To Rejoice or Not to Rejoice - That is the Question

Let go with rejoice!  Why?  Well first of all.  I'm so fat!  How fat?  160.7 and blood sugar 125.  Ugg!  Why rejoice about that?  Well... I sure enjoyed getting that way!  How did I get that way?  First there was the trip to southern California to see my daughter Katie along with her husband Ish, toddler Charlotte and brand new baby girl Kamilla.  I loved visiting them.  Charlotte is so adorable and fun and exhausting :)  Kamilla is so very sweet!  I miss snuzzling her.  I know many of you have seen the pics I have posted to facebook but I'll do a little history in pics later.  Anyway... I assure you, there was no dieting in California!  Oh yes... most of that was self imposed.  It's not like they made me throw a pound bag of peanut M & M's in the grocery cart every time we went to the store.  Upon arriving home from CA I found my flowers and gardens in beautiful shape because my Aunt Jane and Uncle Jay where here and took care of them.  I spent four glorious days at home.  Two days catching up from vacation and then the weekend with Amberlyn, Bobby and his girlfriend Bailey visiting.  Then poof!  Back to Woodinville for a week to basically say g'bye to Valley Supply Co!  Yep!  Done!  Wow!  I'm still reeling!  Not only from slowly realizing that I no longer have a job but from all the culinary celebrating.  Pretty much everyone I know took me out to lunch/dinner to celebrate.  That was awesome!  :)  So yes... I'm FAT!  Waaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

I intended to announce my retirement on Monday morning (umm... last Monday morning) but found that I SO did not have time to do that as I had my little almost three year old grand daughter Aubrey with me.  I brought her home with me on Friday so she's been here almost a week now.  I decided that I would not consider myself retired until she goes home as there's not a whole lot of relaxing going on right now :)  But I've realized that this is what it's all about!  Having the time to spend on the really important things like running through the sprinklers with Aubrey and teaching her to sing Jesus Loves Me.  :)  How fun!  And if I look to my own dear mother as an example of how to do "retired" life well then my retirement will never start.  :)  I have not observed a great deal of relaxing going on in her life either!  Well... sure, there are periods of relaxation but they do not typically exceed 10 minutes.  That's about the amount of time it takes for someone's plate to become empty or their coffee to need refilling.  :)  I don't know how she does it!  But I also know that she finds great joy in her service to her husband, family, friends and most importantly to her God.

So what's next?  Honestly I don't know.  I do know that today there are more peas and beets to pick.  There is this little girl who desperately needs and does not want to take a bath :)  Then there is a produce extravaganza at Super 1 in Colville that I want to go check out with Aunty & Unc.  When we come home from that I need to think about dusting the house and making sure the guest rooms are ready for our weekend visitors.  I also promised to find a better bubble recipe for Aubrey's bubble wand.  I'm pretty sure that will take care of today.  And tomorrow?  Well... I'll just open that present when I get to it.

Now that I've told you what I've been up to for the last few weeks I'll show you too...

Here I am on a stroll with Charlotte.  In order to get a little exercise while in CA I took to taking Charlotte out for a "naptime" stroll.  The the sidewalk route through her neighborhood is almost exactly a mile.

The landscape in her neighborhood includes things like this...
                                                                       Cactus

                                                                                                    A beautiful fern tree

enormous century plants

After a short time of walking and looking at the scenery Charlotte would fall fast asleep :)

And wake up refreshed and ready to go!  This is actually the way she emerged from her room one day after her nap... cell phone, sunglasses and purse.  Talk about your California girls!

And then there's baby Kami :)  Oh so sweet!

She doesn't do a lot yet... but some day she will be a wonderful playmate for her big sister who is already anxious to play with her...

Here's Mommy feeding baby Kami

And Mumsey with baby Kami

And my favorite pic of baby Kami with Mommy... 

Yes!  They match!  :)

 And then Aubrey came to visit...

