HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !!!

THIS HERE IS A  WISH FOR A VERY HAPPY 10 th ANNIVERSARY TO MY GOOD FRIEND’S STEVE AND SUE  IN CA.. MANY HAPPY YEARS TO COME MY FRIENDS!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! 

Space Walk Wednesday

Well here it is Wednesday again and I have not been walking much lately I must admit!  I saw this name and it really called to me….Liz and Joe’s Log Cabin..now what could that be?

Could this be a blog about their life in their cabin? Could this be a story about their family? NOPE!!!  There are some beautiful pictures to look at there of their place..

YOU CAN RENT IT OUT!!! Yes, it was a space for advertising their cabin for rent in Vermont!  I checked out all the rooms and they are very nicely done. You could vacation there anytime summer or winter. WOW, I wouldn’t mind at all, the place looks great and the scenery is nice too… Check it out if you like, they did a great job of making it look like a really nice vacation retreat..  http://spaces.msn.com/members/VermontLogCabin/

 

5 minute FUDGE!!

Anyone out there in space land ever tried

Rachael Ray’s recipe for 5 minute Fudge?

I could not believe how fast and how easy it was to make…I think I

might just try this out..let me know if you have tasted it before.

This super-simple recipe will be a hit at your holiday party! Try all three varieties: the Chunky Chocolate Fudge Wreath with Walnuts and Currants, the White Chocolate Wreath with Pistachio and Cranberry or the Goober and Raisinette Wreath!

INGREDIENTS

• 12 ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk (save the can)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 8 ounce can walnuts, plus more for topping
• 1/2 cup raisins or dried currants (a couple of handfuls)
• candied red and green cherries to decorate top (like holly)
• softened butter to grease an 8 inch round cake pan

1. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan with softened butter. Pour the chocolate and butterscotch chips, condensed milk and vanilla into a medium saucepan. Put the pan on the stove and turn the heat to low.
2. Cover the empty condensed milk can with plastic wrap and put it in the center of the round cake pan.
3. Stir the chips and milk until they melt together, about 3 minutes. Stir in nuts and raisins. Scoop the fudge into the cake pan all around the plastic-covered can in the center to form a wreath or ring shape. Let it be all bumpy on top. Keep pushing the can back to the center if the fudge moves it away from there. Cut the red cherries in half with scissors and the green cherries into quarters. Use the green pieces to make leaves and the red to make holly berries. Decorate the fudge with several groups of holly berry sprigs made from the cherries and garnish with walnuts between the sprigs.
4. Put the fudge in the fridge and chill until firm. Remove the can from the center, then loosen the sides and bottom of the fudge with a spatula. Cut the fudge into thin slices to serve.

To give the wreath as a gift-wrap in cellophane and secure with a bow or ornament.

Variations:
White Chocolate Wreath with Pistachio
and Cranberry

• Substitute the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips, 1 1/2 ounce bag plus 1 cup.
• Substitute 1 to 1 1/2 cups of shelled natural pistachio nuts for walnuts.
• Substitute 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries for currants.

Goober and Raisinette Wreath

• Swap butterscotch for peanut butter chips
• Swap large whole peanuts for walnuts used in original recipe (such as peeled Virginia Peanuts)
• Swap 1/2 cup large raisins for currants in original recipe

Rachael Ray’s recipe came from www.oprah.com
 

CYBER MONDAY!!!

You know it must be CYBER monday because you have signed on to the server three times and gotten knocked off!!! So you get a lilttle stressed out…you try, try again…

 

You finally get connected to your desired page and you can’t find what you are looking for exactly so you…keep looking…. you finally get it all filled out and ready to go and …….. WHAM…

the server goes out and you have to start all over again……  

Maybe I will just go to Costco or Sam’s Club and do it all and get it over with!!!

HAPPY CYBER MONDAY!!!!

 

CHRISTMAS CHEER

Well that’s more like it!!!! I have changed some things around and got more in the mood after visiting with some of the spaces..namely Miss

Gentle breeze! My you have to get in the spirit after being there..give her a visit you wont be sorry!!!   http://spaces.msn.com/members/gentlebreezeunitedstates/

Here is one of my vintage cards I found from 1880 and Santa is dressed in green, if you can believe that!!  Wow I guess the traditional red came later on. Enjoy your weekend!!!

 photo by  www.corbis.com