8 posts tagged “christmas”
Here in Oklahoma it just isn't the Christmas season until you hear the B.C. Clark jingle. This thing is older than I am and very, very much a tradition. It runs on TV and radio from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve. They actually tried to stop playing it one year and had so many complaints they pulled it back out of the vaults. Enjoy!
Yesterday I finished the last of the customers' quilts that were due before Christmas. Sometime today I need to sew up a couple of quilt blocks as a class sample, but the only other work I have left to do is to make one Christmas present and to cook. It's good to be done.
See why here.
Last night at my quilt guild meeting one of the members got up to announce a project she has started. Please help her reach her goal.
Make a difference! Join the people across America who are pledged to give one million quilts (blankets or throws) to the homeless before winter. It can be one you found in your closet, one you buy or one you make. It can be pieced or made of fleece. It can be old or new. It can be for an adult or a child. Just do it! Give a quilt to someone homeless in your area and then send an email to crazyquilts08@yahoo.com or a post card to:
Just say, "I did it! This is (insert first name) in (insert city)." Let's make some good news for Christmas. "This is Donna in Edmond, OK and I did it." Won't you?
Crazy Quilts
PO Box 195
Edmond, OK 73083.
She would love to see this project extend even beyond the borders of the United States. Can't you help?
The family is gone. The house is quiet again. Brunch went off as usual. We had sausage loaf, ham, scrambled eggs with cheese and salsa, fresh fruit, along with muffins and cinnamon rolls. Oh, and yes. Mimosas. Wouldn't be Christmas without them.
My big gift for Jonah this year was his first cookie. I think it's safe to say he enjoyed it.
After eating all the food gifts were opened. Following that Ben and I played with my new game.
Flipping those frogs into the tree while it's spinning is much harder than it looks. I'm pleased to say that I was much better at it than Ben.
Well, I guess the Grammie sickness is really taking over. I got a bit carried away and baked cookies for Christmas this year. I know it's the Grammie sickness because I kept thinking that I needed to make sure the cookies are small so they will fit in Jonah's tiny little hands. Yes, I know he can't eat cookies this year, but he will be able to next year. This was a trial run. Even though I only baked 4 kinds I ended up with well over 20 dozen because of the size.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat step #3.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you g et to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Have a great holiday season!
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