We visited Grampa out in the field working on the fence

She helped Mumsey in the garden.  Here she is
inspecting the grapes.

We did our hair and put our lipstick on together

She played in the creek with Big Lucy, Little Lucy and Tank

She was always ready to feed Daffy

                                                    

She has a new favorite Uncle...

She loved picking raspberries... unfortunately there were very few in the bowl when she was done with them...

Mostly she just enjoyed being outside and soaking up the sun a little...

Well... the end of the story is that I wrote this last Thursday and intended to add the pics the next day but... poof!  It's almost a week later... but that's another blog post!

Ciao!

Anticipation!

Oh I'm soooo excited!  So many fun things to do this weekend!  In Chewelah even!  Who'd a thunk it?  Let's see... where to begin?  Chataqua!  This weekend Chewelah comes alive!  Our annual fair comes to town.  There will be live music all weekend long.  Carnival rides, food galore, all of our talented local artists will bring their beautiful products to be admired and purchased.  I always spend a few hours wandering through the craft booths.  My favorite of course is my friend Donna Talbot who paints so beautifully.  I've shown you my painting before but here it is again :)  in honor of Chataqua.

If you look closely on the porch you can see Lucy, Tank and even Bud the cat.  :)  I always smile when I walk by this painting in my bedroom.  Last winter she painted a beautiful valley scene from somewhere here in Chewelah on a giant saw blade.  It had a pretty barn and was personalized for the owner with their old pick up truck out in the field.  You really have to go see Donna at Chataqua!

My bff Brenda along with delightful husband Dale (really?  Did I just admit that?  :) Someone slap me and nobody tell him!) are coming to stay with us this weekend along with an undetermined number of their girls.  My Aunt Jane and Uncle Jay are visiting us too with their puppies and so we will just have a big ole party!  There will be roasted hot dogs and smores down at the fire pit.  The dogs will tromp through the creek and shake off their wet bodies all over everyone.  It will be great!  Of course we will go into town and hang out at Chataqua.  I might even try a deep fried Twinkie :)  Or NOT!  Or maybe...

On Sunday we will get up early and head for Silverwood.  Yippy!  Always a blast.  It's become an annual event and so much fun!  I mean, where else can you observe so many American Blue Whales in their natural habitat?  :)  Yes, of course I'm including myself!  I'll make the biggest splash of all.  I can't believe it's been a whole year since we last floated the lazy river and spun crazily down the family size 8 person raft water slide.  :)

And then early Tuesday morning I get to fly to S CA to see my brand new grand daughter Kami.  She's one week old today.  Here she is snuggled in Mommy's bed...









And here she is with Mommy and big sister Charlotte...

I know... sorry, blurry pics.  I took a pic of the pics with my phone off of facebook :)  So... horrible picture quality.  But I just wanted you to see her.  Her mommy needs to email or at least text me some pics.  But I will take lots of pics when I go down there next week.

Other tasty things to anticipate from my garden... I say anticipate because they are not ready yet!

 Sugar peas

Zucchinni...

Fennel and green beans

English Cucumbers

Tasty herbs.  Chicken wire is self explanatory!  Stupid chickens!

Super Pumpkins

Tomatoes

This is a new kiwi vine I just planted.  The fruit is small and smooth skinned.  No fuzzies!

Beets...or is that beats?  No... what a dork!

And this is looking down on my tiny sunflowers.  It will be fun to compare this "before" picture with the one I will take when they are in full bloom :)

And finally, here are a couple of the special meals I have been blessed to share with my Aunt Jane and Uncle Jay who are residing in my yard.  I say residing because they rented a PO box in Chewelah a couple of days ago.  I don't have the greatest yard in the world to plug your RV into... but it's gotta be close :)  Not anything I've done mind you!  But my awesome husband has worked very hard on our place and God has blessed us with "world class" scenery.  Any of you who have not been to visit me... this is your invitation!

