tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22884071247023823502024-03-19T06:35:15.273-05:00Christmas HolidaysAll about my favorite Holiday!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-73359556443409670212023-01-10T02:24:00.004-06:002023-01-10T02:24:46.402-06:00Watercolour Snowmen for Co-workers<p> I painted some watercolour pics of snowmen and put them into glittery frames. They were little and cute and made an inexpensive gift for my co-workers this year. 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Anything I had to say was showing up in my other forms of social media, and I felt like this blog seemed redundant. Then this past Holiday season, I looked back here over and over again for recipes and pictures of some of the decor and thought that, even for me, this is handy to have.<div><br /></div><div> It helps me keep our traditions alive and is somewhere to record new experiences and recipes.
I will gradually upload some pics from the last several years, some pics of this year's decor and a few recipes I keep misplacing. I think I might put the same posts on my main blog,<a href="https://leadingahealthylife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Leading a Healthy Life</a>, so please forgive me for any redundancy you might find.</div><div><br /></div><div> It will primarily stay a seasonal blog, but I will try to celebrate Rudolph Day and record something here. Have you heard about Rudolph day? It is when people take the 25th day of each month and try and do something Christmassy. They try out recipes for the following Christmas, shop for and wrap presents, and maybe do some holiday crafting. It is somewhere between celebrating Christmas throughout the year and being very organized for the following holiday season. </div><div><br /></div><div> Please join me here at the end of each month for a bit of an update and then weekly after November 12th, 2023!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-83972775234475684612018-11-14T10:59:00.002-06:002018-11-14T10:59:46.774-06:00Welcome to Christmas 2018<br />
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I am excited to report that we managed to pack up all of our Fall and Halloween decorations by November 10th. Usually, we have lingering hints of previous holidays overlapping with my first attempts to dig out the <span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b><i>Christmas Stuff </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">so this feels like a very good start to the Holiday Season! </span></span><br />
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We live in Canada so we have already celebrated Thanksgiving and we don't have another family birthday until January so I am totally ready to focus on planning for Christmas 2018.<br />
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Bob and I are singing in the Scandinavian Choir once again this year. The theme is a winter sleigh ride so I feel all primed for the winter holidays since we are already into month 3 of learning a snowy, frosty, wintery set of songs. One song that keeps running through my head is called <i><b>Season of Dreams</b> music by<b> David Angerman </b>words by<b> Joseph Martin</b></i>. It has a line that goes "Oh, this is the season for hope, a season for sharing, caring. All the world's aglow" and I think that would be a wonderful theme for us during this years holiday.<br />
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.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-67223287824857972252017-01-24T16:19:00.002-06:002017-01-24T16:19:29.218-06:00Taking Down the Cards<br />
I was taking down the Christmas Cards and thought that I should really take a quick picture of what I use. Not the best pictures but it should give an idea. I love getting cards but I must admit it takes a lot to get me to finish making out cards myself and then getting postage and then mailing them!<br />
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This wire holder looks pretty nice without the cards but as the cards get added in it becomes more colorful and filled with the warm wishes of the friends and family giving us the cards.<br />
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-31202886527931953942017-01-13T23:02:00.002-06:002017-01-13T23:02:15.636-06:00Santa Bob<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-6890791619487584962017-01-12T23:48:00.001-06:002017-01-12T23:48:13.407-06:00Gingerbread Cake<br />
I made Gingerbread at home with the grandson and I made it at work too. I really like this recipe or maybe anything that is an excuse to add whipping cream. Really it has a nice spice balance and a truly old fashioned taste. My seniors really enjoyed it as a sensory experience and it brought back a bunch of memories. I am not sure why Ginger "bread" isn't made much anymore. People think that they are about to get a rather hard cookie when you offer Gingerbread.<br />
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I am so sorry I didn't take a picture. <br />
