tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3588040243916782562024-03-14T05:24:35.200-04:00CranberryBlossomA bit about me...blossoms in my life...creations by JudiJudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-86348920597214772532018-10-22T17:04:00.001-04:002018-10-22T17:09:31.175-04:00Retirement BlissAgain its been quite some time since I have found the time to write on my Blog. Its great to have you stop by and I welcome your comment.<br />
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There have been many changes since then including I retired on June 30th! Its wonderful having pretty much a clear page and doing those things I add to it. Although I miss some of the things about my job, where I worked over 34 years, and some great people I am super thrilled. <br />
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I've also given myself a break and perhaps a forever break from my cookie business. So, there is much time to play and explore and craft.<br />
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We're at the cottage and its pretty cool outside but being inside with the fireplace on really helps. It was so windy yesterday that even the scarecrow wanted to take off! <br />
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It was the perfect day to warm up the cottage with heat and wonderful smells by baking coffee bread Pulla and cinnamon buns. Yums. We love these for brekky too.<br />
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Last week I found an evening to try out a new recipe Coconut Ginger Carrot Soup.<br />
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This is a small sampling I had in a big cup. Its very easy and very yummy too.<br />
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The grated fresh ginger is SO good for you and it makes it nice and spicy which I love also. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidants, helps reduce digestive issues to name a few and it tastes good too!<br />
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Try the soup if you haven't before. I think you just might like it.<br />
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It really isn't like my area of Ontario to be having the kind of heat we're been having. It is September 9th for goodness sake and the temps were still 92F today! The sun remains so hot and it gets humid still. This has been one of the hottest summers we have had with barely any rain? Where has the rain gone? About now having nice cool nights for sleeping are in order I think. The whole week is supposed to be like this. <br />
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The Farmer's Almanac is predicting a very bitter cold winter with lots of snow so...hot...cold..hot..cold? I think I should be quite happy enough with what we have.<br />
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I still have been baking and last week baked some mini cupcakes with lemon peel which makes the cupcake taste and smell so yum. The frosting was cream cheese and I added strawberry yogurt along with the icing sugar.<br />
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The weekends I still travel to the other side of the lake into NY state. That relationship continues and I love everything about it so the weekends take care of themselves.<br />
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I want to share a sunset at the Lake....<br />
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and the sailboat races we watched on Thursday nights from the deck while I was on a 3-week vacation there.<br />
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I hope some of my friends find me again and that I can share and catch up on what you share.<br />
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I've been baking cookies, lots of Ugly Sweater Christmas cookie orders this time of year. I bet an ugly sweater party would be fun. Have you ever had one or been to one. Here are some pictures to share for a weekend order.<br />
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I also baked some gingerbread houses that sit on the side of your cup. Aren't these cute moose cups? I found 6 of them at a thrift store this fall. </div>
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I made a Christmas swag for my best friend Kirsti and it fit nicely on the lantern I bought for it.<br />
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We visited with them a couple of weeks ago and she was happy to receive it. I have to make one for me now.</div>
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We visited my SIL and BIL a couple of weeks ago and spent a night at their lovely cottage. It was one of the first weekends of snow we'd had. It was like a winter wonderland but brrrrrrr. I would loved to have been snowed there for a few days...*s*...</div>
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We were in Florida for 1.5 weeks in October for Reed's 3rd birthday. Marc's daughter Janet, hubby and 2 little ones are there for 2 years with Ryan's work. This is the cake she baked.<br />
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The birthday boy...<br />
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and his brother the lizard catcher...or whatever they are..*s*..</div>
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We got a babysitter and we went out and gave Janet and Ryan a date night... yummy dinner.</div>
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They have a big screened in pool and the boys swim like fish now.</div>
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That's a bit about what we've been up to lately. I have thought about my friends here and visited here and there. I have definitely been doing lots of baking. Baking after a full day at work makes it very busy. These were for Movember. </div>
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Madeline has grown so much. She is now 9-1/2 years old. Sweetness that she is.</div>
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I wish you all a beautiful time leading up to a very Merry Christmas to you, your family and your precious friends.... Judi xoxo</div>
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My dear sister-in-law Janine (who is at the right in the picture with Madeline taken a few years ago, and Marc and myself) passed away today.....I know she is in God's hands and he is looking at her beautiful eyes and his love is shining on her face. It was only 1 year ago that she became ill.<br />
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I thank everyone who prayed for her. She was able to live throughout a beautiful summer in British Columbia. A summer that is never this warm and sunny. She was a very natural and inspirational and strong lady. <br />
