Santa was very generous this year. Along with a bunch of scrollsaw blades, paint brushes, oil pencils, tips for my woodburning tool, hubby surprised me with a Taurus 3 glass saw. I about fell out of my chair. I never even mentioned it but my two other saws are out of commission so.....................Yeeeeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I am a happy camper. Santa's helper's (sister in law and partner) got me my carbon paper I desperated needed, more tips, paint brushes and oil colors and three new paperbacks from my favorite authors. Plus they got me a new woodburning pen with lots of tips and extra doodads.............Yeah! I'm glad someone reads my christmas list. I don't know which project to do first................ I was going to take down the little 3 foot christmas tree (freecycle)and hubby said no leave it up ? ? ? ? ? He suggested I make ornaments for Valentines Day, St. Patricks Day, Easter, etc and hang them on the tree............Wow what a great idea! Hugs, Judy

IÂve been as good as I can  you know me well enough not to set the bar too high :) HereÂs my wish list  itÂs some stuff to start a red bed (IÂm open to anything truly red) & some fillers IÂve been wanting: Amaranthus  Velvet Curtains Any reddish sunflower (Claret, Velvet Queen, Prado, etc) Any tall branching sunflower (ie Soraya)  birds got to them before I could harvest Amaranthus  Hot Biscuits Tall fall asters (I only have short ones) I will leave out cookies & milk for you this year again, but can you please stay out of the liquor cabinet? I know the milk is better with a splash of Kahlua, but when you took off last year, you knocked the satellite dish off the roof. Hugs, Gail

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He did, Woodie! Here you go Linda. It is like having a coffeecake in a cookie. This is Sherry's original reci-pe. "Santa's Helpers." Cookie: 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar Add 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla Beat until smooth Add: 2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp salt Beat until smooth Topping: 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup sour cream 1/2 tsp cinnamon Stir until smooth and then add: 1 cup chopped walnuts Divide dough into quarters. Form each quarter into 6 balls. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. With finger, make a wide deep depression in each cookie, clear to the edge. Fill with topping. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, (or in a convection oven, about 9 minutes) If you undercook these, the filling is so heavy that it will break through when you pick them up, so I make them crunchy. You could also not make the depression in them as deep and there would be more dough to suport the filling so that it did not break through. These are my family's favorite cookies, and we have never ever seen them anywhere else. (They were my secret weapon) Also, if I make a huge depression in them, I sometimes make half again as much filling so I don't run out. Makes 24 cookies