As most of you know, my sweet husband has had to be in the hospital a couple of days last week and then today for some follow-up procedures. We are so grateful to family and friends who have sent us cards, emails, phone calls and prayed for us. Thank you for your love and caring of us. We truly realized how blessed and loved we are.

Knowing that we were in for another day of being in the hospital today, we both decided to go have a last great mexican food meal last night before being subjected to hospital food today, so off we go to Mijeras for enchiladas. Now, normally this would give us the little bit of sunshine that we needed to send us off to a dreaded situation, but last night, well, it was just too much and too loud. As we tried to order our meal…

This morning we woke up to the doorbell ringing at 7:15. Randy told me that he had not seen me move that fast in 20 years. I am one of those that think about things like, will I have on make-up and a “wouldn’t mind being caught in this outfit” outfit in case of rapture, earthquake or unexpected visitors. It dawned on us that the painters were here to paint the kitchen back to the original blah color that it was when we moved in. What happened to the lazy guy who never shows up until the afternoon? When did people start showing up for work at 7 a.m.? I guess I am already getting use to this retirement phase of watching GMA in jammies and finally getting a shower around 10. I just remembered that when I opened the door, I was apologizing to 4 strange men that I…

No matter what cake comes out of our kitchen, Randy’s favorite remains the same, German Chocolate. This recipe is a quick version to put on the table when I don’t have time to whip egg whites or spend 12 minutes stirring the frosting that goes on top. I found this recipe on the side of a Duncan Hines German Chocolate cake mix. It is so rich because of the butter and cream cheese. Will keep this recipe right on top. It has Randy’s seal of approval!.

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 1/2 cups flaked coconut

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

1 pkg Duncan Hines German Chocolate Cake mix

1 ( 8oz) cream cheese (softened)

1/2 cup butter, melted (this is not the same butter listed above, but an addition)

1 lb powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350; grease and flour a 9×13″ pan.

Melt 1/2…

We haven’t figured out yet why these things always seem to happen to us. I remember Erma Bombeck saying that she felt that God allowed the circumstances in her life so she would write about them and give people the gift of laughter. Maybe that is why these things happen to us. All I know is that if Candid Camera were still being filmed today, Frosty and I would probably be the stars of the show, as we just seem to attract “situations”.

It all began Saturday morning, when, “with visions of sugarplums danced in our heads,”  we set out to storage with our sleigh to pick up our Christmas decorations. After Frosty dropped the first box of “treasures”, and us scrambling around trying to salvage the unbroken nativities and the shattered ornaments,we decided that maybe a flat bed dolly would be good to use. So, in a few minutes…

This truly do melt in your mouth, due to the amount of corn starch, they seem to just disappear the minute you pop it in your mouth. They are just such a light and wonderful Christmas cookie.This is one of Frosty’s favorite cookies.
1 cup butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teas vanilla
1 cup flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
Cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Sift flour and cornstarch and add to creamed mixture. Drop by teaspoon onto lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 12-14 min. Makes
5 1/2 – 6 dz cookies. When completely cool, frost with the following:
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tables butter
2 teas vanilla.
Mix the above 3 ingredients together with enough cream to get it to a good spreading consistency. About 1/3 cup cream. If you need more liquid, add by tablespoons, one at a time. (I use either whipping cream…