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She could no longer take more treatment but her tumours had quieted and she was able to live longer than the 1-4 months expected and appeared to be getting better even though that could not be possible. She was hospitalized since this weekend and at 12:15 today she was at peace....<br />
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Janine was my brother Ken's best friend and he will miss her terribly. I hope you'll take a moment to think of him and that he will stay strong at this difficult time....<strong><em> Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-28892435043029147052013-08-29T20:02:00.002-04:002013-08-29T20:03:57.558-04:00Nature's Wedding Sweets Order....I'm sharing a wedding order I had a couple of weeks ago. The theme was nature with trees, deer etc. and green, brown and yellow were the colours. With that it was all left up to me.... hmmmmmm...<br />
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The guest favours became in the form of trees....with their initials on the trunk...<br />
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I baked 11 dozen cupcakes in 5 different flavours...in wedding colour coordination... in vanilla...and lemon...chocolate mocha...vanilla berry and chocolate truffle.<br />
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a made a birch tree fondant cake with their names engraved.... </div>
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I really enjoyed being able to make some choices for the couple and I was pretty pleased at how it went with the theme......wish we could all have a treat right now...I'd share... <em><strong>Judi xoxo</strong></em></div>
<br />Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-42083499733793846882013-08-18T20:03:00.002-04:002013-08-18T20:31:50.942-04:00Happy Summer.....I Have Been Missing in ActionBoy! The summer is passing soooo very quickly and it feels like it has barely begun. The weather is very nice right now but it was so rainy all the way to July and the nights have been in the 50s already for a long time!<br />
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And I haven't even had a chance to post though I have been able to make some comments. It is has been busy and I hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer. I SHOULD have come back here to let anyone who might be wondering where I am know that I am just fine.<br />
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I had 3 weeks vacation and went back to work last week Monday. Abby spent the 3 weeks at the Rockledge cottage and the first thing I did was get her a furcut! If you look at the sidebar, if you haven't seen her before her Persian fur is long and rubs everyplace when she walks by. It is so difficult to be furless around my place AND she is so hot. Marc and I were calling her Puppy because she looked so different. What do you think about her new look?<br />
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We got her a collar and a leash so she could go out with us. She loves it outside! Quite the tail she has...</div>
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I was able to finish up painting the trim in the kitchen and paint window sills my project from last year. I loved being at the lake.</div>
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Marc had a few days off work and we drove to Salem, Mass which is a town all about witches. See the cafe across the street? </div>
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Lots of shops about that as well but I didn't want to learn to much about it....just passing through... :o) </div>
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Though Marc did get this picture of me beside one....</div>
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We took a 55 minute ferry ride from Salem to Boston and spent an afternoon there. I'd never been there before.. </div>
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But I do want to share one funny little story. So, on the morning we were heading to Boston I put on a striped blue t-shirt and suggested Marc put his golf shirt which had similar colours. He rolled his eyes but he did. In Salem we were walking and another couple were way across the street and we hear him yell to us..."Good colour coordination....looking good"! We laughed at that, because our shirts were blue stripes.</div>
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After we got off the ferry 6 hours after seeing him....we saw the couple pass us and they were going on the ship...he and Marc looked and pointed at each other and the man said "Still looking good"! We laughed that he would even remember us. Later on we were having a drink to cool down at the pier and we asked the waitress to take our picture. Boy did we laugh when we saw how similar we were dressed. We should have stood together in front of the mirror before heading out... *s*..</div>
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Have a great day....and see you again soon! <em><strong>Judi xoxo</strong></em></div>
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Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful fathers today.....</div>
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I'm sure my blogging friends here are doing something special with their fathers or with their hubbies....<br />
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I think especially about my father today who isn't here with us. We love him greatly and think of him all the time.....some little incident will happen or someone will say something...and it makes me hesitate for a moment in thought and often times I'll smile at the trigger of the memory that will bring to me.<br />
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I feel that my father looks down at me just as he was doing here in this picture....love you dad...xox</div>
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Happy Father's Day to my eldest son Geoff. He is a wonderful father to his daughter Madeline....love you....</div>
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and Happy Father's Day to my Marc....a good father to his daughter and son, and to his grandchildren Jack and Reed. Happy Father's Day honey.... love you...</div>
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Hope this is a special day for you all...<strong><em> Judi xoxo</em></strong></div>
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Happy Blue Monday to everyone hosted Sally at <a href="http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/">Smiling Sally</a>. I am joining a little late today. Be sure to visit Sally for many other blue posts. </div>
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<strong>Happy Victoria Day to all my Canadian friends.</strong> </div>
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We celebrated Richard's birthday last night. Robin scuba dives but Rich has to snorkle and said he wanted to take scuba lessons instead of having to snorkle with the kids all the time. We put our money together and gave that to him for his birthday towards lessons. Heere are Richard and Robin, both wearing BLUE.<br />
