Not a Good Start
Today’s interruption is brought to you by baseball and childhood.
Many many years ago in a land far far away, I got to go to a baseball game. Not just any baseball game, but a game with my heros! This story involves my childhood, so it was MANY years ago, a different century and millennium, and [...]
First Day
Today’s interruption is brought to you by the weather and sadness.
I looked at the calendar earlier this week, right after I looked at the weather forecast which was predicting 10-20 inches of snow. SNOW!! again. I don’t think it is necessary to add the rest of this post which will describe my opinion of said [...]
m-m-m-good
Today’s interruption is brought to you by a giveaway and pumpkins.
More specifically the Pumpkin Patch Primitives Quilt Shoppe is giving away a HUGE fat quarter bundle of Red Rooster’s Pumpkins and Spice fabric line. It is yummylicious!! Well at least the photo is, and I’d really love to win and touch and fondle sew with [...]
Surprises
Today’s interruption is brought to you by the USPS and retreat.
I’ve been looking forward to my quilt guild’s retreat since I joined the guild a year ago. Actually I wanted to go to the retreat even before I joined, and quite possibly was the very reason I joined. I had heard from friends how fun [...]
Oh No Not Again
Today’s interruption is brought to you by 38 old cars and brothers.
So, I’m going about my normal daily routine: wake up and stumble to the coffee pot. Actually this is right after I stumble somewhere else, but I didn’t think that was a detail you needed to hear. So I have my coffee, freshly made [...]
Old Dogs CAN Learn
Today’s interruption is brought to you by Crisco or whatever other brands of shortening are out there.
This was a couple of months ago.
Ring Ring or more like Doo-dah-DEE-duh Are you hearing the Halluliah chorus ringtone? Nothing as ordinary as ring ring for me.
Hello. Dessert is served in five minutes. WOW! Be right there. The conversation [...]
Coming Home
Today’s interruption is brought to you by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Nebraska State Patrol.
Okay this isn’t starting out as likely to have a happy ending, but, trust me, it does. Of course it does; I’m writing it aren’t I, and I can do anything I want with my story.
Yesterday I had a meeting [...]
Welcome Visitors!
Welcome to my little corner wedge of the world. This is NOT my first post. It’s probably not my second or third either, but as you can guess, my life was interrupted for a while and now I’m starting over.
Sugar Cookies
Classic Sugar Cookies (Cookie Exchange Quantity)
3 cups powdered sugar
2 cups butter or margarine, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 eggs
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
Decorator’s Glaze
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon almond extract
Food colors, as desired
Decorations
decorating gel, colored sugar and/or decors, if desired
decorating icing (in [...]
Keep Your Fork
This is a story I first read several years ago. I’ve been able to find it on a regular basis since then using Google, but I decided that I would make it easy on myself by placing it on my site. The author is unknown to me. Enjoy.
KEEP YOUR FORK
There was a woman who had [...]
