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Beautiful Colorful Roses

Posted by terrepruitt on April 26, 2024

So my “smile flowers” gave me a lot of smiles. Not just on the day they arrived that I really needed the smile, but afterwards. They opened up and were just a lovely spot in the mess that was going on around us. It was so nice.  I wanted to share another photo of them so you could see how beautiful they were! Thanks again, Friend!

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A Smile In A Vase

Posted by terrepruitt on April 19, 2024

Sometimes friends are magical. I woke up one day just fed up and I received a bunch of flowers from a friend. It was perfect timing. I was “fed up” with all the work that was being done on the house and the mess and how you have to follow the workers around to make sure they have done/are doing what they agreed to do and just all the stuff that goes on when work has to be done on the house. I was done and the flowers made me smile. And they were beautiful. Thanks, Friend!

 

 

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Late Spring Post

Posted by terrepruitt on April 12, 2024

I looked out my window this week and saw this gorgeous tree. I figured since I hadn’t posted my annual picture of our Cherry Blossom tree, I could post this, even though it is no longer March. This is a different tree so I thought that would be a good change for a Friday Photo.

How is your Spring going?

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Black Black Cat

Posted by terrepruitt on March 25, 2024

I am so fascinated by our black cat right now. She is so very black. She has not been able to sit in the sun. We haven’t had that much and we have had workers in the house so cats have to stay in their room when people are going in and out of the house so she hasn’t had much space to lie in the sun. So she is so black. Some cats “rust”, at least that is what I learned it as being called. Like a blonde whose hair gets bleached by the sun, some black cats get “rusty”. The black gets red/rusty highlights or undertones . . . I am not sure which, but she ends up looking less black. She is still black, it is just a different shade. Right now she is BLACK! It is fascinating. Her name is Teagan so clearly she is beautiful no matter what shade of black she is . . . it is just striking to me.

Are you familiar with “rusting” cats?

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What You Lookin’ At?

Posted by terrepruitt on March 22, 2024

Nessa for today’s Friday Photo.  (08.11.23)

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ACK!

Posted by terrepruitt on March 15, 2024

Just a little glimpse into how the year is going. Friday Photo . . . holes.

 

Things are a bit chaotic around here.  How is your 2024 going?

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Adjusted Spaghetti Pie – Friday Photo

Posted by terrepruitt on February 23, 2024

Today’s Friday Photo is food. This was the best Spaghetti Pie I have made and I need to make note of it. I mixed the eggs and added some milk. Then I added some ricotta to the eggs AND some mozzarella. I used most of the entire container of ricotta. I had used some of it for something else, but not a lot. So a couple of spoons went into the eggs then the rest of the container went into the center. I also used the yummy olive oil (Milanese Gremolata) to grease the pan. And I put aluminum foil into the pan then parchment paper. My spring form pan leaks so the aluminum was to help it not leak all over. I sprinkled some olive oil on the noodles around the edge. It came out so good.

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Teagan’s Paper

Posted by terrepruitt on February 16, 2024

I had given Teagan a piece of paper to sit on. She loved it. But then her sister sat on it. So I gave Teagan a different piece of paper of her own to sit on. She just stared at her sister on her paper. So I had to unfold the paper. And here we are . . . . today’s Friday Photo.

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Rockin’ Snow Globe

Posted by terrepruitt on February 9, 2024

I thought I had posted this picture during the Christmas Season because I feel it is more of a Christmas post, but I have it on my desktop and I just want to post it.  I have had this little rocking snow globe for about 35 years.  I can’t remember exactly, but I know it was from a Christmas party at my first job.  I had two of these, but one broke.  Along with them I have four little baskets with fake foliage in them.  Two have holly berries and two have pine snippets.  They were all table decorations that we were able to take home.  I was sad when one broke, but that happens.  It is just cheap plastic, but boy does it bring back memories.  It is a silly thing, but I think it is cute.

I know it is kinda weird to have a Christmas thing posted in February, but I really want to post this little guy.  I know if I file it away I will forget, but it is driving me crazy on my desktop.  So here is my little rockin’ snow globe from a Christmas party from my first job for today’s Friday Photo.  I love this guy!

 

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A Beautiful Drink

Posted by terrepruitt on February 5, 2024

I was scrolling through Instagram in December and came across a recipe that looked interesting. I do that often, then I write down the ingredients and sometimes forget about it. But sometimes my husband sees the ingredients list and figures it is a shopping list so he asks and in this case we decided, yes, we would try these festive looking martinis. On Instagram it was called a Sugar Cookie Martini so that right there indicates it is a sweet drink. It is, what I think of, as a dessert drink. As with all recipes they need to be adjusted to your individual tastes and this one actually needs to be adjusted to your individual glass because the BEST part of this drink is the beautiful effect. So you need to make sure there is enough liquid to reach the sprinkles. You could always put the sprinkles lower than the rim, I guess.

You need ice, marshmallow fluff, sprinkles, half and half, RumChata, amaretto, vanilla vodka, and simple syrup. Yes, this is a very sweet drink. Remember it is called a SUGAR COOKIE. Of course you can adjust anyway you see fit, but it may not taste like a sugar cookie. But it could still be super pretty if you use the sprinkles.

my_herd_of_happy_hippos is the account on Instagram where I saw the recipe.

her recipe (for her glass)
1 oz half and half
2 oz RumChata
1.5 oz amaretto
1.5 oz vanilla vodka
1/2 oz simple syrup

marshmallow fluff
sprinkles
ice

We adjusted it to

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Sugar Cookie Martini

1 oz half and half
1.4 oz RumChata
1 oz amaretto
1.5 oz vanilla vodka
1/4 oz simple syrup

marshmallow fluff
sprinkles
ice

and this fills our glass TO THE TIPPY TOP.

Put the marshmallow fluff on the INSIDE of the rim. Then put the sprinkles in the glass and flip it over onto a dish that allows you to swirl the sprinkles around to coat the fluff.  (My husband found a bowl the size of the glass works best for him)

Then mix your ingredients in a shaker with ice and pour liquid through the strainer up to the rim of the glass and watch the magic happen. “My Herd” did it with Christmas color sprinkles (red, green, and white), but we couldn’t find those and we were doing it for New Year’s Eve so the multi-colored ones were perfect.

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I just like to watch this drink because it is so beautiful. As you can see I took many many pictures.

Armaretto is a sweet Italian liqueur which has an almond-like flavor.
RumChata is a cream liqueur that taste like horchata and rum. Horchata is basically milk, cinnamon, and vanilla, but can include other spices.
Simple syrup can be purchased or made-1 part water and 1 part sugar (warm or boil the water to melt the sugar).

So with the armaretto and the RumChata you can tell this is a flavorful drink . . . almond, cinnamon, vanilla . . . like a cookie! 🙂

We have made this a couple of times since I found the recipe!  It is beautiful and it is yummy!

 

 

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