Merry Christmas Everyone!

What a great time of the year, people are hustling to make loved ones happy! Traditions are treasured and lost loved ones in our hearts always! I did all my shopping in one day and it is a great feeling to have it done. Today is wrapping and making jam. Counting my blessings this time of year! Enjoy the season everyone!!

Quickutz Silhouette

I just bought one of these machines for scrapbooking and am amazed at all the free fonts and images you can find online, and how easy it is to put in your library! I have saved many links for these if anyone is interested, just comment with your email and I can send the links to you, and if anyone has found some on their own, please share!!! I love this machine, it works really well and is very easy to learn and use!!! Have a great night!!

Another Great Recipe!!!

Chocolate Eclair Cake



1 box of graham crackers
2 boxes of vanilla pudding
1 container of Cool Whip
3 1/2 cups milk
1 container chocolate frosting


Fill bottom of 9x13" pan with graham crackers. In separate bowl mix next 3 ingredients, then blend until smooth. Cover graham crackers with even layer of filling and then repeat this until you are almost out the filling. Let set for about 10 minutes and then you cover with icing. (make sure top layer is graham crackers).

H1N1 Virus

Well, my 19 year old college student was diagnosed with Swine Flu 2 weeks ago. Symptoms were, high fever for 5 days, horrible cough, lethargic, and achy. He returned to school and work after 12 days. He still has the cough, but is much better. It was a scary experience, but now I am glad he got it over with and will be immuned to it in the future.

Yankees!

I am watching my favorite baseball team, hopefully win the World Series tonight. My sister and brother-in-law are at the game!!!

Easy Apple Coffee Cake

This is a wonderful recipe! Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS
1 package yellow cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
6 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.

2. In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix and instant pudding mix. Add the eggs, sour cream and oil, mix until well blended. In a small bowl combine the sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
3. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan, then place a layer of sliced apples over the batter and sprinkle with half of the cinnamon walnut mixture. Pour the remaining batter over the top and repeat with the remaining apples and cinnamon walnut mixture.
4. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 1/2 hour before removing from pan to cool completely.

This is our first egg from our arucauna chickens we are raising. We got them in June of this year. We were so excited finding this egg yesterday!!! arucauna Chickens lay colored eggs, greenish blue.

Recipes

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Graves Disease

Hi again,

Just thought I would start a blog on Graves Disease. It is an autoimmune disorder where the thyroid is attacked. Sometimes eyes, and skin also can be affected.

I was diagnosed two and a half years ago. Last fall I had Radioactive Iodine treatment, which eventually kills off your thyroid.

With Graves you are hyperthyroid, when you have treatment you become hypothyroid. Hypothyroid, I am learning has many symptoms you have to deal with. Weight gain, tiredness, I have become anemic and also have low Vitamin D.

I just wanted to put a quick note on my blog. If anyone also has Graves, I would love to chat and compare notes!!

Please contact me!!!

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