These are meals prepared at Diamond Dave's Micro Ranch and Orchard :)

This is Kokanee (land locked - lake salmon) that my neighbor Denny gave us.  Unc filleted them which was no small feat.  Well actually, yes it was.  It was a tiny feat :)  Tiny fish.  But they were fabulous seared in the grill pan and topped with his awesome fresh salsa.  This recipe came from a Weight Watchers cookbook.  Some of my very favorite recipes are from my WW cookbooks.  I've got different ones than he does so I'm going enjoy perusing through his.  If you have not picked up one of the more recent Weight Watchers cookbooks I recommend doing it.  The food is amazing!  You just have to limit yourself to ONE portion instead of the three you are going to want to eat.  Also in this pic is a salad I threw together from greens from my garden and a few of the other usual suspects.  Figs and goat cheese make this salad.  I also made a little crustini with oil and balsamic vinegar.  If you stalk my facebook page you will already have seen this but I thought it was very pretty and blog worthy.  A very healthy meal.

This you have not seen.  It was yesterdays breakfast at Cafe Taylor... aka Aunt & Unc's RV.  Mmmmm!  Huevos rancheros...  almost too pretty to eat.  But I did it anyway :)  He's quite a chef!  (Insert sly grin here)

Well... guess I better get busy!  It's a big day, big weekend, big trip next week.  My future's so bright I gotta wear shades!

Ciao!

Happy Birthday Kamilla Jeanette!

Life has been so busy lately that I've all but abandoned my blog.  Between the garden, animals, work, mowing, mowing and mowing it's hard to come up with time to obsess about my diet :)   But!  Today is a day for celebrating and worthy of a blog post!  This afternoon my new granddaughter arrived.  Her name is Kamilla Jeanette Muhammad.  Kamilla after her great Granny, my mom whose name is Camilla.  And my middle name is Camille so I claim the name too :)  And Jeanette is her paternal grandmothers name.  So that makes three grandmothers very happy!  We have not had the opportunity to get to know her very well yet through pictures because Mommy is busy recovering from the c-section birth and Daddy is super busy taking care of big sister Charlotte (15 months old).  But I do have one picture of her.  She's all brand new.  Naked as a jay bird!  Certified organic!  I'm a very proud grandmother and feel truly blessed by God as she is my third little granddaughter.  So tiny and adorable!  :)

She was due to be born on July 8th but the Dr. discovered that she was already in marching position.  Feet first and stomping her way out.  They decided they better help her along.  I am sad that I am not there right now.  I'm scheduled to go see her on July 12th.  It will be a long two weeks!  

While I waited for baby Kami to arrive I decided to go visit the Chewelah Farmers Market at lunch time.  Due to being away from home with work and traveling this was my first trip to the market this year.  I'm always excited to go!  I just love market day.  This year our market has a new location.  It is now in Chewelah's beautiful park on Hwy 395.   I think this was a great move!  It's much more visible to people driving by and has attracted more farmers and craftspeople.  My own garden is a bit sluggish getting started this year.  I still have very high hopes though!  Meanwhile, I'm happy to enjoy the wonderful local produce.

I love meeting our local farmers.  Today Andrew and Celeste Engell of Simple Gifts Farm were kind enough to let me take a picture of their market stall.   They have a small 20 acre farm West of Addy, WA - just 10 or so miles north of Chewelah where they raise beautiful produce and one very cute small son.  My favorite market pick today was at their stall.  I found some wonderful purple potatoes that you can see in the pictures above of my produce purchases.  

The sign was not cooperating with us.  It was too busy dancing in the wind but that's ok.  I'll post a link to their blog:  http://engells-simplegiftsfarm.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html

and from there you can get to their farm website.  Thanks so much Andrew and Celeste!  I'll see you again soon.  Perhaps even tomorrow at the Colville market!  :)  They inspired me today to come home and pull a few weeds, water a few plants and be a little less depressed about today's little mini tragedy on my own tiny farm.  