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<a href="http://www.fromvalerieskitchen.com/moms-old-fashioned-gingerbread/">http://www.fromvalerieskitchen.com/moms-old-fashioned-gingerbread/</a><br />
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Here are a few images from Elizabeth's lovely home.</div>
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-39730546393633555982017-01-12T16:19:00.001-06:002017-01-12T16:19:20.095-06:00Christmas Dinner at Liz's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The dishes belonged to Bob's Grandmother Campbell. That is his Mothers Mother. Elizabeth was happy to receive them. What a treasure. Don't they look wonderful for a Christmas celebration.<br />
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-80763784141790982262017-01-12T15:52:00.000-06:002017-01-12T15:54:57.178-06:00Crafting at SAM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We did a bit of crafting at the Stroke Recovery Association of Manitoba. </div>
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-35962376282521843332017-01-12T15:43:00.002-06:002017-01-12T15:43:49.051-06:00Jasper waits for Santa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Santa, Jasper was a very good dog this year. XOXO </div>
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-73156622372904903252017-01-12T15:33:00.004-06:002017-01-12T15:34:45.780-06:00Doggies visit Santa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Grand puppies went to the mall and got to see Santa. Yes, a good time was had by all.<br />
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Jasper, the Samoyed, is Emily's and Oliver, the German Shepard, is Elizabeth's dog.</div>
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We had a potluck dinner with our Scandinavian Choir group. What a fun time! We did a gift exchange and we sand a bit and we ate lots of delicious food. I took some pictures of their tree because it gives a good pictures of some traditional decorations.</div>
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Dessert Rosettes made by Alicia. These are a very yummy Scandinavian treat made by dipping a shaped hot iron into batter and then hot oil. She served it with a pudding like sauce and lingonberry jam. The dishes are our winter ones. Let it Snow is just how life is in Winnipeg so we might as well have it on our plates!</div>
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-78008842348983449902017-01-12T14:54:00.005-06:002017-01-12T15:00:46.153-06:00Ice CandlesAren't these lovely centerpieces? We got the 2 piece molds at a garden supply center for a clearance price. I put the water and left over pine branches into the mold and stuck it outside to freeze because it was colder outside than in my freezer!<br />
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I had them on a nice platter and it helped keep things tidy. Don't forget these things do melt! The candle inside at one point melted right through. There are really a lot of options for what you could freeze in the mold. I like the greenery and berries but you could add citrus slices, tiny decoration.</div>
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Bob and I took the grandkids out to see Frozen while their parents went to a New Years Eve party. After we dropped them all off at home we stopped at Tim Horten's to warm up! </div>
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-24980930447011948712014-01-06T23:03:00.000-06:002017-01-13T00:16:01.293-06:00The Manger Scene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He is so thoughtful. I made these figures over 30 years ago from a printed panel. I added little embellishments like little pearls and jewels on the wise men and camels. The manger has a little insert that is Baby Jesus on one side and a hay print on the other so we turn it to be baby up on Christmas. </div>
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Storm the Cat is enjoying a few of her presents.</div>
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Jasper has been very good with the Christmas tree. We did put lights on the tree but we didn't put many decoration on the tree because we knew that would be too much temptation. He has been a great source of entertainment this year and I have really enjoyed taking pictures of Jasper's First Christmas. </div>
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The choir gets together once a week and we do these concerts twice a year. We sing in all 5 Nordic languages and in English.<br />
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This year we got together a selection of holiday songs that had some kind of references to holiday foods. It was decided that we should a wear aprons and carry wooden spoons.<br />
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Our guests all seemed to be laughing and having a good time. We had a great selection of food that was brought by the Choir members.We sang our songs, and had a bit of a sing along. We had really good items for a chance auction and it was highly competitive about which table would be the big winner of the evening.<br />
