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Good evening! I woke up this morning with a head cold that has made me move a little slower than normal, so I haven’t gotten as much stuff done around here as I was originally planning on. Namely, getting my Christmas tree up and decorated. …
Heading back to work after a 4-day weekend is rough, but I am excited to see my co-workers and find out how their Christmas’ went!! Christmas for us was much different than it usually was, and I was worried that those changes would be a …
Today has been a pretty GREAT day hanging out with my sisters. We have shopped, gone to lunch, played multiple rounds of Wii, taken a short nap, went to a late night Christmas church service, came back to my sister’s, prepped last minute goodies for tomorrow, and all watched “Despicable Me” together – I know, not very Christmassy, but laughing is good for ANY season!!!
Let me tell you about the church service we went to at the Redeemer’s Fellowship Church this evening. My sis, Jennifer was invited by a friend of hers and so we decided to go together! We didn’t really know what to expect, we weren’t sure if it was a play, a normal church service, or what, but let me tell you, we were in for a VERY PLEASANT surprise!!! The church itself, the building, the people, and the service was AMAZING!!! It was entertaining, fun, thought provoking, and such a blessing!! Even Jason was singing it’s praises – and that is saying something!!
This place is exactly the kind of church we have been looking for in Salem – I really hope we can find it. In the meantime, we have decided that if they offer a Christmas Eve service again next year, we will go again, creating another family Christmas tradition, one that we will enjoy for many years to come!
Have a FABULOUS evening!!! 😉
-Christina
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It is Thursday morning, 2 days before Christmas day! It is my day off, but I have still been up since the pre-butt-crack-of-dawn, trying to get some last minute things done before my sweetie and I head out to my families’ place for Christmas!! I …
Got outta work half day for a 4 day weekend: check Spending time painting ornaments with sister: check check Good baskets of baked goods put together: check check check Christmas gifts placed in bags for transport: check check check check Delivering said goodies to family …
Well, I had some early bird family members join me a little before Christmas this evening. My little sister Jennifer, and her husband, Austin, came up from Roseburg to visit for the next 2 days, since they have to work both days before and after Christmas, and we were sure if we would get the opportunity to spend some time hanging out together!! They are taking a quick trip to Portland and will be back later this evening!
Jason is also out this evening, I am not sure what exactly he is doing, but if I were to really think about it, I would know that he is out getting his last minute Christmas shopping finished!!
SO, I am just taking a moment to enjoy the quiet evening here at the manse…er uhm…ok, so manse might be quite the overstatement, but you know!! Anyway, I have been browsing some books that my sis-in-law had stored in her trunk that she had ready for thrifting. I LOVE reading, but I am having some serious difficulties getting into a book right now. My mind seems to constantly be running – lack of focus! I want to find a good book that has some romance, passion, camaraderie, hilarity, a tricky mystery, and some kind of ironic twist that ends with a happy ending!! Is that too much to ask???? LOL!! I know!!
Jason just got home – it looks like he has gotten enough baking supplies to do some serious damage to the kitchen I just got cleaned up from his last baking day!! I still love that man – that bakin’ fool o’ mine!!! 😉
Anyway, I am planning on hitting the hay early tonight, so off to get ready for bed I go!!
Have a FABULOUS evening! 🙂
Today is the end of Monday of a 3-day work week!!! WHOO-HOO!!! I am so excited about going down and seeing my family at Christmas, that every minute that I can shave off of my wait time, is ALWAYS a good thing!! I made some …
I find myself relishing this amazing moment where I have an excuse to sit in the middle of Salem Capitol’s building’s marble stairs, and just take in the lovely sound of school children singing Christmas choral music. There is nothing quite like listening to children’s …
Tonight I got to spend some time with my best friend, Dawn, her fabulous daughter, Sam, and my sweetie this evening. We spent the evening baking cookies. Well, wait, actually Jason and my girlfriend’s daughter baked cookies, while Dawn, and I chatted at the dining room table. Dawn was dealing with a painful tooth and I am dealing with a yucky bout of bronchitis.
Jason and Sammy made ginger cookies, peanut butter crunch bars (my personal favorite), sugar cookies, and chocolate butter cookies!! It was so much fun watching them in action. Dawn and I spent our evening trying to get pictures of them, and giggling at all sorts of mayhem and silliness – FUN!
Anyway, as I was sitting here trying to decide what to blog about, I thought I would rack my brain and see if I could remember any memories that pertained to cookies growing up. You see, Jason had asked me the other day what were the special cookies in my family, and to be honest with you I couldn’t remember any. However, after a while I did start to have some memories pop up, and the first one pertains to sugar cookies. I know my mom must have been making them, and I must have been about 4 or 5. My mom had some sugar cookie dough that she was making cookies with, and I remember that I was playing with my Barbie on the kitchen floor. My mom would occasionally pinch off a small portion of dough and give the pieces to me to eat – they were delicious!! I remember actually taking a piece or two and squishing them into my Barbie shoes – I was so amazed that the pieces actually fit. Silly me! 😉
I do remember my mom making peanut butter cookies; I would watch her as she would meticulously press the tines of a fork in a special pattern on the top of each cookie. I LOVED watching her do that, although I don’t really remember ever liking the taste of peanut butter cookies, it still is a GREAT memory for me!
Ooh, I just had another childhood cookie pop up in my head. My mom used to make these chocolate no bake cookies! HMMMMM…I can even smell the oatmeal and the chocolate sents wafting in the air. These cookies were cooked in a pan on the stove, and after the mixture had cooked the appropriate length of time, my mom would drop rounds of the hot mixture on parchment paper to let them cool. After coming home from school there were times where there were these chocolate no baked cookies on every flat surface in the dining room and kitchen, and if we were lucky, and if we didn’t get caught in the process, my sisters and I would always go in and try to grab one before it had cooled. Warm and gooey, and ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!! You know, come to think of it – I bet that my mom always had a couple of extra cookies set out just so us girls thought we were stealing some, when in reality she was planning on it. Man, moms can be soooo sneaky!!! 😉
Do you have any cookie memories that you can think of??? I would LOVE to hear about them in the comments section.
In the meantime,
Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉
