The Countdown!!!! for Wednesday December 14, 2005

[justanothercowgirl]

As of 9:47a.m. EST Christmas 2005 is coming in just 10 days, 14 hours, 12 Minutes and 32 Seconds !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

at the Christmas party hop.

Mistletoe hung where you can see

ev'ry couple tries to stop.

Rockin' around the Christmas tree,

let the Christmas spirit ring.

Latter we'll have some pumpkin pie

and we'll do some caroling.

You will get a sentimental feeling

when you hear voices singing

"Let's be jolly,

Deck the halls with boughs of holly."

Rockin' around the Christmas Tree.

Have a happy holiday.

Ev'ryone dancing merrily

in the new old fashioned way.

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Aren't you excited Fizzy?????

 

[minimomNC]

How to Tell if You're a Grinch

You reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under your own name. (5 points)

You steal light bulbs from you neighbor's outdoor display to replenish your own supply. (5 points, 10 if neighbor's whole light sets or lighted Santa goes out)

You have dressed a dog or cat as Santa Claus, elf helper, or reindeer. (10 points for each; if you dressed an endangered species, 5 extra points)

You put out last year's stale candy canes for children. (1 point for each piece of sticky candy). If you put out a chocolate or marzipan Santa also, add 10 points.

You enclose a shoddy and inferior gift from Target, Walmart, or K-Mart in a Bloomingdale's or other prestige box to impress your friends. (5 points for each infraction).

You make collect long distance phone calls to your family on Christmas day. (5 points, 10 if from a cell phone), claiming you are stuck in a phone booth.

At the office Christmas party, you horde huge stockpiles of goodies for later consumption at home. (5 points; 15 points if you use this stuff for your own party)

You steal the wreath from a parked car to use on your own [southern California only, others ignore]. (5 points -- nobody but Angelenos are dumb enough to dress a car)

After an invitation to a friend's house, you bring a commercially produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made. (5 points; 15 points if the fruitcake is from last year).

Any stealing from the Toys-for-Tots collection bins is a definite no-no. (20 points)

Evaluate your score on the "Grinch Scale" from 20 to 100.

20-30: You are just a cheeseball.

30-50: You are an apprentice in Yuletide larceny and are probably wanted by the police for overdue parking tickets.

50-100: Grinch, move over. The Meyer Lansky of Christmas crime has arrived.

 

[Farmhand]

Pierogi Recipe

Knead a dough from 14 oz. of flour, a pinch of salt and a whole egg, adding some warm water to soften the dough. Cover the dough with a bowl and let it sit for a few minutes. Divide it into four parts and cover three with the bowl. Roll the remaining piece out thin and cut out two-inch circles with a glass or cup. For the sauerkraut filling, take a pound and a half of sauerkraut, boil it for 30 minutes in little water, allowing the water to evaporate. Mince the cooked sauerkraut. Chop one big onion finely saute till golden. Mix with the sauerkraut. To complete the filling, take two pounds of mushrooms, slice and cook them with 2-3 spoons of water until it evaporates. Chop one onion and saute till golden, add mushrooms and season the mixture with salt on pepper before you mince it and mix it with the sauerkraut.

Place a spoonful of the filling in the middle of each circle and fold over pressing the edges firmly so that the pierogis do not open during cooking. Boil the pierogis in salted water for about 3 minutes (until they surface). The may be served immediately or chilled and then fried in vegetable oil.

How to Roast Chestnuts

Slash the flat side of each chestnut with a sharp

knife. Place on a cookie sheet in a hot oven (400F)

for about 15-20 minutes, tossing occasionally.

Serve Piping Hot! Santa loves 'em!

 

[tifflunn]

Candy cane cookie receipe

Cany Cane Cookies

A new uptake on a standard Chrismas sweet

MAKES:

Makes approximately 32 cookies

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup margarine, softened

1/2 cup egg substitute

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon almond extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon Davis baking powder

1/2 teaspoon red food coloring

Optional: 1/2 C crushed peppermint candy, such as candy canes to be added to the red mix or sprinkled on top.

DIRECTIONS:

- Beat sugar and margarine in large bowl with mixer at medium speed until creamy. Beat in egg substitute, vanilla and almond extracts.

