I thought I would share my favourite cookie recipe for Christmas. These are full of wonderful chewy goodness, rich and delicious. Our favourite Christmas cookie. Merry Christmas! 1.5 cups shortening (no substitutions) 1/2 cup blackstrap molasses (no substitutions – if you don’t have blackstrap, don’t bother making the recipe – honestly!) 2 tsp. baking soda 1 Tbsp.… Continue reading Molasses Ginger Sugar Cookies
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Decorating for Christmas
I love how I’ve decorated the house this year! Two little trees of twinkle lights in one corner to help brighten the dreary winter days and long dark nights … Coffee table centerpiece that I bought a several years ago at the Country House: Don’t you love just sitting and looking at the lights on your Christmas tree? I… Continue reading Decorating for Christmas
quilting friends
I honestly don’t know how I would accomplish a single thing without my little helpers! Samson makes sure the layers stay together during basting… Misty oversees the binding and makes sure my stitches are straight!
Butterflies in my Garden
I wanted to write about another quilt that I finally finished! This was another of my unfinished projects. I pulled it out last spring and finished it in June. I don’t know why I set it aside all those years ago, because it sure turned out beautifully. Maybe it was just waiting for the right moment and the right… Continue reading Butterflies in my Garden
Kitchen Baladi
Rockin’ the Casbah, Act II: After Hours. A waitress (me!) is inspired to dance on the empty stage. March 19, 2011. Enjoy!
A perfect autumn day
Today is the kind of day that I quit teaching on Sundays for. Okay – I know – today is Saturday, not Sunday. But Saturday used to be kind of stressful with the pressure to get my lesson plans, errands and house-related work done before supper so that I could collapse and have some down… Continue reading A perfect autumn day