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10:00am
Got 95 Samoa Cookies made,
well almost, they still need their
chocolate drizzled across the tops.
They are cooling at the moment.
I used Kroger Value brand Nilla wafers
as the cookie base of the Samoa.
Then melted a bag of caramels
with a 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream over
med-low heat. Stirred in a whole bag
of flaked coconut and reduced heat
to low, the lowest temperature on the dial.
This way the caramel remained soft while
putting it on the cookies. I put
about a teaspoon of caramel coconut
on each nilla wafer.
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11:00am
Somoas are done.
I was having a hard time with the chocolate
and getting it to come out of my zip baggie
to pipe on the cookies.
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11:40pm
My next project...
Since my brother got my mom an LCD TV
and took the gift idea we had,
I was thinking what else could I give her for
Christmas. Not all Christmas gifts have to
be items you bought from a store and wrapped up!
Offer to do housework, repairs, yard work
babysitting and thing like that.
Don't have money to get them one of those
fruit baskets of the month then make your own
gifts cards to give them to say you will bake them something nice once a month and have them give you a list of what they like.
I know I don't have time
to go out shopping and trying to figure out
what gifts to buy for some people,
let alone the money when the doctor
bills are just starting to trickle in.
So here is what I came up with that
no one else can get! Me and my hubby
offered to try and fix her vacuum for her.
Their income is tight and they really don't
have the funds to take it to a vacuum repair shop
to get it fixed at a starting price of $80.
To buy a new vac to replace this one would
cost at least $200+. So our gift to them will be for
them to save that $80-$200+ by fixing this sweeper!
We have worked on and repaired many sweepers
in the past so this shouldn't be too hard, lol.
I've never dealt with a cracked housing unit though
so this will be a first. But will give it a try!
See that white button with a minus sign on it?
Well that shouldn't be underneath and should
sit on top as that's the on/off button!
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It's been a year since AEP installed our
Smart Grid electric meter.
AEP sent us today some information
pertaining to the smart meter that sounds
good to me to possibly cut our electric
bill back even more!
Starting in January AEP electric
is offering those customers who have
a smart meter the option of 2 rate plans;
1. Smart Shift- customers pay a lower
rate for using off peak hours and a higher rate
for on peak hours.
2. Smart Cooling- Customers with central cooling
can receive a free programmable communicating
thermostat and a chance to earn credits on
Summer electric bills. This program raises your
thermostat slightly during occasional periods of
high electricity use.
Also in January smart grid customers will have
the ability to go online to see their energy usage
day-by-day, build a customized energy savings plan that
tracks their progress and compare their energy
usage with similar households.
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12:35pm
Mom just called to inform me that
in January they will be closing the
White Castles on Morse Rd.
For anyone living on the North end there
still will be the White Castle on 161.
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What's for lunch?
Tuna & Noodles-
leftovers from freezer.
What's for supper?
Tonight's supper will be homemade
chicken & noodles. This was leftovers
I had in the freezer. It's in a zip bag so might put
that bag into a pot of boiling water to help thaw.
Then pour into pan to heat the rest of the way through.
Add some biscuits to the top of the soup
to make some dumplings.
I am also thawing
out some already cooked chicken leg quarters for tomorrow.
Thinking about some chicken a la king
over some mashed potatoes.
I need to use up some things from the freezer
due to having a deer coming in the near future.
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1:20pm
Sitting here watching TruTV
and the show called Most Shocking.
I'll be darned if they didn't show cops chasing
a car and having a shoot out on Morse Rd and down
Tamarack!! It must of been awhile ago as you
could still see Northland Mall and at the corner
of Karl & Morse where a Flower shop sits
was a vacant lot!
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Woo Hoo, I just checked the stats on one
of my survey accounts and I'm now up
to $80 in 4 months time. I know here
lately I've missed quite a few surveys
due to being so busy.
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Here's something different and cute!
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5:50pm
Supper, leftover homemade chicken & noodles.
I threw in some biscuits and made dumplings
to help stretch it out and make more filling.
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My sock's got a problem tonight, lol!
Ok here's a question for ya-
What city was I born in?
See hint below.
Answer: Topeka
HA HA!
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9:50pm
Watching Auction Hunters on Spike.
They have a marathon.
Click HERE for tonight's full episode video.
This show is about like Storage Wars on A&E.
where people bid on abandoned storage units.
It's pretty cool to watch.
Now I have it in my head that I want
to attend a storage auction sometime to
say I've been to one.
So maybe next year I'll start looking for
one to go to.
I'm sure this show is over the top
with what they find compared to typical
storage units but I think it would be fun to do.
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