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Geoff and Kiley and Austin, dressed in BLUE (Madeline couldn't make it.... :o( )</div>
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I baked a cake and therefore the theme had to be a blue sea theme even though he'll be snorkling in lakes. It was a chocolate mocha cake with my marshmallow fondant covering it. The shells and octapus were made of fondant and then I added gummy fish and shark and dolphins. </div>
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I made a treasure chest box on the top and we wrapped the birthday money in a plastic wrap and tucked it in there. "Gold" chocolate coins hung out the opening. BLUE tablecloth....BLUE cellphone.<br />
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We gave him cards and the last envelope held a clue to open up the chest. He did and he was so happy about the prospect of scuba. Marc and I singing Happy Birthday.<br />
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<br />Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-69110908775670397862013-04-22T21:42:00.002-04:002013-05-20T13:45:22.852-04:00KitKat Cake for Geoff's Birthday....Yay...We celebrated Geoff's birthday on Saturday. His birthday was actually on the 9th but because of his working schedule and he had a little vacation, the celebration continued to Saturday.<br />
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We gave him one gift bag with cards from us all. We all chipped in and put in some money and told him he could use it for a new grill. He needs one and he was very happy.<br />
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Here is Madeline, Geoff and I. She is getting so big and has braces and her teeth are looking great in only 3 months. See the KitKat - M&M cake baked for him? A real sugar high....<br />
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My mother is back from vacationing in Florida and here we are....<br />
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My youngest son Rich and Robin....<br />
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Marc took a silly picture of himself...being afraid he wouldn't have his picture taken otherwise...How attractive...<br />
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Is it spring your way yet? Well its only 46F out there right now which is twice as warm as it was on the weekend about this time! I am SO desperately waiting for the 'real' spring to arrive. <br />
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If you have it...enjoy it! Have a great week... <strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong></div>
Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-67988896038452924082013-03-31T11:56:00.001-04:002013-03-31T11:56:29.927-04:00Happy Easter....Happy Easter to all my blogging friends. In whatever way you celebrate today I hope it brings you much happiness. I'm sharing a picture of an Easter cake order I had....<br />
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We had a small family Easter dinner yesterday. Small because my mother is still in Florida, Robin had her tonsils out and Richard has a throat infection and cold. Austin was with his dad.<br />
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But those of us who did get together were happy to be together but no pictures were taken! Have a wonderful day.... <strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-69796989994363546632013-03-19T12:54:00.002-04:002013-03-19T19:04:14.735-04:00Blogshop Week Twelve<br />
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I am participating in the <a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/03/blog-shop-week-twelve.html"><span style="color: red;">Blog Shop Week Twelve</span></a> hosted by our Beverly at How Sweet The Sound. Blogshop has all kinds of goodies being sold by bloggers. Be sure to check it out!<br />
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My handmade decorated sugar cookies at <a href="http://sweetcreationsbyjudi.etsy.com/">Sweetcreationsbyjudi.etsy.com</a> are what I am sharing and offering to sell this Blog Shop week. Some of you may already know of my decorated cookies handmade using butter, pure vanilla and royal icing made from scratch. Cookies are made fresh to order. and delivery is throughout Canada and the U.S<br />
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Baking and decorating my cookies has been so much fun. My cookie cutter collection is growing and I welcome custom orders where I make my own templates.<br />
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They make a fabulous hostess or guest favor for a special occasion, showers, birthdays, get well, holidays or serve them platter ready.<br />
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Follow me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/SweetCreationsByJudi?bookmark_t=page">Facebook </a> and see what I've been baking.... I hope you'll "Like" me there. I have Giveaways and your "likes" enter you.<br />
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Have a sweet day<em><strong>.... Judi xoxo</strong></em></div>
<br />Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-5880070588280479322013-03-11T20:36:00.001-04:002013-03-11T20:36:54.093-04:00Sweet Purse in Many Ways...Today it was in the 40s and it is starting to feel like spring. The rain is washing away some of the snow yay!<br />
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I am sharing a cake I baked fit for a sweet little girl's celebration. </div>
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I think its rather adorable... </div>
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I saw the idea online and thought it was so sweet in more ways than one. I used my marshmallow fondant that I coloured with gel colours. You probably recognize the handle of the cake as being a candy necklace which I strung on some wire. There are gummy candy butterflies as well.<br />
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I added something to the picture if it was going to be for a more mature party.<br />
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It is a champagne bottle wax candle not fit for a little girl but just replaced in the picture...making it a more "of age" celebration option cake as well.<br />
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It was a fun little cake to decorate...</div>
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Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-79753213413224463752013-03-01T08:16:00.001-05:002013-03-03T19:15:15.660-05:00T-Mike Dinosaur Cake.....and Last Winter Blast?I "have" to share a fondant cake order for "Dr. Mike". The lady who ordered has a son who just turned 26 and they are having a family party for him. He is a doctor....interning right now in the States. This pan is one his mom used to bake dinosaur cakes for him in when he was little because he loves dinosaurs.<br />
