Candy Cane

This will be a quickie as I had a little medical procedure done today and am heavily medicated. So to avoid any embarrassment I wont go on any rants. :) How giant is this leaf? Look at it in comparison to my hand. FYI to anyone who I am ever mad at and decides that they want to apologize with a pizza card...I will just be more mad at you. That is all. Best time of year for tea lovers. So I heard about these from a reader and could not find them anywhere. I had to break down and buy them from Amazon.com because I had to have them! I decided to do a pudding cookie with the candy cane flavor since I had some candy cane kisses sitting around. Pretty easy and pretty yummy and something festive to bring to cookie exchange. … [Read more...]

Minty fresh…

I would love to say that I can’t believe the calendar will read December tomorrow and that we are just one month shy of yet another new year, but I do believe it. The older I get the quicker the months just seem to go. I blinked and November was gone. So I want to take this opportunity on this last day of the thankful month to say thanks for being a reader. You really have to like my site to read it. I don’t do giveaways (don’t get me wrong I would love to have the money to give away a mixer, crock pot, or a camera) so you are just here for the food. :) If it weren’t for you the only readers I would have would be family members that I would guilt into reading it and a few former teacher friends. :P But no use fighting it, tomorrow is December. I’m ready this year. Last year at this time I didn’t have an ounce of Christmas spirit (if you know me, this is highly unusual), I only put up decorations because my parents were coming out. But this year, the tree is up and the … [Read more...]