- Mix flour and baking powder in small bowl; stir into margarine mixture.

- Divide dough in half; tint half with red food coloring. Wrap each half and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

- Divide each half into 32 pieces. roll each piece into a 5 inch rope. Twist 1 red and 1 white rope together and bend 1 end to form candy cane shape. Place on ungreased baking sheets.

- Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or just until set and lightly golden. Remove from sheets; cool on wire racks. Store in airtight container. Makes 32 cookies.

They taste just as Good as they look.

Tiffany

 

[Robin1]

The Gift

A poor orphan girl named Maria

Was walking to market one day

She stopped for a rest by the roadside

Where a bird with a broken wing lay

A few moments passed till she saw it

For it's feathers were covered with sand

But soon clean and wrapped it was travelling

In the warmth of Maria's small hand

She happily gave her last peso

On a cage made of rushes and twine

She fed it loose corn from the market

And watched it grow stronger with time

Now the Christmas Eve service was coming

And the church shone with tinsel and light

And all of the townfolks brought presents

To lay by the manger that night

There were diamonds and incense

And perfumes

In packages fit for a king

But for one ragged bird in a small cage

Maria had nothing to bring

She waited till just before midnight

So no one would see her go in

And crying she knelt by the manger

For her gift was unworthy of Him

Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness

Maria, what brings you to me

If the bird in the cage is your offering

Open the door and let me see

Though she trembled, she did as He asked her

And out of the cage the bird flew

Soaring up into the rafters

On a wing that had healed good as new

Just then the midnight bells rang out

And the little bird started to sing

A song that no words could recapture

Whose beauty was fit for a king

Now Maria felt blessed just to listen

To that cascade of notes sweet and long

As her offerings was lifted to heaven

By the very first nightingale's song

Robin

 

[justanothercowgirl]

 

[Voodoo]

Hey Rabbit, maybe if you make some Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies it will make you fell better

.

My Personal Favorite: Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies

1 cup of water

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp salt

1 cup of brown sugar

1 tsp lemon juice

4 large eggs

1 cup nuts

2 cups of dried fruit

1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila

Sample the Cuervo to check quality.

Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, being sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.

At this point it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup, just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Pick the frigging fruit off floor...

Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry lloose with a drewscriver.

Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add table.

Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off

the turner.

Finally, throw the bowl out, finish the Jose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

CHERRY MISTMAS!

 

[justanothercowgirl]

My Personal Favorite: Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies
1 cup of water

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp salt

1 cup of brown sugar

1 tsp lemon juice

4 large eggs

1 cup nuts

2 cups of dried fruit

1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila

Sample the Cuervo to check quality.

Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, being sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.

At this point it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup, just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Pick the frigging fruit off floor...

Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry lloose with a drewscriver.

Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add table.

Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off

the turner.

Finally, throw the bowl out, finish the Jose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

CHERRY MISTMAS!

Great! Now hubby wants to try making some of those!

 

[minimama]

I vaguely remember making some of those once...or was it twice......hmmmmm.....

 

[Farmhand]

Santa Baby

Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me

I've been an awful good girl/boy

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue

I'll wait up for you dear

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Think of all the fun I've missed

Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed

Next year I could be oh so good

If you'd check off my Christmas list

Boo doo bee doo

Santa honey, I wanna yacht and really that's

Not a lot

I've been an angel all year

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa cutie, there's one thing I really do need, the deed

To a platinum mine

Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, I'm filling my stocking with a duplex, and checks

Sign your 'X' on the line

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Come and trim my Christmas tree

With some decorations bought at Tiffany's

I really do believe in you

Let's see if you believe in me

Boo doo bee doo

Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring

I don't mean a phone

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight

 

[Equuisize]

A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS POEM

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,

I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.

My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,

My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,

Transforming the yard to a winter delight.

The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,

Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,

Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.

In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,

So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,

But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.

Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,

Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,

And I crept to the door just to see who was near.

Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,

A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A Soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,

Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.

Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,

Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,

"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!

Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,

You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift

Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts

To the window that danced with a warm fire's light.

Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,

I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."

"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,

That separates you from the darkest of times.

No one had to ask or beg or implore me,

I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me."

