Happy Pre Thanksgiving everyone!! Or should I say Prep Thanksgiving, lol. Half the day we're chopping and getting ready for tomorrow. We have 9 coming for dinner tomorrow. Kids are so excited!! Jeanne, I want to add my THANK YOU!! for this wonderful swap!! Sorry for my delay in mailing, but, I did love it :D Annie, THANK YOU for jumping in with all the wonderful games :) So much fun!! I hung my sparkly Lady Liberty up so she can enjoy Thanksgiving. Tomorrow night we put up the tree with family. A tradition we have had since I was a very little girl with my grandfather. Don't know how much "Black Thursday" shopping I'm going to get done. Probably none. My kids want such off the wall things this year, that most stores don't even have what they are looking for,lol. Found a great science catalog for some of Billy's things, still looking for Taylor, lol. Love my unique kids :D Have a great day everyone!!! vina

Great envelopes in today's mail! Thank you Faye ( Notougly ) for a nice card and seeds of: Anise Hyssop, Cosmos "Bright LIghts", Hardy Hibiscus "Grenache" pink, Salvia Regaliana...love 'em all. You hit the spot Heidi!!! Beautiful blessings with 2 healthy, simple and yummy sounding recipes, many thanks. Heidi's recipes: ***************************************************** SUGAR FREE APPLE DESSERT 3 c peeled and sliced apples 1 ( 8-oz) can frozen Apple juice 1 tsp cinnamon 4-6 sugar-free graham crackers, crushed 1 T cornstarch 1 T butter Mix apples with cornstarch and cinnamon. Put in a glass baking dish. Pour apple juice over. Dot with butter. Put cracker crumbs on top. Bake at 350 deg for 1 hour or until apples are tender. ******************************************************* STRAWBERRY DESSERT 3 oz Strawberry Jell-o ( sugar-free) 3 oz instant vanilla pudding ( sugar-free) 4 c sliced strawberries large graham cracker crust Add jello @ pudding to 2 cups of boiling water. Mix well. Add strawberries. Put in graham cracker crust. Chill. ******************************************************* Actually fun coping recipes, haven't done it in a while, almost always make my own. Here is one that was printed in today's Times Picayune- New Orleans, simple recipe for NO SALT SEASONING. Glad Judy Walker printed it and added ---Great for gifting! Hope you all enjoy these or at least one, keep warm and be well. Wishing you merry and blessed Christmas season, Bea Here is a link that might be useful: NO SALT SEASONING

I have been out of town for several days but came home to beautiful mail! Shirley (sjc) sent me a lovely snowflake card. I always enjoy your one of a kind cards. Thank you so much. Speaking of snowflakes, we finally got some last night. Around midnight, the rain turned to snow. We get snow maybe every four years but this was different in that it happened at night and it was blowing...a mini snowstorm....white all over the place. This went on all night. It is almost 11:30am out here and the snow is just starting to melt off the roof. Funny, people are coming from down the hill to snowboard in the hills, throw snowballs, build snowmen and frolic in the white stuff......CBS and NBC are out and about in their trucks reporting about the snow. Huge story....LOL! It is a bit nippy...temps are hanging in the mid 30's. That is cold for us!! But it is nice...very wintery! I better get outside and build myself a snowgirl........... Happy New Years to all. May your 2015 be beautiful, happy and healthy. Melinda and Heidi, prayers for you. Margo, so happy your son was fine after the car accident.... Thanks Shirley for hosting.....as always perfect! Happy Day! Annie

Interesting....three cards that I sent were received (Shirleysjc, Breanne and Ellie, Darrins wife) and another three cards that I sent are somewhere, wherever somewhere is.....RE: the three cards that are "somewhere", those persons have not been on here to post that they received from anyone. So either they have been out of town or they have not received or they have received and have not gotten on here to post. Off memory, I have received FOTESS cards from Shirley (sjc), Shirley (brittneysgran), Maggie and Breanne. I did post for each one but am not sure if they are still visible....posts do have a way of disappearing....kind of like Samantha on "Bewitched" LOL! Shirley, I do enjoy your December FOTESS swap. Thanks so much! Happy Thursday!! Annie