Every year, I want to make every single gift I give to my family and friends.
Every year, I run out of time.
Every year, I want to bake loads of goodies to share with my neighbors.
Every year, I run out of time.
Every year, I want to decorate the house with handmade garlands and ornaments.
Every year, I run out of time.
Every year, I want to organize a caroling party to spread holiday cheer with song.
Every freakin’ year, I run out of time.
This is a very busy time of year for me. Next year, can we perhaps move the season back a couple of weeks? I mean, Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays are lumped together on one weekend in January – can’t we add the birth of our savior and the new year to that day as well?
Every year, I resort in frustration and self-loathing to blasphemy.
And every year, my condo in hell moves closer to the inferno.
Draw your loved ones near to you
and learn to consider strangers dear to you.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza,
Righteous Solstice, and Happy New Year!
Love to you all,
Crafty Aoife
This is not much of a post. I just didn’t want to let the first snow of the season arrive unacknowledged. I wait all year for the first snow. It’s what I love about winter. First, you notice that the sky has gone a certain shade – battleship gray is the best way to describe it. Then, you smell it. The air has a certain crispy coldness to it. It’s the fragrance of snow.
The first coating is a fine crystalline dust that sticks to plants, roofs, and automobiles. Flakes dance and flirt with each other on the breeze. Sound is muffled and at one point it seems that the earth is still and at peace.
I love snow.
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/10/pumpkin_pie_oatmeal.html
What’s not to love? Oatmeal, yum! Pumpkin, double yum! Pie, yowzah yum! I just love autumn!
1 cup old fashioned oats not quick cook
1 Tbs whole flax seeds (optional)
2½ Tbs brown sugar, packed
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp allspice
? tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp vanilla
½ tsp lemon zest
2 tsp butter, softened
¾ cup pumpkin puree
¾ cup milk
Topping:
¼ cup pecans, chopped
2 tsp butter, softened
1 Tbs brown sugar
Preheat oven 375 F. Grease 4 ramekins and set aside. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and lemon zest with wet ingredients in another bowl. Pour pumpkin mixture into the oat mixture and combine. Divide mixture among the 4 ramekins and bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, mix topping ingredients. Divide among baked oatmeal and place in hot oven for 7 more minutes. Serve warm with a splash of milk.
Originally posted at Craftzine.com