Many of you already know what's coming because I posted this on facebook but for those of you who don't... well... this was just sad!  We've had chicken trouble this year!  I'm actually ashamed of our chickens right now.  I had to buy eggs today!  :(  Anyway....  our chicken coup is in serious need of a tear down and rebuild.  Unfortunately Dave has been working on the railroad all the live long day for way too many days in a row!  It's just not going to happen this year.  Consequently their laying, nesting, sitting is all messed up.  We just need a new chicken plan.  We have not had many chicks this year.  Our second batch consisted of just two chicks who were very adorable and growing very nicely.  Every day I would see them out and about with mama hen.  I was very dismayed when I looked out this morning and saw Bud the kitty, Lucy and Tank the yellow labs and a very unnaturally still little black chick.  Boo hoo!  At first I thought it might have been kitty's doing because he is constantly stalking the chicken coup.  I'm quite sure it was Tank though because when I questioned him he exhibited some seriously guilty behavior!  It took me about an hour to wrap my head around the task of picking up the chick by scooting him with a broom into the car wash tub and then without looking at it, taking it over to the fence and flinging it as far as possible into the tall grass on the other side of the raspberry patch.  What a fool!  What part of Labrador Retriever did I not understand???  When I returned from my trip to the market guess who was back on the porch taking a nap with Tank?  Yep!  Chicky!  It took me another two hours to work up the courage to face the crisis again.  I used the same sweep and scoop technique but the second time I placed it in a Styrofoam take out container and deposited it in the garbage can so TANK couldn't re-retrieve it.  Ugg!  Well.. life goes on - unless you're name is Chicky!  Ok enough sadness!  :)

On the diet front.  Just call me YoYo :)  I was doing pretty well... but then I went to Woodinville for work and had a total train wreck of a food week!  Way too much indulging!  Let's see.  there was the Maltby Cafe where I helped Bobby eat this.. the Maltby Cafe version of French toast.  Insert big sigh here!  

Then there was a night out with my buddy Brenda where we went to the movie theater where you can eat dinner and watch a movie at the same time.  So that was delicious and about a million calories!  The following night we (yes Brenda, whenever there's trouble she in the middle of it with me!) met our good friend James at Arnie's for dinner.  I didn't take a picture of our table.  It was criminal!  :)  And to top it off, I enjoyed BBQ ribs at our company BBQ.  Oh wait!  More topping!  When I got home I had a raging craving for Mexican food so I made Dave take me to get some of these...

And finally on Wednesday night which is ladies bible study night I was puzzling over what to bring since it was my turn to bring snacks.  I came up with this honey nut mix.  It was SO GOOD!  And I ate way too much!  There was obviously walnuts plus, cocoa almonds, slivered almonds, peanuts, dried cherries, chocolate chips all heated up and drizzled with honey.

Fortunately the ladies did me a huge favor by eating it all up so that there were no left overs to devour on the way home!  

But you know... I really can only go so far before I must finally reign myself in - or explode!  So I'm back!  After a week of carbo-loading though I was still jonesing for a little pasta so here's how I salvaged my self respect on that dish.  I realized that the chances of me overeating pasta if I made a bunch of it were - 100% certain so I only cooked a handful.  Literally... small pan, one handful.  I added carrot matchsticks to the water just a couple of minutes before the pasta was done.  Whole grain rotini too mind you!  Then I drained it and added a few bacon crumbles (pork fat rules!  Even a tablespoon at a time!) some sundried tomatoes, a little goat cheese and a lot of fresh raw spinach.  Sprinkle with pine nuts and ta da!  Very satisfying and tasty.  No additional olive oil or butter.  A little butter would have been nice but, well you read my embarrassing confession.  

After all the twists and turns of that culinary action adventure I weighed in at 156.4 and glucose 84.   :)  Now that reminds me of one of my favorite country songs which goes something like this... I was born again and then back slipped, I went on a diet then ate the fridge... I finally started to write that book about all the twists that my life's took, and surprised at what I've overcome!  That's just me on my diet, Day 1.

