My modified first recipe for the mincemeat tarts turned out great! I might add a bit more brown sugar next time, but all in all there was not the overwhelming "orange" flavor of the ones I made last Christmas. Hubby said I have to keep making them until I get the recipe right. To him, every day is Christmas. Today I am off to check in at the unemployment office and a drs appt this afternoon. fun fun fun.

Your minemeat tarts sound wonderfully yummy! A little taste of Christmas!

Have your fun-filled day Tomtemor!

[jlcarey]

Ok, I'm ready to start planning for Christmas now...lol...it went from 80's and sunny with the kids playing in the pool to rainy and yucky and a bit cooler again...that brought back my Christmas fever...can't wait for our light show this year! Woot! Also, if anyone cares to look, I posted some of my Christmas Wedding pictures on my journal! It's been over 2 years now, but I still love to look at the pictures! :)

Edit: Here is the link to my journal! viewtopic.php?f=25&t=354

[Noel+]

Hi jcarey, glad to know you have the Christmas spirit today! Its going to be 106F here with fires up north, so Christmas is a dream in my mind. Enjoy your fun planning!

[CandyKane]

It always amazes me how a little drop in temperature always puts me in a holiday mood. And rainy days.....they always remind me of Christmas.

[Noel+]

It always amazes me how a little drop in temperature always puts me in a holiday mood. And rainy days.....they always remind me of Christmas.

Ah! Rainy days and cooler temps always remind me of Christmas too CK! Today we were 12 degrees above normal at 108F. Someone send snow!

[tinseltown]

Hi everyone need some christmas cheer ! Doing 2 jobs , which i thank God for but so tired . Want to curl up with my christmas tree ,cold weather (Its boiling here ) and a christmas film Roll on November . God bless you all and still praying for your work situations everywhere . Chat soon

[ksrjreed]

It always amazes me how a little drop in temperature always puts me in a holiday mood. And rainy days.....they always remind me of Christmas.

I am the same way, any cloudy or rainy days I just want to sit on the couch and watch my Christmas movies. I believe people think I am wierd because I enjoy bad weather days so much and they don't know why.

[ksrjreed]

Well we planned our family vacation for this year, heading to the beach and this year we are staying at a campground. Checked the place out and it seems okay, the one thing that really got me was the weekend we picked to go the are having a Chrismtas in July events planned. We didn't even know until after we made the reservations.

[Noel+]

Hi everyone need some christmas cheer ! Doing 2 jobs , which i thank God for but so tired . Want to curl up with my christmas tree ,cold weather (Its boiling here ) and a christmas film Roll on November . God bless you all and still praying for your work situations everywhere . Chat soon

Hi Tinseltown. You've been missed! It's boiling where I live too -- I'm with you "roll on November!" I also know what it is like to work several jobs and be complete exhausted. Encouraging you to rest when possible, and always know your CAY friends remember you! Hugs!

[Noel+]

Well we planned our family vacation for this year, heading to the beach and this year we are staying at a campground. Checked the place out and it seems okay, the one thing that really got me was the weekend we picked to go the are having a Chrismtas in July events planned. We didn't even know until after we made the reservations.

That's wonderful about the Christmas in July event, ksrjreed! ENJOY!

[CandyKane]

Christmas in July at the beach! That would be fabulous! We're planning a beach vacation this year too. Just trying to get all my ducks in a row. Been busy, busy, busy. But love having my girl at home with me.