Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Last Photo





How much do I really love this new cat? Saturday evening he was intrigued by the dangling strap of my camera case and pulled it off of a 4 foot bar top onto a ceramic tile floor. The camera just couldn't take the shock. The second picture is the last photo I took with it. I really loved my "very small" Casio digital. From what I understand, to get it fixed would cost almost what a new one would cost. So, I am off to start my quest for a new digital camera. When we bought this one we were clueless. Now I at least know specific features I want. What is this last photo???? A new recipe I made for the 125th Anniversary celebration of First Presbyterian Church, Uvalde, TX. They are called Oreo Bites- and are very much like bonbons- with ground Oreos and cream cheese in the middle. We decided it would be very tasty to add a liqueur to the middle.
Here is the recipe:




OREO BITES


1 Pkg Oreos crushed (food processor is great)

1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

Cream together. (I used my mixer). Roll into small balls- the smaller they are, the more they make. Mine were about the size of a walnut. The made about 3 dozen. Chill the balls to make them firm.

Chocolate Bark - milk, dar, white.... I used the dipping chocolate that is melted in the microwave.

Melt the packages of chocolate bark. Dip the balls into one, then drizzle or decorate with the others.


Yield: approx. 3 dz. in 1- 1 1/2 hours.

They are really rich. I think it will probably have to be a special occasion for me to make them because of the time vs yield. Two batches took me about one movie to make.




I'm off to look at cameras! Any suggestions????

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Imperial Majesty Laura




Mo Ranch from the Chapel on the Hill



I tried the link Charla posted and received the title of Imperial Majesty Laura the Festive of Eschaton End, which sent me to find out what Eschaton means and I'm still not exactly sure. But one definition referred to the end of everything, so does Eschaton End mean the end of the end of everything which is then status quo because the end doesn't get started? My other question is, what is a Festive..... someone or something or just a state of being??? So, just to be on the safe side I decided to drop the second half of my newly acquired title and keep only the part I could relate to...... Imperial Majesty Laura. What are the chances I can convince Ray this is actually my new salutation. Good morning Imperial Majesty Laura or Have you fed the dogs, Imperial Majesty Laura or Are you cooking anything for supper Imperial Majesty Laura? Whadda ya think????


I just returned from 48 hours with 5 middle school aged youth at Mo Ranch Mid-Winter Youth Conference, can you tell? ....life is confusing at that age. It actually was a great conference. Probably 250 young people. The debriefing discussion on the way home was that the best part of the weekend was the social/mixer, the best part of worship were the songs, and the worst part of the weekend was that it wasn't long enough. We plan to return again next winter. For any who have never been to Mo Ranch, here is their website. Click on some of the pictures to get a feel for the place. It is awesome. www.moranch.com


Now for a few zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Good night