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Friday, December 19, 2025

Long time, no post, because I have been so busy!


 Made eight pans of caramels with only one fail! Yeah!

Yes, I did have some fails, we all did.  When making candy you cannot multitask, which I do and then I screw it up!

But all in all, it was a total success, and we made a lot of People happy.










Five pans of peanut brittle - one fail!










This took us almost three days and we made 18 dozen rosettes.

I do not know how many cookies and 10 lbs. of potatoes for lefsa!

Sissy made all of the cookie batters, and I did most of the candy.  Little Sis made the lefsa, which is quite a chore.  Husband and one of Kim's friends and I spent 6 hours making rosettes. We were a stinky greasy bunch.

By day number two my feet had a heartbeat of their own!







It was a lot of work!  In addition to this I also made 6 pans of almond Roca, and I do not even know how many tins of Chex mix.

Sissy and I finally got everything delivered yesterday and that was a big relief.

We wanted to do it Wednesday, but the windstorm put the kibosh on that!

That was one wicked storm and the damage all over the Northwest is bad.

Daniel and I fared well, but the house next door lost most of their shingles, which ended up in our backyard.

The ground cloth took a beating where the driveway will go and that is an easy fix, but Sissy and her neighbor's fence is a goner.

We are waiting on an estimate and are prepared.

Today I must go and get Sissy's soda on my Husband and my apps. Need to go to the post office and also do a small grocery shop as I am out of a few important things.

I do not want to leave the house as it is so damn windy, and I hate the wind, but needs must.

I think I am basically prepared for Christmas. I have the filet mignon ordered and I will pick that up next Tuesday. Lil Sis is providing the Lobster; I will make the Cesar salad and round this out with a baked potato and call it wonderful!

Sissy will be at her eldest's with the entire family and Husb and I will be here with Lil Sis and her husband.

WE are looking forward to a quiet Christmas with lots of good food and laughs.

Now I am off to get my errands done and then home to read and relax!

Hugs.

Kay


Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Trying to stay above the?......long post, please read, I need it!

Sissy is so down, I mean so down.

I do not know how to help except to be here!

And maybe I am also!

Thanksgiving went well but we were under the weight of the phone call... which came early Friday morning....

Our beloved Heidi is gone.

The funny is I was so exhausted from Thanksgiving cooking (I need to pass the torch, and as I did not breed there is no one to pass the torch too!) I spent the night at Sissies again as I had hit the wall and the Husb was not ready to go home yet?  I just peeled my clothes off, got my P.J, s which I keep there and crawled into bed.

Woke early on Friday morning, intentionally thinking about taking Sissies car down the hill to start Christmas decorating (which is our tradition).  But as it turns out I made coffee (yes, keep a pot at sissies with all the makings) had my three cups and was in the shop playing on the computer when I heard Roscoe bark so loud and it scared me. It was very early, so I jumped up and I belly bumped with Sissy in the hallway! She told me that Heidi had passed.  We scared each other badly! But we laughed because we are truly sick individuals.

Now it was close to eight a.m. by the time we got it together, and I looked at Sissy and said get dressed, we are going "Black Friday Shopping".  Now as any of you who have ever visited this valley, there is no "Black Friday Shopping" anywhere!  But I was determined to find something, anything?

So, we went to Hobby Lobby as they were open by eight! Yeah!  We cried and laughed as that is what we do...and found eight dessert dishes to match Sissies Thanksgiving service for 75% off and I got two jigsaw puzzles for the Husb at 50% off.  Then there was an Art Fair in the Mall (if that is what you want to call a Mall) and we toured that.  I did find a gorgeous shawl (I wear a lot of them in the frigid temperatures here) and I could not have bought the yarn for what it cost.  Both Sissie and I love supporting home businesses. 

Then home to a depressing weekend.  Did not know Funeral arrangements yet.  Sissy dropped me off at home and everything is a blur.  

On Saturday and it was frigid cold; I pulled my cut garden and the bulbs for the flower that is gorgeous but do not remember its name? Just knew it needed to be pulled and gathered three geraniums and two spikes to carry up to Sissies green house.  I was dirty and I was sore once again!

On Sunday I took said plants to Sissies greenhouse and did something anything, and She was so down...

But we had Funeral arrangements do that was good.  Well, is that good? My planning gets in the way of real life.

I knew I was cooking Sunday night, and I pulled burger and made homemade spaghetti sauce with garden fresh tomatoes, and I placed a whole Boursin cheese block in the center (saw this on a website) and it was delicious, and we started a new puzzle.  Sissy joined us!

Now onto Monday, so many things to do.  December first!  Can you believe it?

I paid all bills for the month, (except my taxes) I will make them wait.  Due December 20th?  I mean who does that? Sissy and I have agreed that we will wait until after the Funeral. My grill which I ordered from Home Creepo two months ago was finally going to be delivered at 3:30 along with the grill cover and the large mat I ordered.  Yeah, I can grill some steaks out back.  I pull two beautiful New Yorks's. 

Well, the grill showed up way after dark and too late, so I pulled shrimp from the freezer, and we had fried shrimp and tater tots, and Sissy came for dinner we worked on a new jigsaw puzzle. 

However, the mat I ordered the grill to go on did not arrive, and it was there last Friday when I checked the grill to see if it had been put together correctly (yes, I am that jaded) and it had.  The mat was with it. Now I was just waiting for delivery.  Well, it did not make it! I am sure it is still on the truck!

Tuesday, up to Home Creepo again to explain to them that the mat is missing and they generously believed me and refunded the missing mat, and the new one would be here between the 9th and the 12th of December? Yes, third world problem, but I am still a little disturbed,

Well Sissy just called and we are having spaghetti again tonight as I have not frozen leftovers yet, and she wants to work on the puzzle. so, this is good news!

I plan on leaving with Sissie on Friday morning, but plans can change.  Crazy world live in.

I am tired.

Have not started to decorate for Christmas and will probably wait until I get back from Hiedi's Funeral.

Don't know!

I did make a phone call to Sluggy to let her know that Heidi had passed so she would not read it on the Blog.  I felt it was Sissie's place to mention it, but I wanted Slug to know beforehand, as she had met Heidi and liked here. 

Now have to go reheat dinner.  This is what I do...


God is Good!

Kay



 

Another January Monday!

Busy weekend and a lot was accomplished.  The porkchop dish was good but different and a whole lot of chopping and dicing. I do not think I ...