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This is not our group but here is one of the songs we sang. Next time we should tape the show. <br />
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<br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-4591291679421568752011-10-14T20:44:00.001-05:002011-10-14T20:52:24.290-05:00Make Ahead Breakfast<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEARshFcG-2Y082Vea0rd3JxQ_EuLIWEWGPlHuLuaUp_rWjpYrUDSNjvyWPPZFkMrk1rr2MZXRKL3CEnOR0ADcrFkgQg3Rp8dT5ZUdVRdnaiWMfcOYk2Rp0pRYsSx2vP3Ag8d0X9anaQ1/s1600/clip_art_eggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEARshFcG-2Y082Vea0rd3JxQ_EuLIWEWGPlHuLuaUp_rWjpYrUDSNjvyWPPZFkMrk1rr2MZXRKL3CEnOR0ADcrFkgQg3Rp8dT5ZUdVRdnaiWMfcOYk2Rp0pRYsSx2vP3Ag8d0X9anaQ1/s200/clip_art_eggs.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I tried this easy recipe out on my friend Susan this morning. We thought it was a success. It was a bit damp, but it got better with standing. I served it with orange juice, tea and a platter of fresh fruit. </b></span></div><div class="articleAttrSection" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ingredients</b></span></h5><ul class="recipeIngredient"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount">6 </span> <span class="name">slices bread in cubes: </span></span><span class="ingredient"><span class="name">I used Texas toast and thought it would have been better with day old, Sue suggested croutons with be an easy alternative.</span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount">2 cups</span> <span class="name">grated cheddar cheese: I used pre-grated double cheddar</span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount">1 cup</span> <span class="name">cooked, cubed ham</span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount"> <sup>1</sup>/4 cup</span> <span class="name">finely chopped green pepper </span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount"> <sup>1</sup>/2 cup</span> <span class="name"></span></span><span class="ingredient"><span class="name">finely chopped </span></span><span class="ingredient"><span class="name">onion </span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount">6 </span> <span class="name">eggs</span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="ingredient"><span class="amount">3 cups</span> <span class="name">milk</span></span></b></span></li>
</ul></div><div class="articleAttrSection" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. </b></span></h5><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mix the bread ham, green pepper, onion and cheese together and put into a pre-greased 13 x9x2 baking pan. </b></span></h5><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Whisk the eggs and add in the milk. Pour over the mixture in the baking pan and cook until done. It will be very slightly browned, puffed a bit, and the eggs cooked. It took about 30 minutes. We would suggest letting it sit for a while before slicing.</b></span></h5><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>To prepare ahead cover with foil and refrigerate overnight. If you want, you can freeze it ahead of time. It would then be thawed and baked uncovered until done.</b></span></h5><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b>It should make 10 servings but I think 6 to 8 is more realistic. </b></span></h5><h5><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h5></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-70560436197312769262011-10-11T13:29:00.000-05:002011-10-11T13:29:55.360-05:00Thanksgiving Menu<div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Thanksgiving 2011</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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Turkey</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Stuffing </b></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> ~ Celery, Onion and Crasins</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Cranberry Sauce </b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><br />
Carrots </b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Corn on the Cob</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Potato Casserole <br />
Sweet Potato with Butter & Maple Syrup<br />
</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Pickles</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Rolls & Butter<br />
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Pumpkin Cheese Cake <br />
Alicia's Apple Strudel </b></i></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />
Coffee ~ Tea ~ Wine ~ Soft Drinks</span></b></span></i></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>~~~</b></span></i></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></i></div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;">For each new morning with its light,<br />
For rest and shelter of the night,<br />
For health and food, for love and friends,<br />
For everything Thy goodness sends.<br />
~Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></i></b></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup Shortening</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 teaspoon Salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 teaspoon Vanilla</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Milk</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 KG bag of Icing Sugar</div><br />
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Heat the milk to scalding in the microwave. In the mixer add shortening, salt and vanilla. Mix untill the shortening is softened. Alternately add the milk and the icing sugar. You need to mix it for about 15 minutes to get the right consistency.<br />
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Note that if you really want pure white icing there is a clear colored vanilla in the cake stores.<br />
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This is a great decorator icing that keeps it's shape well.<br />
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Cover the icing immediately to avoid it crusting over and store the icing in the fridge in a sealed container. It freezes well.<br />
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-100226900933126992011-04-02T11:40:00.000-05:002011-04-02T11:40:45.570-05:00Paper CranesThis crane was a project from my occupational therapist in December 2009. It was just before Christmas and my therapist thought this would be a nice change. She handed me my choice of some origami paper and an illustrated page with directions for how to make a crane. This was incredibly hard to do at that time. I have made hundreds and hundreds of these cranes in the past both with my own kids and with my Girl Guide Groups, but do you think I could do it easily even with directions? Nope. <br />
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This little crane represents so much to me. It stands for <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>peace</b></i></span> and it is a reminder of a positive changing point in my recovery.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpS6FScdo-iO5m7BFSuKSquSotPem7yndn74oUe24lEpKPCDC0bISLRO3TjWoQrzZjylCg6OZz2hdW-8Gr1EfePhCsTQYjSXAa45tCDxOigi0D_g2VaH3zQiAGg0Tc6AusNrbook_S4fs/s1600/sundaycreative.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpS6FScdo-iO5m7BFSuKSquSotPem7yndn74oUe24lEpKPCDC0bISLRO3TjWoQrzZjylCg6OZz2hdW-8Gr1EfePhCsTQYjSXAa45tCDxOigi0D_g2VaH3zQiAGg0Tc6AusNrbook_S4fs/s1600/sundaycreative.jpg" /></a><i style="color: black;"><b>Photographer Madeline Bea is joining in a movement to show signs of hope and prayers for the people of Japan.</b></i><br />
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I am joining her and linking up with her weekly creative challenge this week <a href="http://madelinebea.com/blog/2011/03/sunday-creative-march-27-april-2/"><b>"The Sunday Creative"</b></a><br />
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<b>Madeline choose this topic in support of the people of Japan. She wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>You can submit your images to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1000cranesforjapan/" target="_blank">1000 Cranes for Japan Flickr group</a>. Also, I’ve decided to make this week’s <a href="http://madelinebea.com/blog/2011/03/sunday-creative-march-27-april-2/" target="_blank">Sunday Creative prompt</a> Crane as well to try and get even more participation, even more cranes, even more hope, and even more prayers. <a href="http://www.miyacompany.com/static.asp?htmltemplate=1000cranes.html" target="_blank"> The Miya Company</a> is offering to donate $5 for each of the first 1000 crane images they receive to the Save the Children for Japan’s relief and recovery.<b> </b></blockquote><a href="http://www.miyacompany.com/static.asp?htmltemplate=1000cranes.html">The Miya Company</a> page is a nice informative page with a good goal. It includes a PDF with directions to make a crane. Check it out.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11714725782520722613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288407124702382350.post-85730563507478485042011-01-19T20:31:00.002-06:002011-03-19T20:49:36.665-05:00Gingerbread Man Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRkJH5ZsTqxNJWvoT849ZIFRpNPBEdw7Eq1DSX_SxJ6Lt_RaqkvlLhSuL8se8ClB_mK90HbSA_O64z3atIOWtxF6O4iQ2KNU6PGw6XxZHHPYastzFLJ9H1RiNNUJK9670Umzg_KYBd7cv/s1600/gingermancake1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRkJH5ZsTqxNJWvoT849ZIFRpNPBEdw7Eq1DSX_SxJ6Lt_RaqkvlLhSuL8se8ClB_mK90HbSA_O64z3atIOWtxF6O4iQ2KNU6PGw6XxZHHPYastzFLJ9H1RiNNUJK9670Umzg_KYBd7cv/s400/gingermancake1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Our friends Ann and Tom came over for dinner one evening and we had a lovely visit. Ann brought us an adorable red tin of gingerbread man cookies. I had not finished icing the cake we were having for desert yet, so I quickly changed my plans and incorporated Ann's little guys into my cake plans.<br />
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The look of surprise on their faces was priceless once they realized what was on the cake.<br />
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