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[VickiR]

Hey Cherries  
I'm having some coffee, enjoying the quiet. Gonna read my Bible verse for today here in a few. (I'm in Luke right now, but Karyn Sue has inspired me to read John next. Lol I gave myself permission to take a break from the old testament.)
We're gonna run a few errands soon. (I TOTALLY FORGOT my cards yesterday! We left for a few errands and I meant to get the rest in the mail, and to take the ones to work and TOTALLY walked out of the house without them. LOL! I remembered when I got a little ways down the road, but traffic was so bad!) 
LOL so I have ALL the ornaments done and bagged up and ALSO realized that I forgot to take pictures! Oh well! Bragging rights will come later! I plan on starting my cards in July this time!
Not too MUCH left for me to do, holiday -wise. DGD knows her gifts will be late and she's okay with it lol it's scrap supplies! She may NOT be ready to share with the world, but it's soooo good for her to have this outlet and she has more creative talents than she realizes.
I'm seeing family on the 26th for our Christmas family time, so I'm able to iron out any snags!
I may even tidy up and start scrappin'! I didn't anticipate how much time I would be spending on holiday crafting - I'm itching to get scrappy!  
Stay blessed, Cherries!

Scrappy supplies are always worth waiting for!  Enjoy your family time!
 

[VickiR]

Good Morning.

Have been busy baking curtis’ grandma’s sweet rolls for breakfast on Christmas. They rose over night and I popped them in the oven this morning. Waiting for a friend to drop by for her present. Also have a couple cookie trays to deliver. DD and her DH are working today, so the oldest granddaughter will drop the other 3 off when she heads to work at noon. So the boys won’t be left fighting with each other and the minion bossing them about. So, I have a couple hours to myself. DH is out having coffee with his cronies!

We had a magnificent sunrise this morning and now is quite cloudy. Headed for 50ish and obviously no snow this year. We need moisture so we don’t burn up this next summer.

Hoping everyone enjoys their Christmas Eve celebrations!

Oh those sweet rolls sound yummy!  50's sound pretty good to me.  It's been in the 20's here the past few days.

[VickiR]

Happy Christmas Eve, Cherries!

I woke up yesterday with some relief in my ears, and it seems to be holding so far today.  It's not great by any means, but there is improvement, so I'll take it.  I can actually hear in my right ear!!!!

I've been baking like mad since yesterday.  I've finished the peanut butter cookies, the shortbread cookies, the oatmeal cookies, the thumbprint cookies, the decorated sugar cookies, and the chocolate chip cookies.  Today, all I have left are a few easy treats -- mini cupcakes, Rice Krispies treats, and a batch of chocolate chip cookies WITHOUT the chocolate chips (we have two in our family that can't have chocolate so I make a special batch for them). 

After today, I don't want to be anywhere near a kitchen for at least a week!

Have a great day ALL!

Glad you're feeling better and getting some hearing back.  I've been through that and it's awful.  The echo in your head...
 

[VickiR]

Merry Christmas Eve!  I surprised myself yesterday by actually doing all the cleaning that needed doing except lol cleaning out the fridge.  Today only baking is pie crust cinnamon rolls for my sons.  Christmas here won’t b until 4pm tomorrow night so I’ll make the Apple brownies tomorrow morning. 

Laura, not quite the same but grocery sells candy baking chips in quite a few other flavors than chocolate. Cinnamon, butterscotch, peppermint, peanut butter etc. 

It’s cold grey and rainy here which is right for Christmas. I feel like that’s about right for the quiet Christmas’s we have now with just a few old people getting together for dinner.  But I do miss the huge loud family we used to b. My MIL lived in a double wide mobile home the last 15 years of her life and we had Christmas dinner there every year. 20-25 people, a lot of them kids, jammed into her kitchen and living room eating and laughing.    Sigh lol. I know,  I’m getting old.  

have a joyous and wonderful Tuesday!!!



 

Pie crust cinnamon rolls....brings back a lot of memories.  My mom always made them for us.
 

[VickiR]

Merry Christmas Eve to all my Cherry Friends. Our oldest daughter, her DH and Emma arrived Sunday along with their two dogs, Sven and Evie. They are both so sweet. Sven is a pit bull and the biggest baby and also thinks he is a lap dog. Evie is a pit bull/greyhound mix. They've been very well behaved.

They all left a little while ago to head to Delaware to spend time with my DD's in-laws. The plan is for them to spend the night but DD's FIL is not a fan of animals and will probably freak out if one or both jumps up on the furniture. You're either an animal lover or not.  So I gave them a key to the house, and they might show up here tonight instead of tomorrow morning. 

Stacie and Emma will be doing most of the cooking so I can relax. We will now be having 14 for dinner. 

I hope everyone has a blessed holiday!! xoxoxxo

Sounds like a fun family time especially since someone else is cooking!  Perfect!
 

[VickiR]

Waiting for our family groups to arrive.  Later than usual since some had to work. Everything’s ready and we’re taking advantage of the resting time!  Merry merry, everyone!