Ciao! 

Let the Salads Begin!

First of all... 156.1 Blah!  Glucose 84.  Yay!  Good news on the glucose anyway.

Ok!  The greens are coming in!  They are about the only thing thriving in the garden though.  We've had such cool weather that most of what I've planted in the garden is just plain ole shivering!  But look at this spinner full of mixed greens!

Aint they purdy?  Oh wait!  I'm back in Washington.  Let me rephrase that... aren't they pretty?  I'm going to have to watch myself or I might say something like... hog killin.  That's TN talk for BBQ.  :)  That's what my cousin Robin calls the BBQ anyway.  She's awesome!  She's my 5th favorite cousin.  :)  Wow!  I'm just feeling mean!  I think it's because it's Sunday night.  :(  I have a super bad case of the Sunday blues.  I think it's partly because the weather was not great all weekend.  Every time I tried to hop on the mower it started raining.  Finally today I just decided it was not going to stop so I finished mowing in the rain.  Then I planted flowers in the rain.  Yesterday I transplanted my giant pumpkins in the rain.  You get the drift!  The only really cool thing about the rain today was sitting out in my green house and listening to and watching the rain fall on the roof.  That was awesome!  :)  That's my kind of rain!

Here are a few of the flowers I planted today in my old car planter.  Talk about white trash!  

  

Well... let's get to the salads.  The arrival of lettuce and spinach deserves a new salad recipe don't you think?  Here are two that I thunk up over the last couple of days.  First up...  Grilled Shrimp with Mango.  Oh baby!  A squeeze of fresh lime over those sizzling shrimp.  A little cilantro, avocado, fresh mango and... oh yeah... BACON :)  scatter with a little Parmesan over the top.  This was really pretty divine :)  if I do say so myself.    

  And equally as delicious was my Fruit and Nut salad.  Check it out...

For this one I just tore up some of my tasty tender greens, sliced an English cucumber, added carrots, campari tomatoes and then sliced red seedless grapes over top.  I love them!  They look like little gems in the salad. I generously sprinkled goat cheese and topped with the star of the show, honey toasted walnuts.  They are so easy to make!  Just toast them up in a dry pan and drizzle with honey.  Stir them around until well coated with the warmed honey and then just try to not eat them all before they cool enough to go on top of the salad! This was seriously good!  I've also made a similar salad with strawberries instead of grapes.  That's good too.  I think the first time I had strawberries in a salad was at the Coho Cafe in Redmond.  They used grated Gruyere cheese and caramelized walnuts.  I fell in love with it and have been a fruit and nut salad fan ever since.  There are so many ways to switch it up too.  This one is really good with a little balsamic vinegar drizzled over the top.  Well, I hope those inspire you to get creative with your greens.  After all... there is more to salad than ice berg lettuce right?

In honor of fathers day this weekend we allowed Red Bull to join the rest of his family in the pasture.  I think he had a very special Father's Day.  :)  He is really quite a different animal from the little yearling bull we bought last year.  He ran all over the pasture snorting and pawing up the ground and generally put on quite a show for his ladies... and possibly to impress the neighbor bulls.  Here... check him out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEe7qoz25eM

I started this blog post days ago.  Long before Father's Day arrived.  But now it's here and I just have to say Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.  Especially the special fathers in my life.  First to my awesome husband who was crazy enough to marry me and love and support me through raising our combined six children.  They are each so wonderful and different.  Sort of like a smorgasbord of children.  :)  And to my own dad who is a never ending source of ... oh so many things!  Funny stories, thought provoking ideas, example of having been married for over 50 years and still being in love.  I can also see by his example that if I work really hard I can reach the goals I set for my life and be very successful.  Although... my ultimate goal is probably not going to be becoming the Mowron of Bear Springs :)  Some of you may not know what this is.  It's a special honorary title bestowed on him by the mayor of Dover, TN because he mows half the county just for fun.