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He loves chocolate and coffee flavours so that is what this moist cake is. </div>
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I hope "T-Mike" likes it! (aka T-Rex).</div>
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Wiarton Willie our forecaster Groundhog, forecasted an early spring a month ago. A not too bad winter turned very wintery the past 3 days while I've been home for some vacation and baking. <br />
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This is what it looks like out there..prior to this our snow had melted and it felt like spring might be ariving. I can't believe its March 1st today!<br />
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it is pretty...I like black and white scenes....</div>
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Have a great day...<strong><em> Judi xoxo</em></strong></div>
Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-9085517528627091452013-02-27T19:19:00.001-05:002013-02-27T19:21:02.989-05:00Name the Teddy Bear Help Needed....On Saturday I'm invited to a ladies' luncheon to meet my Great Niece. She will be 1 in May and I've not met her yet. She lives in Ottawa which is about 4-1/2 hours from me so its been difficult.<br />
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Today I finished a teddy bear for her. Its made of soft, snuggly fleece and is 16" tall. I like the colours and hope she will too. I didn't realize she was going to be this big actually.</div>
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See the cute little tail....</div>
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I don't know what to tell them her name is! Can you help me out? What might you call her? Maybe that would help me.<br />
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I took 3 days vacation this week, Wednesday through Friday. I have some baking orders: cookies to bake, a fondant dinosaur cake to bake, and I wanted to finish off this little teddy bear. This is all fun vacation stuff so I'm happy to have the time to do it. Today was pretty snowy and wet and so a perfect day to be indoors.<br />
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I hope you have a great week too! <strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong><br />
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Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-89736484269301198802013-02-18T21:06:00.000-05:002013-02-18T21:31:28.034-05:00Little black...little white...little chocolate and flowersIt has continued to be a busy time baking and keeping up with orders. I love baking and THAT is a good thing!<br />
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Today I baked a double layer chocolate mocha cake. Each layer has a layer of buttercream frosting and then my marshmallow fondant to cover. I've been experimenting with making fondant flowers. The camera was picking up on the black colour and it looks duller than real life. I am going to put some glitter on the tips of the flowers to enhance them anyway.<br />
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You know how the plumbers faucets leak, the mechanics car needs work done, the roofers house leaks, the .....you know...well its not nice to say that I too was busy and for Valentine's I had to buy a small cake from the store for Marc and I. Truly I had no time to bake for us. On the weekend we planned a last minute dinner with my sons and their families coming over on Saturday. We had ice cream for dessert! I felt badly. <br />
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Well...today I did bake some cupcakes and we'll have some for dessert tomorrow night when Geoff (my eldest son) and Madeline (my granddaughter) come over. At least I'll be more prepared.<br />
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Today is Family Day here in Canada and I have the day off work...it has been a beautiful weathered day.... Hope yours was a good day too! <strong><em> Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-79655963877431092402013-02-10T13:15:00.000-05:002013-02-10T13:15:03.379-05:00Valentine's Day Decorated Cookies....Its been busy at my place as I've baked Valentine's Day cookie orders. I really like decorating Valentine's cookies. They just are so very pretty....and love the colours.<br />
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Today Geoff and Madeline came over and I gave my little sweetie and her daddy Valentine's cookies to take with them. They like that....<br />
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I don't really decorate for Valentine's but I've enjoyed looking at other blogging friends who do.<br />
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Do you do something special for Valentine's Day? Have a good day today.... <strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-78705410200264509762013-02-06T10:47:00.003-05:002021-08-11T09:12:17.575-04:00Canadian “Funny” Money? and Facebook Giveaway<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">These are real Canadian bils... .I posted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>about the
discontinued Canada penny and our loonies and toonies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and I should have showed pictures of our new
bills!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out with the old and in with the
new.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I always kid Marc about our “colour coordinated bills (we “say”
colour and you might “say” color).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its
easy to distinguish between one bill and the other because of their colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Recently we have been<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>changing our bills so that they are a material other than the regular
paper type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It folds like this….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And has a part where you can see right through it….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What I don’t care for about these bills is that its more
difficult to fold them in half and keep in your pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are slippery and want to just “pop” out….which
really isn’t a good thing to do anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However
having said that don’t you love it when you put your hand into your pocket,
especially if its something you haven’t worn since the last season, and pull
out some money?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Have a great day<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">….
