READY FOR CHRISTMAS...

A fun last minute idea that is quick, easy and yummy!

NO BAKE CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES

Combine in a sauce pan;

36 large marshmallows
1/2 cup butter
2 tsp. green food coloring
1 tsp. almond extract

Cook and stir over low heat until
marshmallows are all melted and it's
all blended nicely. Remove and gently
stir in 4 cups cornflakes, stir til well coated.
Drop by tablespoons onto wax paper. Using
a 3" Christmas tree cookie cutter, shape trees.
Add red hots for decorations, press a cut
Tootsie roll for the tree trunk. Makes 2 doz.

I have been trying to get pictures of this "horsing around game"

that goes on here at our place every afternoon, and I finally got it!


The horse on your left is Mr. Red, the previous horse we had grew up
with Red and they had this same game going on everyday too. Here is
how it goes. Red gets a thick stick, about 10 inches long and he gives it
to the other horse. That would be Jeff, at first as Jeff came on the place,
he had no idea what the heck Mr. Red was trying to get him to do! He
finally caught on as Mr. Red forced him to do it!

Red pushes the stick to Jeff's mouth, Jeff tries to run off but Red heads
him off and herds him to stand still. He then pushes the stick to Jeff's
mouth and makes him take it in his teeth. Now the fun begins as they
have a great tug-a-war with the stick! This goes on for a good hour and
it happens everyday!

Just as Jeff gets it and then tries to get a hold of the stick,

Mr. Red yanks it away so Jeff can't reach it! Jeff tries over

and over to get it with Red keeping it from him !

Finally Jeff gets a hold of it and they tug it back and forth.

They are really serious about this and have quite the tug a war!

But Mr. Red always wins this game, he gets the stick back

and won't let Jeff get it again and just when Jeff was getting

good at it too!

Toward the end Jeff has had it and rares up and he will not play

any longer! I have not seen horses do this before, like I said it goes

on everyday, and sometimes Red will find a part of an old hose and

it gets played with. The horse Red grew up with was a big beautiful

black horse. When this horse died, Red grieved something awful and

when Jeff came, he didn't want anything to do with him. one day I saw

him trying to teach Jeff this game and I knew that he had now finally

excepted him as a friend, but now he was the boss horse and Jeff finally

learned the game! They are now best friends and we love them, they are

the best horses to ride! Never a worry about bad behavior from either one.

This is my cell phone or was until my golden dog found it!

We had been gone for a couple of days and when we got home,

I got out of the car and was throwing Cougar's ball for him, it

must have fallen out of my pocket because a few days later,

after looking everywhere, we found it out on the lawn all chewed

up! I think he was trying to text me don't you? LOL Good thing

my 2 year contract was up, it allowed me to get a new one!

Well, Christmas is nearly here and Santa's on his way,
I am just sure I saw him on my porch the other night!

I love our tree as it starts to get dark, it sparkles in the

window as the sun sets and it's just so pretty every night!

Utah's Ballet West was just chosen as best in the country!

NY Times dance editor Alastair Macauly, made a trip all

over the country judging ballet companies and he said;

"Utah's Ballet West's Nutcracker, is the oldest in the country

and the best production I have seen, it is the best discovery

of my Nutcracker marathon!"

I just love the Nutcracker at Christmas time!

I have been baking these for all my neighbors.

They are double chocolate bundt cakes, they are

fairly quick and they taste awesome! I love to

make them every year.

I make about 20 of them, they go pretty fast as I do 3 at a time.

I hope you make time to cuddle up with your loved ones

and read good Christmas books together. I love this most

of all...nothing like a cup of hot chocolate and a plate of

goodies and some books and blankets and loved ones!

The story, A Christmas Dress For Ellen, was written
about a relative, she was a cousin of mine.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my sweet friends...have the

best Christmas ever this year, and remember what the

REASON FOR THE SEASON IS... and then, Christmas
will be full of JOY and PEACE.