300+ Support Group~Decking the Halls in December 2012

[Lony]

Well I have already gone to the walfart because it is suposed to snow till sunday. I just took a boat load of vitamins and zicam. Now I am going to nap.

[debkeversole]

Howdy all! i am checking in from the parking lot at steven's college! LOL i never realized it had an open wi fi connection WHOOHOO!! i don't even have my mouse with me cause i was just going to use my computer to read my kindle app on it! i went back to bed this mornign was up until 4am this morning could NOT get to sleep

off to read what i can before the connection shuts down BBL

[CinnamonSpice]

Originally Posted by Lony

Lemon blackberry cream cookies
1 cup of softened butter
3 oz of softened cream cheese
1 cup of sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon lemon zest*
1 teaspoon of lemon juice*
2 ½ cups of flour
Seedless blackberry jam

Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar till fluffy. Beat in egg yolk , lemon zest and lemon juice. Add flour and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Shape dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Using your thumb, indent the top of each cookie. Mix jam until softened and place in a zip top baggie. Cut a hole in the corner of bag. CAREFULLY fill the indents of cookies with jam. Do not over fill or get jam on sides of cookies. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until set. Let cool for one min. on cookie sheet then transfer to wire rack.
**I use the zest of a whole lemon and juice of one lemon. But I like mine really lemony.

OMG...you are killing me... They looked great and sound better..

[kcmama]

Mona! Mona! MONA!!!!!

Please tell me you are up! I found a Kitchen Aid Stand mixer deal for you!!! See the link below!

Kohls | Kitchen Aid Classic Mixer (4.5 Quart) for $118.20 – Shipped (Today Only)

[Mona]

Oooooh such a sweet price. I don't think I would use the Kohl's cash...so that would make it $163, but still a good price. Hmmm I will have to think on it. Thanks KCMama for letting me know.

[lucky51]

Thanks for the recipe Lony. If I have good luck I will give you credit.

[Mona]

Well it didnt' take me very long to think on it. I ordered it!! Thanks so much KCMama. Love that website BTW. I signed up for it. Think they'll let me join even though I'm not a KCMama? It will get here between Dec 13th and 19th. Too bad not sooner to help me out with my holiday baking....but expedited shipping would cost a small fortune!

[Lony]

Originally Posted by Mona

Well it didnt' take me very long to think on it. I ordered it!! Thanks so much KCMama. Love that website BTW. I signed up for it. Think they'll let me join even though I'm not a KCMama? It will get here between Dec 13th and 19th. Too bad not sooner to help me out with my holiday baking....but expedited shipping would cost a small fortune!

Mona got a kitchenaid, Mona got a kitchenaid. What color did you get??

[kcmama]

Originally Posted by Mona

Well it didnt' take me very long to think on it. I ordered it!! Thanks so much KCMama. Love that website BTW. I signed up for it. Think they'll let me join even though I'm not a KCMama? It will get here between Dec 13th and 19th. Too bad not sooner to help me out with my holiday baking....but expedited shipping would cost a small fortune!

Yay! I didn't look at each step to see that they were also using up Kohl's Cash. Do you have any Kohl's Cash? I rarely end up using mine. Kinda like the CVS and Walgreens games I don't like to do them. Yeah, I like that site because they are local and I get my local grocery deals! You will have to show us a picture when you get it set up. Did you get to choose a color?

[Lony]

Originally Posted by lucky51

Thanks for the recipe Lony. If I have good luck I will give you credit.

You can have all the credit. You are already a great cook.

[Lony]

Originally Posted by CinnamonSpice

OMG...you are killing me... They looked great and sound better..

I wonder if we could make them with flax or even better almond flour! Some splenda for baking and poof...low carb cookies.

[kcmama]

Oh, I should have said, "HO,HO, HO! Merry Christmas, Mona!"

[kcmama]

Lony, the recipe for the lemon blackberry cookies sound fairly easy to me. I might be able to handle it. As long as I don't have to roll out to 1/4" thickness or use a cookie press......I can generally get by.

[Lony]

Originally Posted by kcmama

Lony, the recipe for the lemon blackberry cookies sound fairly easy to me. I might be able to handle it. As long as I don't have to roll out to 1/4" thickness or use a cookie press......I can generally get by.

Nope it is easy, roll into balls and make an indent with your thumb. I cheat even more and use my cookie scooper and the handle of a wooden spoon.

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by Lony

Mona got a kitchenaid, Mona got a kitchenaid. What color did you get??

