Snow Much Fun!

 

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true. 

~Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 

     Happy New Year to all of you!  The greatest snow on earth isn't always found at a ski resort.  Sometimes it's found in Pine Canyon.  The boys and their friends had so much fun there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The countdown to the new year in our family is accompanied by a long-standing tradition of drinking Holiday Eggnog.  This recipe comes from my mother-in-law.  It is enjoyed by young and old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Eggnog

6 eggs, well beaten                                          ¼ tsp. ginger                          

½ cup sugar                                                     ¼ tsp. cloves

¼ tsp. cinnamon                     

 

Beat sugar and spices with eggs.  Pour mixture into a punchbowl.  Add 1 64 oz. bottle of HiC orange drink and 1 quart (1 liter) ginger ale.  When ready to serve, spoon 1 quart of vanilla ice cream on top.

 

 

 

 

Another great recipe for the new year is my sister's famous pineapple cheeseball.

 

 

 

 

 

Pineapple Cheese Ball

2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened

1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, well-drained

2 Tbspn. finely chopped green onion or grated onion

1 /4 cup finely chopped green pepper or combination of green and red pepper

2 tsp. seasoning salt

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Assorted crackers of choice

Combine first five ingredients and mix well.  Shape into a ball and chill for 30 minutes.  When ready to serve roll in chopped nuts.  Garnish with green pepper, grapes and/or pimento if desired.  Serve with crackers.

 

 

 

 

     I made this quilt last year for one of the girls in the neighborhood who was going through a rough time.  This pattern is from Kitchen Table Quilts and was designed by my friend, Marta.  It's called Chunky Log Cabin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My husband and I actually saw a movie.  Les Miserables was a very moving movie.  Take a few tissues with you when you go see it.  Even more moving, is the book by Victor Hugo.  Don't let the size of the book discourage you from reading it.   There are many things to be learned within it's pages.   I learned that heros aren't those who have easy lives.  Heros aren't those who find pleasure in wickedness and taking advantage of others.  Heros are those who overcome hardship and make their lives a gift to help others around them.

 

      I made a candy jar from a glass jar with a lid, a round wooden ball with one flat side and a glass sundae dish and some spray paint.  Use some gorilla glue or epoxy glue to join the pieces together after you paint them.