HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

Have a healthy 2011

 

 

Pretty reds for Ruby Tuesday …Rednesday

I have bought these dishes at TJ Max. Candy cane tree I had for years

Ornaments in glass urn at Kmart. Linen table cloth and gold platter

at The Christmas Tree Shoppe..

Here is that new Christmas cookies I had to make.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hershey peppermint candy cane blossom cookies.

Ingredients

• 48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Candy Cane Mint Candies
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• Red or green sugar crystals, granulated sugar or powdered sugar

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Remove wrappers from candies.
2. 2 Beat butter, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
3. 3 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in red sugar, granulated sugar, powdered sugar or a combination of any of the sugars. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. 4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookie is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press a candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.

Actually my first batch I got 47 cookies because I had messed up. The second batch I did it right and I got almost 5 dozen cookies. So, depend how it come out.'

I fell in love with this cookie recipe and I will make these next year. It is a thumb up recipe.

Here me in my Christmas red sweater along'

with BIL. Hope he don’t mind. Thanks Donna

for the photo.

I am joining in on Ruby Tuesday. Rednesday.

Stay warm! Nancy

Had a nice Christmas….

Did you had a nice Christmas? I did and its went by fast.. WHEW!

We had everybody over Christmas Eve and we had soup and subs along with Jambalaya and salads.
There were 28 of us. We all did a $10 gift to pass. You bring a gift, you get a gift. Basically everybody did.

My brother and I went to my sister M and BIL house afterward. Had a blast!

I got a bottle of white wine in a stocking for my gift exchange. I also got two more Snowbabies.

This one is from my eldest brother and SIL.

This one is from my other brother.Plus dinner certificate

for AppleBees’

This one says.. “Your Friendship Hits the Spot.”

I also got some birthday presents too.

This is from my sisters K and Donna.

Got this from my other sister M and BIL

I call it the Chip and Dale bag…WHY? because it is on both

side of the bag.

Here is the gift inside…

Seaside cotton from Bath and Body Works.

I also got some sweaters and pants for Christmas.

I was very busy this Christmas by helping mom and dad. I didn’t even bet on the PC until yesterday. I will get to visit your blog when I can.

I missed Pink Saturday at Beverly’s How Sweet the Sounds. Oh, well I do got a life..LOL…….I will play along with others though..Maybe Faded Charm.. White Wednesay.

Until next time

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More Snowbabies photos: White Wednesday

My big sister got me this one with the jingle bell. My sister in-law and nephew got me the Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.

I will be playing along with Faded Charm’s  White Wednesday be sure to check all the white Wednesday posts.

Blogger's Challenge: LIGHTS and Outdoor wednesday.

I will be doing two Challenges this week. I found these outdoor photo looling good. I can't believe it is so clear.. I actually took these last year. I want to play along with Blogger's Challene and haven't been looking for something different. All that because we were snowed in..LOL.

I got my Christmas shopping done today and I am going to wrap them tomorrow amd finish cleaning up the house for Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas to you all...

I am also joining susan,Outdoor Wednesday @ Southern Daydreamer TOO!

Susan also doing indoor decors also.

Also , I am joining in with Marie @ Blogger's Community Photo Challenge
This month's photo challenge is LIGHTS! We have beautiful holiday lights all around us. You can venture out and capture city lights or even towns lit up at night. You can use anything, it's not just holiday lights.The Challenge had been started, and ends on Dec. 23, 2010. .Remember you have to post your image on your blog, come back here and click on blue button on the bottom of this post. SELECT your image, NOT your profile image, the image you are submitting for the challenge. Follow the EASY directions.Voting will start on Dec. 23th(only one week to vote)Try to link to this challenge on your blog post. Have fun!

Until next time... Thank you for seeing my Challenges. Be sure to go to both of then and check all of the lights.

I won a giveaway from MaryDon

Aren’t these cute?  Thank you MaryDon.

I made  a card for you Marydon

 

I never won a sweepstake but I won a giveaway.  I love it and I told my mom and She was as excited as I was..

Pink Saturday: Hark the Angels Sings

Angels we have on heard high

Sweetly singing ore the plains

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains

 

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see

Christ whose birth the angels sing

 

Come adore on bended knee

Christ the Lord the newborn King

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

 

See him in a manger laid

Whom the choirs of angels praise

 

 

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid

While our hearts in love we raise

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

 

This is my birthday cake. See? The writing is in pink…

 

 

Okay I show you my song for this week. Be sure to go to Beverly at “HOW SWEET the Sound’ and join in  with all of our Pink Saturday Christmas Musics.