This I know for sure...

                                 
                                     I wish you and your families the very best in 2017.



Please note - There will be no post on Monday, 1/2/17.

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress):  Currently on hiatus until after the new year.

Quote of the Week: “It’s impossible to complete a race if you don’t make it to the starting line.”~ Unknown

What I'm reading: I received Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich for Christmas. My sister wants to read it when I'm finished so I started it last night.

Random Things:  I'm spending time thinking about the things I want to accomplish in 2017 and how I'll meet goals that I'll set. It's hard to believe this is the last week of 2016. The year seemed to fly by.

Random Photo of the Week: 

         Somebody sat on the chair and watched my mom make a pie for the holiday.  

This I know for sure...

I would like to wish everyone...

                                                                Merry Christmas

                                                                        and

                                                                Happy Hanukkah




There will be no post on Monday, 12/27/16.

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress):  Currently on hiatus until after the new year.

Quote of the Week:  “Your time to move forward is coming, but it’s not here yet. Gather your strength, work hard, and success will come.” ~ Unknown

What I'm reading: I still reading My Fair Princess by Vanessa Kelly. It's taking me forever to read this book. I just don't have the time to sit down and read. I'm hoping that will change after the holidays.

Random Things: Can I complain about how much I hate wrapping gifts? Not just holiday presents, but any gift I happen to be giving. It seems like an enormous waste of time and money. You buy the wrapping paper, bow, sometimes a card and take the time to wrap the gift so it looks nice and the recipient tears off the paper and bow in a matter of seconds and it ends up in the garbage. I try to give gift bags as much as possible, but still wrap gifts for young children.

Random Photo of the Week: 

Somebody checking the Santa's boot ornament. I've had the ornament since I was a child. It now has a few teeth marks on the toe.

 

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

I came across a recipe for Orange Chocolate Chip cookies a couple of weeks ago while I was looking for new recipes to try. If you're like me and love the flavors of orange and chocolate together, these are the cookies for you.

The recipe is from the Two Peas & Their Pod website. It has a lot of great recipes so take some time to look around while you're there. Here's the link for the Orange Chocolate Chip cookie recipe. http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/orange-chocolate-chip-cookies/    The site can take a bit of time to load, but it's worth the wait.

This I know for sure...

My cat, Somebody, is experiencing his second winter. Last winter was very mild with above average temperatures and below average snowfall. This year however, we've already received more snow than we normally do at this time in the season and we're due to get more snow over the weekend. Today, the temperature is forecast to be 12 degrees with 45 mile an hour wind gusts which will make the temperature feel like 20 degrees below zero.

Somebody has started curling up next to the register in the dining room whenever he hears the furnace click on. I've put a few old baby blankets I have in his two cat beds and left one on the end of the sofa so he can snuggle up when he gets cold.

I know how he feels. I wear a cardigan sweater every day when I get home from work from mid November to late April or early May when spring finally arrives. I think we're both already counting down the days.