We had a wonderful Easter weekend with kids home, my mom visiting, our last year’s German student, Fedor, here for a visit, and my brother and sister-in-law here for Easter dinner. When we all get together, besides eating, we like to play games and the game of the hour is "Spinners", a domino game. Fedor […]
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Hot Turkey Salad Hot Dish
During the flood fight, I talked my brother and sister-in-law to take a break from their levee vigil (the neighbors worked together so they could sneak away for 2 hours), and they came over for a turkey dinner last Sunday. Another family joined us too as they had evacuated their house. We had a couple […]
Party Pinwheels Appetizer
Spring is, hopefully, just around the corner. Here in Moorhead/Fargo, we just had a blizzard in early March, dumping another foot of snow with drifts up to over 8 feet tall in places! Our yard will be VERY wet when it all melts. Actually, there is very real concern about a pretty high flood here […]
Raspberry Delight Dessert
Harold and I and two other couples were invited out for dinner one night last week and I brought this delicious dessert. It was easy to make and it is very refreshing and delicious. RASPBERRY DELIGHT Crust: 2 and one-fourth cups flour 2 T sugar* Three-fourths cup butter or margarine, softened Filling: 1 8 oz […]
Woof or meow?
Man’s best friend or man’s best friend’s arch rival? ;) [poll id=”4″]
Herringbone (for Temari)
Here is a diagram on how to do the herringbone stitch around the divisions. Bury your thread in the ball and come up at A. Bring your thread down to the equator at B. Go under the marking line, picking up a few of the wrapping threads and come up at C. Come down to […]