Hello! Today started out foggy and 32º. Slowly warmed to 35º by 9:30 and
then the sun came out! And by noon it was a balmy 47º!
With all the dark gloomy cloudy weather we have had all month, this sun is like a miracle worker on our moods!
The moon was out but hard to see. I put this on my wallpaper...
Nice yesterday we got sun and no rain!
Here are the remnants of Tucker's snowman
Our family... Brian, Jen, Tucker, Sami, Jean (Jen's mom), Jimmy (Jen's
brother) and me.....
One of Tucker's favorite football players is Marcus Mariota. He was the
first Heisman Trophy winner for the Oregon Ducks and the first Hawaiian born
player to win and now is with the Tennessee Titans. I got him this
jersey...
Jen had everything decorated so pretty!
This is the pull apart monkey bread I made... (recipe to follow) Everyone
loved it!
My deviled eggs for Brian~!
Jen made a couple of quiches, bacon wrapped sausage, tater tots, and had a
variety of fresh fruits. YUMMMMMM!!!
Jimmy, came up from Alhambra California. No, he's not the king (although he
could be!), just playing with items that were in the poppers Jen had on the
table!
Super Great breakfast Jen!!! Thank you!!! xoox
We got to do 'FaceTime' on Sami's iPad with Kristen, Alex, and
Jack....
One of Tucker's gifts was a skateboard... Brian was trying it out!
And Tucker sitting on it!
Wonderful Christmas morning. On my way home there was sun and blue
sky!
My friend Pat Reardon (LASD ret) sent me this, knowing my penchant for
wine: "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, but if the white runs out, I'll drink
the red." Of course!
Today is a
special birthday..... Marie Chris Maxwell, wife of Aaron. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY MARIE!!!
Born the day
after Christmas, her name is pronounced
"Mary Cris"
!
Historically
this date....
1919 – Babe
Ruth of the Boston Red
Sox is sold to
the New York
Yankees by
owner Harry
Frazee.
1941 – U.S.
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signs a bill
establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving
Day in the
United States.
2004 – A 9.3 magnitude
earthquake creates
a tsunami causing devastation in Sri
Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia,
the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of
the Indian
Ocean, killing over 230,000 people including over 1700 on
a moving
train.
And births
this date include....
1914
– Richard
Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
1921 – Steve
Allen, American television personality, musician, composer,
actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2000)
Grands Cinnamon Pull Apart Monkey Bread...
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 t. ground cinnamon, divided
2 cans Pillsbury Grands Refrigerated Cinnamon Rolls
1 cup brown sugar, not packed
1 stick butter
cinnamon roll icing (comes in with rolls)
1. Heat oven to 350º and spray a Bundt pan with cooking spray or use a 12
cup fluted tube pan
2. In large plastic storage bag put granulated sugar and 1 t. of
the cinnamon. Separate biscuits and cut each on into 4 pieces.
(They are hard to come apart and you have to pat them back together. I will
make this again and use just the plain Grands biscuits) Place the biscuit
quarters in the bag with the sugar/cinnamon and shake to coat.
3. Put the biscuits pieces in the Bundt pan. Melt the butter and brown
sugar and 1 t. cinnamon and pour over the cinnamon roll pieces.
4. Bake 28-32 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn
upside down onto a serving plate.
5. If you use the cinnamon rolls, microwave the icing slightly and drizzle
over the cooked rolls. Serve warm. Pull apart....
There are a few variations of this recipe here, scroll down through
them:
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
December 26th
National Candy Cane Day
Candy Cane History
Candy canes were created in 1670 in Germany, by the choirmaster of the
Cologne Cathedral. He created sugar sticks for the young singers in the choir,
to keep them quiet during the long Living Crèche ceremony. He bent the
sugar-sticks to represent a shepherd’s staff.
At this point, candy canes were all-white and had no flavoring. They
remained this way for more than 330 years. White candy canes can still be seen
on Christmas cards dating to 1900.
Shortly after then, the first red-and-white striped candy canes appeared.
The name of the innovator is lost to history. At about the same time,
confectioners added peppermint and wintergreen flavors to create the “modern”
candy
cane.