Judi xoxo</i></b></span> </div>
Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-18491225854419645212013-02-04T20:43:00.005-05:002013-02-05T16:48:57.503-05:00Thats the Way the Penny RollsToday the very last penny with its maple leaves was stamped in Canada. Finished. No more little coins that cost 1.6 cents each to make, jingling in your pocket or to pick up and make a wish on... The suggestion was made by "some" for us to donate all the remaining pennies we have to charity. While they will continue to be accepted until there are no more, the industry will be rounding off purchases either up or down a few cents accordingly.<br />
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Apparently the nickel, with our national beaver on it is the next one being evaluated.<br />
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and you know we haven't had a dollar bill around for some years...replaced by our "loonie"... everyone refers to it as a loonie because it has a loon on it. So we don't say "do you have change for a dollar" we all say "do you have change for a loonie"..<br />
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it is actually larger than our quarter (same size as the U.S. quarter) ..well its about the size of the U.S. dollar coin in circulation..<br />
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and our $2.00 bill has been gone for years also, replaced by a "toonie"...named so because it rhymns with the loonie. <br />
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It is the same size as the toonie. I know I've posted about our loonie and toonie before but while I am posting about the fate of our copper penny, I wanted to go through it all again...*s*...<br />
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I wonder whether the U.S. will follow suit with this? Maybe not, at least not for a while. Our loonies and toonies have never had an affect on your dollars and two dollars. Oh well thats how the penny rolls I guess....have a great evening... <strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-19395682958111524272013-01-25T13:08:00.001-05:002021-08-11T09:13:37.871-04:00My Handmade Snowflake Fondant Cake<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This week I read Reviews on Wilton fondant on their sight
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did I do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Took on the challenge to make
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I baked the red velvet cakes and mixed the fondant in my new Cuisinart. It made a nice ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went through the necessary presteps and then took the plunge… I decorated with the Royal Icing snowflakes and words I’d made the day before.. </span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AKfrfNA9zL8/UQLHbUtop9I/AAAAAAAAFvU/h8JEkvC-XnY/s1600/DSC00223+(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AKfrfNA9zL8/UQLHbUtop9I/AAAAAAAAFvU/h8JEkvC-XnY/s320/DSC00223+(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am so pleased with the way it turned out…We’ll have some
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can see this opening up a whole new exploratory avenue…. Abby jumped up for pictures too..</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8g4kzvDujdU/UQLIV2noixI/AAAAAAAAFv4/v4mYHNp5weg/s1600/abby.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8g4kzvDujdU/UQLIV2noixI/AAAAAAAAFv4/v4mYHNp5weg/s320/abby.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hope you’ve had a successful day with something special
today too<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…. Judi xoxo<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-20260829255221567692013-01-21T12:43:00.000-05:002013-01-21T12:46:03.591-05:00"Blue Monday"...it really is!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy "<span style="color: blue;">Blue</span>" Monday.</div>
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I wasn't going to post today because I didn't know what to write about. During my lunch I "stumbled" upon something interesting...something <strong><span style="color: blue;">BLUE</span></strong> and it is <span style="color: blue;">"Blue</span> Monday" over at <a href="http://smilingsally.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Smiling Sally's</i></span></a>. So be sure to head on over there after you check this out!
The picture below comes from the article I am writing about and you can read more about it<a href="http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/healthy-living/most-depressing-day-heres-cheer-blue-monday-165400488.html"><span style="color: blue;"> here.</span></a> AND you can see some blueness here in the picture.<br />
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Did you know that today, Monday, January 21st is the most depressing day of the year? Did you? <br />
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Well apparently it is. It has to do with this being the last full work week in January.