I'd have to say my Dad is probably my biggest "fan".  He is so supportive and helpful in my effort to keep my weight and blood sugar under control.  Here is the super helpful email he sent me last week... an instant link to about 3 million cookie recipes!  Awesome Pa!  Look at all the cookies I can make now...







1-2-3 Cookies 7 Layer Cookies Allie Nelson's Famous Snickerdoodle Cookies Almond Crescent Shortbread Amish Sugar Cookies Andies Candies Cookies Angel Crisps Angenets Applesauce Cookies Apricot Fold-Overs Aunt Edy's Molasses Crinkles Auntie Linda's Ginger Gems Bakeless Dream Cookies Banana Drop Cookies Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World Biscotti Biscotti Blueberry Cookies Boiled Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies Bronwnies Brown Sugar Shortbread Brownie Cookies Brownie Delight Brownies Buccaneer Snowballs Buried Cherry Cookies Butter Cookies Butter Nut Balls Butterballs Butterscotch Haystacks C.O.P. Cookies Candy Cane Cookies Candy Cookies Caramel Shortbread Cheesecake Brownies Cherry Buns Cherry Crowns Cherry Winks Chewies Chewy Noels Chinese Chews/Haystacks Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Chocolate Chip Cookies Chocolate Chip Meltaways Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies Chocolate Christmas Trees Chocolate Cream Cheese Squares Chocolate Crinkles Chocolate Mint Snow-Top Cookies Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies (no bake) Chocolate Snowball Cookies Chocolate Streusel Bars Chocolate Sundae Cookies Chocolate Walnut Crumb Bars Choco-Scotch Crunchies Choose A Cookie Dough Recipe Christmas Crackers Christmas Crunch Bars Christmas Ginger Snaps Christmas Macaroons Christmas Mice Cookies Christmas Shaped Cookies Church Window Cookies Coconut Cookies Congo Squares Cookie in a Jar Corn Flakes Cookies Cornflake Christmas Wreaths Cowboy Cookies (oatmeal) Cream Cheese Cookies with Apricot Filling Crème De Menthe Chocolate Squares Crème Wafers Crescent Cookies Crispy Crunchies Date Nut Balls Date-nut Pinwheel Cookies Diabetic Peanut Butter Cookies Disgustingly Rich Brownies Doodles Double chocolate chip cookies Double-Chocolate Crinkles Eatmore Cookies Eggnog Cookies Elizabeth's Sugar Cookies Elves Quick Fudge Brownies Emily Dickinson's Gingerbread Cookie Recipe Emily's Best Brownies Famous Oatmeal Cookies Firemen Cookies Fluffy Shortbread Cookies Forgotten Cookies Frosted Peanut Butter Brownies Fruit Cake Cookies Fruitcake Squares Fry Pan Cookies Gems Ginger Cookies Ginger Crinkles Gingerbread Baby Gingerbread Cookies with Butter Cream Icing Gingerbread Men Gingerbread Men Ginny's Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Glory's Golden Graham Squares Glory's Sugar Cookies Gramma Chapman's chocolate coconut drops Grandma Elsie's Zimt (cinnamon) Cookies Grandma J's Butter Cookies Grandma Olson's Parkay Cookies Great Grandmothers Sugar Cookies Gum Drop Cookies Gumdrop Gems Haystack Cookies Ho-Ho Bars Holiday Cereal Snaps Holiday Chocolate Butter Cookies Holiday Raisin Walnut Bars Holly Cookies Hungarian Cookies (Little Nut Rolls) Ice Box Cookies Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies Italian Cookies Jacob's Peppermint Snowballs Jam Bars Jessica's Famous Brownies Jessie's Chocolate Chip Cookies Jubilee Jumbles Juliet's Peanut Butter Blossoms Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies Kentucky Colonels Kiefle (cream cheese cookies with jam filling) Kifflings Kiss Cookies Lacy Swedish Almond Wafers Lemon Angel Bar Cookies Lemon Bars Lemon Cake