HO HO HO!

Okay, so I may be a bit early but here it is anyways..my FAVORITE Christmas song!! Now, don't get me wrong, I love the classics but this song, the new video I have here, is just so dang ROCKIN' cool...heard it for the first time today(not the first time ever, just first time this season LOL) and it has me in a totally awesome mood so I'm sharing..

Hard to believe that holidays are fast approaching, got a ton of pre-Thanksgiving stuff accomplished this week and now it's time to work on my many gifty things that need to be done...

so without further adieu, enjoy my all-time, rockin' good, Christmas song, hope it puts you in a happy holiday mood too!

Until next time,

Blessings!!

Sweet Treat!

Yumm...chocolate chip cookies..in Mandi's words "nothing is better than chocolate chip cookies and milk!" Today Mandi and I made some choc. chip cookies using a new recipe I found. This recipe won a cookie contest and I thought it sounded yummy and..I was right! Here are some pics of Mandi making cookies, the dough (yumm yumm) and the finished product (don't mind the majorily used looking Silpat sheet...I've had it forever it seems but it still works just fine!)...if you decide to try these, let me know what ya think!






Chocolate Chip Cookies:
2 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 C. unsalted butter, softened
3/4 C. granulated sugar
3/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp. milk, room temperature
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 C. white chocolate chips
2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, brown sugar, milk, vanilla. Beat in eggs. Gradually add the flour mixture; mix well. Stir in both types of chips.

Drop spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets lined with parchment paper (I use Silpat lined cookie sheets). Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on wire rack


Until next time,

Chocolate Chip Cookie Blessings!!

Cricket :0)

Long Time...No Blog!

Well, here I am again...finally! I know, I know, it's been a LONG time since I've updated, no excuses, just haven't gotten around to it! But, in the meantime I've been able to finish making my annual Christmas card and finish up a circle journal entry that also finishes a round I've been in for over a year, and that feels WONDERFUL!! I love to do circle journals but am glad that this one is done with...I am going to be taking a much needed break from circle journals though. As much as I enjoy them and they provide arenas for me to scrapbook in that I might not normally think to, I spend so much of my time scrapping for others and not myself! Sounds kinda selfish, I know, but on the upshot, I've kept photos of all my layouts and am going to re-create them for my own books (some I think will also be framed and hung in my family room...I need some serious wall art there!).

So, without further adieu...here are pics of my card and my last cj layout! I also will try to be a better blogger...now that I am going to be working on my stuff, I hope to have more to share...oh yeah, will also share a photo of my Mandi on Halloween...such a cutie she was this year...check back for that!





Until next time...

Blessings,
Cricket :0)