"My Gramps died at Pearl on a day in December,"

Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers.

My dad stood his watch in the jungles of Nam,

And now it is my turn and so, here I am."

"I've not seen my own son in more than a while,

But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile."

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,

The Red, White and Blue... an American flag.

"I can live through the cold and the being alone,

Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,

I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat."

"I can carry the weight of killing another,

Or lay down my life with my sister and brother,

Who stand at the front against any and all,

To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,

Your family is waiting, and I'll be all right."

"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,

"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?

It seems all too little for all that you've done,

For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,

"Just tell us you love us, and never forget

To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,

To stand your own watch, no matter how long."

"For when we come home, either standing or dead,

To know you remember we fought and we bled.

Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,

That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

 

[Russ]

Santa Baby

Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me

I've been an awful good girl/boy

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue

I'll wait up for you dear

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Think of all the fun I've missed

Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed

Next year I could be oh so good

If you'd check off my Christmas list

Boo doo bee doo

Santa honey, I wanna yacht and really that's

Not a lot

I've been an angel all year

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa cutie, there's one thing I really do need, the deed

To a platinum mine

Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, I'm filling my stocking with a duplex, and checks

Sign your 'X' on the line

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Come and trim my Christmas tree

With some decorations bought at Tiffany's

I really do believe in you

Let's see if you believe in me

Boo doo bee doo

Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring

I don't mean a phone

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight

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Oh yeah, this IS Fizzy's song.....can't ya just picture her singing it in a nice proper english accent

Maybe with just a added tish of Eartha Kitts style to bring on Christmas spirit.... sitting on a bale of hay in her favorite Queen Elizabeth ballroom gown.

Come on Fizz, get thee some mistle toe and frolic around your house and embrace the season.

I can hear what your thinking.....and I know what b*gger off means

In good conscience, I DON'T think the American country/western song of "Kiss This"...... and I don't mean on my ruby red lips is an appropriate Christmas song

So try again

Teasing ya!

Merry Christmas you jolly gal !!!

 

[Farmhand]

 

[Robin1]

Oh Equuisize you made be cry with that poem.

I'm not usually so emotional

, maybe its the season.

Robin

 

[rabbitsfizz]

OK let's get this out in the open

1) I do not have a DRESS let alone a ballgown

2) I do not know the words to half the songs and "Santa Baby" should be sung by Marilyn Monroe!!(who, last time I looked was not English, or even Welsh)

3) Mistletoe is protected by laws and, were I to cut it it would not be at Christmas

4) I also know what "B*gger Off" means

5) I do not drink, so cannot get drunk

6) We had our Christmas Party at Dog School last night- I am not at all sure what we are doing wrong, but we had over fifty dogs, their owners and what looked like half the county's children having a very good time in a very small hall- we had to do "Musical pieces of Cardboard"(as opposed to chairs) in three heats!!!- I had turned off all the radiators and we still had to open all the windows half an hour into the evening. They all seemed to be having a wonderful time so I got my own back by feeding loads of highly coloured junk food to their dogs and children alike, who will still be screaming across the ceilings and throwing up as we speak HA!! Now, if my co-presenter would just go away for a few weeks well earned holiday I bet I could get rid of half of them- they really do not like being told the dog has a higher IQ than they do (Yep, used that one on a collie owner!!) Although I am probably going to be taken out by a hit person from the Pet Food Mafia for telling them all that Puppy food is high priced junk, and getting them all on to a very good, low protein, balanced food - result is pups come down off the lamp shades and start paying attention to toilet training and owners alike!!

Anyway I now have enough left overs to feed the dogs for a week, and a headache that could play me a tune if I let it!! I also have back cramps from standing up and I have only just got out of bed.

I kept telling them to go home but the beggers were having so much fun they stuck around, then they had to keep kissing us and giving us cards and presents, which is nice but always chocolates and, Yes, you guessed it, I cannot eat Chocolate!!!

On the up side, the club gave me a nice crisp £50.00 note for Christmas (roughly $100.00) which made me feel a tiny bit jolly!!!

So, send me money and I'll cheer up (

I AM KIDDING!!!!!!

)

Added to which I have stopped taking the Valium for the back so it has settled back into it's groove.

Christmas is a blast.