I think it's time to dust the cobwebs off this blog.

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Thursday's Top Ten 3.23.11

What are your top ten favorite animals?

(stuffed edition)

meerkats

Meerkat Manor anyone?

pigs

they make cute noises and bacon is tasty

turkeys

my birthday is often on Thanksgiving and for some reason I relate to turkeys

monkeys

Grom is my monkey boy

seahorses

they are a funny funny creature

robins

duh

lamb

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." John 10:11

bears

so cuddly when they are tearing the roof off your car looking for food

lions

because I couldn't find a cute stuffed caterpillar

crabs

besides being tasty, they are the coolest animal with an exoskeleton

Thursday's Top Ten 3.17.11

What are your Top Ten favorite things that are green?

(veggies! - no particular order)

avocado - plain or guacamoled... delicious

grapes - when I was a kid I used to see how many I could cram in my mouth

cucumber - so crisp and refreshing

zucchini - always a yummy choice - saute with garlic

lettuce - can't go wrong with a salad

green beans - I try to think of them as healthy french fries

brocolli - look at me I'm a giant gobbling trees

spinach - iron packed and tasty

snow peas - always good in a stir-fry

green apples - sour granny smiths are the best

they don't last long in our house

Thursday's Top Ten 3.10.11

What are your Top Ten favorite flowers?

(in no particular order)

snapdragon - if you pull off a bloom and pinch, it's a talking flower

anthurium - in my wedding bouquet

proteus - they last forever, are very unique

and Surferman has given them to me for our anniversary

dahlia - just gorgeous and they grow in our yard

tulip - I'm almost half Dutch... need I say more

cherry blossoms - who doesn't smile when the trees are in bloom?

daffodil - I used to be able to get them for $.99 a bunch at TJ's

tuberose - I wore tuberose in my hair when Surferman and I got married.

Very fragrant... one stalk and any room smells great.

gardenia - whenever we went into San Francisco

my dad, sister & I would buy my mom a gardenia corsage

gladiolus - tall, colorful and long lasting

if Surferman was a flower, he might be a gladiola.

What's your favorite flower?

Cookies!

One of the fun things about having a blog is the fun opportunities that present themselves. This week we got to make cookies. I received a prize pack through My Blog Spark. It contained a package of Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix, a set of Gladware disposable storage containers and a gift card for Safeway Stores (we have Vons around here).

One day last week it was time to break out the fun.

The mix was easy enough... add some butter and an egg... and...

stir it up. I love the look on Grom's face as he supervises his buddy's turn at stiring.
Next time I'd use my Kitchen Aid. It would've been a little quicker.
And the little boys had some trouble getting all the butter incorporated.

I used my cookie scoop to portion it out. To get the kiddos involved, we added some M&M's. The Girlies did a great job of pushing the candies into the cookies.
A few M&M's got pushed into their mouths.

My sister has been decorating cookies with the girls.
Their cookies were cooked and they could eat them straight away.

It was a little hard to convince a 2 1/2 year old to wait 12 minutes
before they could enjoy their sweet treats.

It made a batch big enough to eat immediately,
give some away, and stash a few in the freezer for later.

These cookies Grom and Surferman took to our neighbor Connie.
She crashed her bike and broke her femur (ouch!).
We were hoping these would cheer her up.

So here are my thoughts on the products...

You don't see the Glad containers. They are in the freezer or fridge. They were put to use immediately. They sent the large size. It's a great size for leftovers and putting meals away in the freezer. They are inexpensive so I don't get upset when they get stuck in the freezer for a while.

The cookie mix was good. The mix sped up the cookie making process, which is important when your sous chefs are 2 1/2 and 6 year olds. We baked some sweet memories.

disclosure: I was given a prize pack by Safeway, Betty Crocker and Gladware through MyBlogSpark. My opinions however are my own and are independent of the BlogSpark.

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Can't explain why this made my list. Well... that's not true. It's totally vanity and that need to feel important or popular or something. I've been blogging a while, don't get a lot of comments, but I admit to not commenting on blogs very often myself. Watching my subscriber numbers gives me an idea that somebody is actually reading.

It's really silly. But thank you dear readers for helping me cross this one off my list.

#65 DONE! 2 down. 99 to go.