Holiday Season

Well, its that time of year.  Time to bake cookies, make gifts, and pull out the decorations.  I love Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years celebration.  My problem with it is the rush, the gimme-gimme attitude.  Its supposed to be time to enjoy family and be full of joy, but people have pulled it totally out of wack.  They have lost the true meaning of the season.  The joy of family, friends and a new year.  I love that part of the season and I don't think anyone has that anymore.  Do you?  Do you slow down and enjoy the season?  Do you have any fun holiday family stories?

Lightsabers

 For Christmas I made Abby, Daniel, Tim, Ben and Joanna light sabers.  There not flimsy plastic ones either.  I used 2' of 3/4" thick PVC piping with 2 layers of installation wrapped with duck tape and then used colored duck tape, regular duck tape and electric tape to make them look like light sabers.

Pinterest

Pinterest is a virtual pin board. You find something you like and Pin it on Pinterest for your friends to see. An easy and fun way to share things. You can find fun Christmas gift ideas too (or just everyday cooking ideas).


Pinterest

Dear journal,

I finally made a collage. Here is how to do it:
Makes 1
What you`ll need:
1 square piece of card board (any size)
2 pieces of construction paper (cut to size)
stack magazine pictures and words that fit on board that you like
glue
glitter glue
scissors
stickers

How to:
1. Cover card board with paper
2. Glue on magazine pictures
3. Add glitter glue and stickers in wanted areas
4. Let dry

Coco-Banana Kefir Smoothie

This is really good, I made it earlier today and loved. I made it up too:

2 cups Kefir
31/2 Bananas
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp sugar

Blend well.

serves:41/2

Watermelon Ice cream

I found this on the computer, I have not tried it but I think it sounds good.
Enjoy.

MeLinda, 9 New York

What you need:

1 gallon green "lime" sherbert

1 gallon pink "strawberry" sherbert

1 cup chocolate chips

1 big freezer safe bowl

How to make it:

1. Scoop the green ice cream in the bottom of the bowl until it's about a half inch thick and then spread it all around the bowl. You need to cover the whole bowl (sort of like your making another bowl inside the bowl you are using). *This is the watermelon rind (outside of the watermelon).

2. Then fill the rest of the bowl with pink ice cream. *This is the meat (inside) of the watermelon.

3. Then sprinkle the 1 cup of chocolate chips on top (you can still try to mix them into the pink ice cream).

4. Freeze for several hours until firm.

5. Turn bowl upside down on a plate and pull the bowl off, then cut into pieces for you and some friends to eat!

This was a lot of fun to make and eat. I was really surprised how well it turned out, it looked just like real watermelon!

Letters or Snail-mail

I`m going to challenge you to send a letter to some one that you know but have not seen in a while. Maybe make a card. It dos`t have to be long. It could even be as short as "Thinking about you." It will make them smile just to know your thinking about them.
“To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.”