UK psychologist Cliff Arnold came up with the day at some point. He said the formula for this "inventions" involves "weather, distance from the holidays, low motivational level, and time since abandoning your New Year's resolutions--that rings true for many"....apparently.
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<strong>How has YOUR day been? Feeling </strong><span style="color: blue;"><strong>BLUE?</strong> </span><span style="color: #444444;">I am awfully happy to say that today isn't a BLUE day with me, I'm not even wearing blue..*s*. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Have a great HAPPY "Blue Monday" but a happy one!<strong> <em>Judi xoxo</em></strong></span></div>
Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-16367363781043551692013-01-20T13:17:00.000-05:002013-01-20T13:28:20.087-05:00Present from Santa...and Vanilla Peach Bundt CakeFirst, thank you for the suggestions on uploading pictures which I still cannot do using "Compose". I am uploading pictures on HTML but don't really like doing it this way.
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Look at the wonderful gift I got for Christmas...from Santa Marc. He knew just what I needed..<br />
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I've baked so many dozens and dozens of cookies for my orders and made pounds and pounds of royal icing and managed to burn out 2 hand mixers.<br />
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My new Cuisinart stand mixer is 5.5 quarts and 800 watts and I love it! I no longer have to stand holding my handmixer for 10 minutes whipping royal icing. I can set it to whip for 10 minutes and it will stop when time is up. <br />
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Batters mix up so easily and so beautifully. It is so powerful and does the greatest job.<br />
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. I've also been able to whip up a couple of others goodies since Christmas.</div>
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How proudly it sits beside the peach bundt cake <a href="http://weekofmenus.blogspot.ca/2011/08/peach-vanilla-bean-bundt-cake-with.html"><strong>RECIPE HERE</strong></a> I made this weekend. The pieces out of the cake are peaches that fell out when I took it out of the pan. I used canned peaches instead of fresh ones...on account of..*s*..that we don't have nice fresh peaches this time of year. You might just want to give this recipe a try. It was very yummy.</div>
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Here it is on the cake plate I made at one point, pretty plate glued on to pretty candle stick. I even found a glass cover for it. </div>
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<br /> I love my new Cuisinart stand mixer....thank you Santa... *hugs*....<br />
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How did I ever get by without one before...</div>
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Have a great day everyone...<em><strong> Judi xoxo</strong></em></div>
<br />Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-38800686826204429962013-01-17T15:38:00.000-05:002013-01-17T18:45:14.773-05:00Handmade Santa .... and a Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My birthday visit at my eldest son Geoff and Kiley's house on Saturday a couple of weeks ago was so nice! Richard (my youngest) and Robin, and the little ones and my mom were to be there too. When Marc and I got there I was so delighted they had invited my best girlfriend Kirst and hubby Peter, and my dear SIL Carol and her hubby David! It was wonderful.<br />
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I received these beautiful pink roses from Kirsti's beautiful 3 daughters who couldn't be there as well.<br />
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Marc gave me this beautiful black and clear diamond necklace. I think it was shining so much..*s*..I couldn't get a clear picture of it.<br />
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I received lovely presents and we had a wonderful buffet. My sons and their ladies had worked hard to make it so special.. This was a such a great birthday.... The pictures taken with my camera are not very good so I'm hoping someone else who took pics will email me some. So I don't have any to share of us.<br />
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I'm also sharing the Santa I just finished last weekend! It was a gift for a friend who loves Santas. I was so busy before Christmas I couldn't get it finished (or started) before they went to Florida for Christmas. They just got back last week so I was able to give it on Sunday and she loved it. I'm so happy about that. She keeps some of her Santas out all year... I think Santa turned out quite well. </div>
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Now its time to put my birthday and Christmas to away for a while...have you put your Christmas away? <br />
<strong><em>Judi xoxo</em></strong>Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358804024391678256.post-41037627161905000412013-01-14T16:28:00.004-05:002013-01-14T16:28:47.403-05:00Problems Uploading Pictures??Is anyone else having problems uploading pictures? I can click but there is nothing to click to download pics. I don't know what to do...and can't find a Help area on Blogspot. Do you know where I should look. I did google and some others have experienced the same problem. This has been since last week<strong><em>.</em></strong><br />
*sigh*. Judi xoxoJudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250508159885561102noreply@blogger.com5