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Happy New Year

Wishing everybody a
wonderful and magical
New Year.

A Martin Christmas...Gone to the Dogs

Spent the holidays up at the folks with their their lab-mix and Siberian Husky along with my sister's beagles. Of course the weekend before it was in the 60's but we got to enjoy that barely in the teens white Christmas Day walk in the mountains. I think there should be some sort of law against leaving your home in sub-freezing weather. I will tell you now, as somebody who is own by cats, this never would have happened at our home.









Not a creature was stirring....

Happy Holidays

Wishing Everyone a Safe and Joyous Holiday

Gingerbread Baklava

I know this is kind of cheating, but basically find any good Baklava recipe, (an online search will yield several) and substitute gingerbread cookie crumbs for the sugar nut mixture.

I used store bought gingerbread cookies (Archway). Took the whole bag and crushed into crumbs with a rolling pin, then added a teaspoon each of cinnamon and sugar in the raw.

The reason I substituted the cookies is because I wanted to do a European dessert to stay with the theme, but my sister doesn't like nuts; ho...

Earl Grey Infused Cranberry Sauce

This year for our after Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner I thought it would be cool to add an eclectic Mediterranean twist. Okay wasn't meaning for it to turn out eclectic, just ended up that way.

The appetizers included hummus with whole-wheat flat bread, honey Greek yogurt with figs and a relish tray with assorted cheeses and olives. For the main course, we served Greek-style lemon potatoes, garden tabbouleh and Mediterranean barley salads, grilled eggplant, artichoke parmesan stuffing...

Free Penguin Holiday Gift Tags

Just wanted to share that today's All Us All the Time blog special is free printable gift tags of absolutely adorable penguins.

Thanksgiving Centerpieces and Place Settings (Kind of)

The initial plan for the place settings was to make leaf impressions from a baking powder and baking soda clay recipe I found online, poke a hole at the top of them, string them with ribbon and then tie to a mini-pumpkin. Hmmm, what is that saying about best laid plans of mice and men?!?

Yeah, obviously our leaves here in Colorado don't like to leave big impressions, or at least in a baking powder and soda clay. Thus it was on to plan B. Did I have a plan B?

Since we were celebrating our Thanks...

Weekly Kitty Fix

Our new Christmas tree ornament...and it's animated too!!

Weekly Kitty Fix - Ahoy Pirate Kitties!!

That's right...we got a pirate ship!!








THANK YOU GRANDDAD & GRANDMA!!!

Weekly Kitty Fix

Resting up for our Aunt Pamie...