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Opening Day of Phoenix Light Rail

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Brand Spanking New Camera Entrusted to a 7 year old

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One Bad Night of Chanukah

I should have known better.  At the very least I should not have just said, "We should put a label on your camera with your name and phone number in case you ever lose it."  Who in their right mind would give a 7 year old a camera in the first place?  Who would give a 7 year old a camera and then let her leave the house with it?  Who would give a 7 year old a camera and let her leave the house with it and take it on a light rail with about 90,000 other people? 

Me.  The same me with the history of losing purses, wallets, brand spanking new watches that were anniversary presents, and her mind.  And I am a big fan of the bumper sticker that says, "Of all of the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most."   

Have fun coloring! 

I found this at a website called abcteach but there’s other fun ones to color online at apples4theteacher. 

‘Twas the fourth night of Chanukah and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for the class pet, Harry, a seven-legged tarantula who was finally given some crickets from the pet store that set us back about 28 cents. 

It is Christmas Eve.  I’m excited.  The kids are excited.  Tomorrow is bonus present day.  I love the wake up and get presents and then hang out all day with no place to go and then open more presents.  And I was at a bookstore today and pursuing holiday themed books that told me that Christmas and Chanukah are NOT about presents.  What?!?!  I know that.  Down deep.  Somewhere.  I do know that.  I just can’t help it (can you hear me whining?).  Oh, well.  I’m not going to dwell on it tonight.  Tonight I have no time for Chanukah Guilt. 

Here’s my gift to you tonight:

I Still Can’t Figure Out How To Put Videos On My Blog So Click HERE

There’s Chanukah Gelt and then there’s Chanukah Guilt.  I got the gelt the first night (as a present…and dark chocolate…my favorite).  Tonight is the third night of Chanukah and the guilt is setting in.  No, I’m not finished with presents yet!  I do not work outside of the home.  My youngest is now in school full time.  I have known for awhile what I wanted to buy or make for everyone.  But did I start early?  No.  Head hanging low.  No.  No.  No!  I could be enjoying the time with my kids.  And I do sneak some fun in (I bought Mentos and Diet Coke for the kids to explode tomorrow).  But for the most part I am living off the high of way too many butterball cookies and trying to get everything done before the last night of Chanukah.

My gift to you tonight is my recipe for butterball cookies (I don’t want to hear any complaining from anyone that already has the recipe from me.  I have been giving out the wrong amounts for the water & vanilla for years, so check your recipe it may not be right).

Butterball Cookies

• 1 Cup Butter
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 2 Tsp. Water
• 2 Tsp. Vanilla
• 2 Cups Sifted, All-Purpose Flour
• 1 Cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans*

Cream butter & sugar;  add water and vanilla;  mix well.  Add flour & nuts;  chill 3-4 hours.  Shape into balls.  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees about 20 minutes.  Roll in powdered sugar**. 

*I use pecans, but I’m lucky and have a pecan tree.

**Roll the balls when they are still hot (hey, that seems like good advice in general) and then let them sit and roll them a second time through the powdered sugar.  They like to be rolled twice.

My gift to you on the 2nd night of Chanukah is The LeeVees.  Watch the video for the song "How Do You Spell Channukkahh*" and maybe go to their MySpace page to listen to a few other songs.  I love their songs.  Listening to this CD over and over again is one of my favorite parts of Chanukah.

Enjoy.

*I would have posted the video here, but I couldn’t figure out how.  And I tried tons!  Your gift to me is to help me figure out how!

On the first night of Chanukah, my true love gave to me…a Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Chanukiah (that’s the "real" name for a Chanukah Menorah–just learned that this week).

Actually, my true love didn’t give it to me.  We made it together.  There was a Menorah Making Contest at our synagogue.  The idea was to make one out of some of our no-longer-needed Christmas Tree ornaments.  It just so happened that we had the right amount of the of the same kind so it ended up with a second theme….Elvis!

So, Happy Chanukah and enjoy my gift to the world…The first ever (that I know of) Elvis Chanukiah….

I don’t like

• Most vegetables
• Most fruits
• Not liking most vegetables and fruits