[debkeversole]

we just got home a little while ago was going to put Santa out today but Ken forgot to leae the zip ties where we could find them so Santa stays in here another day
broke my recliner last night it is lazyboy but dang how to explain to the stoe the part we are needing ? ugh and it was over 7 years ago of course i do not have the receipt! but they would still get the part in free for us IF i can figure out how to explain it to them i am not packing this chair down there to them! lol if we had them repair it they would charge apparently only the parts are free for life

[lucky51]

Deb, take a picture and take that to them.

[Lony]

Originally Posted by debkeversole

we just got home a little while ago was going to put Santa out today but Ken forgot to leae the zip ties where we could find them so Santa stays in here another day
broke my recliner last night it is lazyboy but dang how to explain to the stoe the part we are needing ? ugh and it was over 7 years ago of course i do not have the receipt! but they would still get the part in free for us IF i can figure out how to explain it to them i am not packing this chair down there to them! lol if we had them repair it they would charge apparently only the parts are free for life

You should take a picture of the broken part and send it to the store. Or you could do a search for diagrams. I just did and it produced a lot of search results.

[midlight21]

Sorry I've been so absent. I had bronchitis which explains why I've been sick for the past month, lol. Finally the 3rd antibiotic got rid of it. I'm feeling better. Still maintaining....actually I think I lost another lb or 2. I'm loading up on vitamins to try and keep myself healthier through winter. I've also started exercising again. I'm sick of letting this asthma rule my life.

[Mona]

Originally Posted by Lony

Mona got a kitchenaid, Mona got a kitchenaid. What color did you get??

It's white. It didn't give me a choice. I was looking at the artisan ones on the Target website and was going to pick the tangerine color, but this deal is $100 bucks cheaper and for that sort of cash, the color isn't really that big of a deal to me.

[Mona]

Originally Posted by midlight21

Sorry I've been so absent. I had bronchitis which explains why I've been sick for the past month, lol. Finally the 3rd antibiotic got rid of it. I'm feeling better. Still maintaining....actually I think I lost another lb or 2. I'm loading up on vitamins to try and keep myself healthier through winter. I've also started exercising again. I'm sick of letting this asthma rule my life.

Sorry to hear you've been ill. Hope you are on the mend now! Welcome back.

[Lony]

Originally Posted by Mona

It's white. It didn't give me a choice. I was looking at the artisan ones on the Target website and was going to pick the tangerine color, but this deal is $100 bucks cheaper and for that sort of cash, the color isn't really that big of a deal to me.

You can paint it! Or they make some pretty awesome decals for them too. It is pretty much a barbie for grown up ladies. hehe

[Lony]

Originally Posted by midlight21

Sorry I've been so absent. I had bronchitis which explains why I've been sick for the past month, lol. Finally the 3rd antibiotic got rid of it. I'm feeling better. Still maintaining....actually I think I lost another lb or 2. I'm loading up on vitamins to try and keep myself healthier through winter. I've also started exercising again. I'm sick of letting this asthma rule my life.

Well I for one am glad you are feeling better!

[midlight21]

Yay for the kitchenaid Mona!!!!! You will absolutely LOVE it!

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by midlight21

Sorry I've been so absent. I had bronchitis which explains why I've been sick for the past month, lol. Finally the 3rd antibiotic got rid of it. I'm feeling better. Still maintaining....actually I think I lost another lb or 2. I'm loading up on vitamins to try and keep myself healthier through winter. I've also started exercising again. I'm sick of letting this asthma rule my life.

oh i am soo sorry you have been so sick! we really are going to have to type with those latex gloves ack i don't want the sickness!

you were missed and i hope the worst of it is over for you

gah now the V on this laptop is sticking i just vacuumed the thing too!

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by Mona

It's white. It didn't give me a choice. I was looking at the artisan ones on the Target website and was going to pick the tangerine color, but this deal is $100 bucks cheaper and for that sort of cash, the color isn't really that big of a deal to me.

dudes get an orange flame skin for it! mine is white too!

[Lony]

Originally Posted by debkeversole

dudes get an orange flame skin for it! mine is white too!

Where are all these dudes you keep talking to? I keep wondering if I am missing someone or what.

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by Lony

Where are all these dudes you keep talking to? I keep wondering if I am missing someone or what.

[Lony]

Originally Posted by debkeversole

LOL I think it is cute. It reminds me of high school. My dad always chewed my rump for always saying Dudes.

[midlight21]

Thanks everyone. It sucked being sick. I think everyone in the house has been sick already with one thing or another. I'm glad I'm better so I have the energy to grocery shop and cook again.