Cookies Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies Lemon Squares Linzer Tarts Log Cabin Cookies Luscious Lemon Squares M&M Cookies Magic Cookie Bars Melt in Your Mouth Cutout Sugar Cookies Melting Shortbread Meme's Cream Cheese Cookies Milk Chocolate Florentine Cookies Mincemeat Cookies Mincemeat Goodies Molasses Cookies Molasses Forest Cookies Molasses Sugar Cookies Mom Mom's Crescent Cookies Mom-Mom's Ginger Cookies Mom's Nutmeg Sugar Cookies Mom's Old Fashion "Puffy" Sugar Cookies Monster Cookies Moravian Christmas Cookies Nana's Famous Soft Southern Cookies Nitey Nite Cookies No Bake Chocolate Cookies No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies No Bake Cookies No Bake Cookies No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies No-Bake Cookies Norwegian Sugar Cookies Nut Balls Oatmeal Bars Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Nut Cookies Oatmeal Coconut Crisps Oatmeal Cookies Oatmeal Scotchies Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Ooey Gooey Caramel Chocolate Dunk Ooey Gooey Squares Orange Slice Cookies Parking Lot Cookies Peanut Blossoms Peanut Butter Bars Peanut Butter Blossoms Peanut Butter Cereal Cookies Peanut Butter Chewies Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut butter fingers Peanut Butter Reindeer Peanut Butter Surprises Peanut Marshmallow Cookies Pecan Puff Cookies Peppermint Snowballs Peppernuts Persimmon Cookies Persimmon Cookies Petey's Yummy Spicy Almond Thins Pfeffernuesse Pffefferneuse Cookies Pineapple Filled Cookies Pizzelles Potato Chip Cookies Potato Flake Cookies Praline Cookies Praline Strips Pterodactyl Nests Pumpkin Bars Pumpkin Bars Pumpkin Chip Cookies Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Pumpkin Cookies Queen Biscuits Quick Cookies Raised Sugar Cookies Raisin Filled Oatmeal Bars Raspberry Meringue Bars Really Peanutty Butter Cookies Reese`s Brownies Reese's Peanut Butter Bars Rich Flavor Christmas Cookies Rich Lemon Bars Ricotta Cheese Cookies Royal Almond Christmas Bars Rudolph Cinnamon Cookies Russian Tea Cookies Russian Teacakes Samantha & Kelsey's Chocolate Chip Cookies Sand Art Brownies Santa Claus Cookie Pops Santa Claus Cookies Santa's Butterscotch Melts Santa's Shorts Santa's Special Squares Scotch Cakes Scotch Shortbread Scotcharoos Scotcheroos Seven Layer Cookies Short Bread Cookies Shortbread Skor Squares Snicker Doodle Cookies Snickerdoodles Snickerdoodles Snow Balls Sour Cream Apple Squares Sour Cream Christmas Cookies Special K Cookies Spice Cookies Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Spritz Cookies Stained Glass Window Cookies Stir & Drop Sugar Cookies Sugar Cookies Sugar Cookies Sugar Cookies Swedish Pepparkakor (Pepper Cake) Cookies Swedish Sugar Cookies Sweet Marie's Swiss Treats Taralle (Italian Cookies) Tea Time Tassies Texas Brownies The Best Shortbread in The World Thumbprint Cookies Thumbprint Cookies Toffee Squares Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies Triple-Chocolate Chip Cookies Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies Vanilla Waffer Balls Walnut Butter Cookies Walnut Crumb Bars White Chip Chocolate Cookies Wild Oatmeal Cookies Will's Famous Apple Jack Cookies Yummy Yummy Peanut Butter Blossoms

:)  In the email all these cookie names were linked to their recipe.  If you would like the link email me at kcto167@gmail.com and I'll be happy to send it to you.  I'm pretty sure I just gained 15 pounds just reading through the names of these cookies.

Well... next week is my Woodinville week so I gotta go get rested up for the road trip.

Ciao!