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Spring Revisited

March 15, 2011 by Shanna Hatfield

Because it is raining, the skies and gray and dreary, and I still haven’t recuperated from my time-change trauma, I am being a lazy slug today and giving you some links to previous spring posts. Enjoy!

1o Tips for Bringing Spring Home

Spring Party Ideas

Spring Makeovers

Feather Your Nest


Spring Entertaining Preparation

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Spring Ahead

March 14, 2011 by Shanna Hatfield

Yesterday I sat down to my computer and noticed the time was an hour off.

How could that be? The computer clock is always correct right down to the nano-second. Maybe in my still fuzzy-headed not-quite-awake state I was reading it wrong.

Nope, still an hour off.

So I wandered around the house and all other clocks read the right time. Hmmm.

Back to the computer where I decided I’d just change it. Silly machine. What was it thinking. Only it wouldn’t let me change anything.

Then all of the sudden a thought hit me. Could it be daylight savings time? Nah, way too early for that.

But a quick look online confirmed that yes indeed it was daylight savings time. Which confirms again my existence under a rosy-colored rock where I block out 96.7 percent of what is going on in the world at any given time.

I may have to lift the rock on occasion so I don’t do things like miss church completely when the time changes.

So as of today, hold me to it… no more hiding under my rock – at least for only 88.9 percent of the time.

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Lemon Cookies

March 11, 2011 by Shanna Hatfield

The other day I was in the mood to bake something light and lemony and these super easy cookies fit the bill. There are very few ingredients, take just minutes to bake and are finished beautifully with a dusting of powdered sugar. If you are looking for a simple cookie that just screams “springtime” give these a whirl. Your taste buds might do a little dance for joy!

Ingredients for super easy lemon cookies

Melt butter, then add eggs, cake mix and lemon juice.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet.

Ready for the oven.

Bake until cookies are just set - about 8 minutes.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar...

and Enjoy!

Lemon Cookies

1 box Betty Crocker Lemon Cake Mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 tsp. lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter then combine with remaining ingredients. Drop by onto a baking sheet and bake about eight minutes or until cookies are just set. Do not let them get brown because they will get hard and goodness knows lemon cookies should be soft and luscious. It’s a law written somewhere, I’m sure!

Remove from the oven and while warm, dust with powdered sugar. Sit back and enjoy!

See, I told you they were easy!

Happy Lemon Cookie Baking!

She Who is Desperate for Spring

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The Adventures of a Gypsy

March 10, 2011 by Shanna Hatfield

The other day I found this envelope in my mailbox. It was from my Daddy. (I’d stop right here and tell you how much I love Priority Mail envelopes, but I’ll save that for another day).

For his birthday in December, I begged and pleaded and whined with anyone who would listen to share stories, photos and memories  of my dad and assembled it all into a book for him. I think he liked it… at least a little bit. So that inspired him to start writing down his memories. He’s been keeping me faithfully updated every week on his progress. When I spoke with him Sunday, he said he was mailing me his “mess” to take a look at. So when the envelope arrived the other day, I certainly wasn’t expecting his memories to be all typed and categorized.

He decided to call his story “The Adventures of a Gypsy.” When he and my mom were young and crazy and newly married, they moved something like 17 times in 13 years. I’m glad I wasn’t around for all that excitement. My brothers and sister got in on all that fun. By the time I  arrived in the picture, they had firmly sunk their roots into the family farm where they lived for almost a decade before I was born, and still live today. The only move that has been made in the last 40 years was when they built a new house on the place and moved from the old farm house into the new one.

I have to tell you, when I sat down and started reading Daddy’s memories, I was surprised by all the stories I don’t remember ever hearing. He did a great job of providing details, dates, names, and he even added in pictures with descriptions. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have these memories, especially with Daddy’s handwritten notes. What little bit of a sense of humor I have, came from him and he was on a roll with his stories. I was laughing so hard, Captain Cavedweller stuck his nose out of his man cave to see what all the ruckus was about, then sat and laughed along with me.

Stories and memories are priceless. Truly they are. Especially when they come with photos like the one above attached. Goodness only knows what they were up to, but my dad would be the character on the right.

If you’ve thought about writing down your memories for your kids or grandkids, stop thinking about it and do it. They won’t care if you hand write them, type them, record them or put them on video. The important thing is to preserve them in some form.

I’m so glad my Daddy did.

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