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MMMMMMM! Cookies!!!!

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Had a hankering for cookies and decided to try a no-bake recipe someone had found and posted to her Facebook after making a batch. After reading thru the comments I changed up the recipe a bit. I doubled the amount of peanut butter, reduced the sugar by half a cup and used semi-sweet chocolate morsels in place of the cocoa powder. I also added about 2 more cups of oatmeal. OH.MY.GODDESS!!! They are seriously yummy. Very, very rich and very, very yummy. These will be going into my GF repertoire for when I want a nice chewy, gooey cookie.

Thank the Ghodz it is Friday!!!!!!

It has been a long week and I am looking forward to a couple days of rest and relaxation (and lots of puttering around the house and possibly getting a start on a table top green house I want to build). I picked up a packet of Panang Curry Paste from A Taste of Thai when we were down in Lewiston shopping this last weekend. Made some chicken with it and coconut milk and served it over jasmine rice for dinner last night. YUM!!!!! The heat wasn't too much for the hubby, I only used a little less then a teaspoon. I'd picked up the coconut milk at the same time and next time we are down there, will look at getting the 96 ounce big can of it so I can save a few pennies on it. I can break it down into smaller containers and always have coconut milk on hand in the freezer. Going to attempt no bake chocolate peanut butter cookies this weekend, always on the lookout for gluten free anything.

Black & White challenge

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The newest challenge for my one photo group is Black & White, so I have been having fun: Break room: Monster dog: Lily kitty: Puppy and kitty own friends of mine.

Goose on the roof

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I've never seen a goose on a roof before, esp on the peak: Tried getting in closer so I wouldn't have to use my zoom at full, but he took off.

My grandmothers' hands

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I'm not sure when it happened, but I looked at my hands one day and realized they weren't my own anymore, they were my grandmothers': I'm not unhappy about it tho, I loved my grandmothers and have very fond memories of them and their hands. Hands that worked the soil, baked, cooked, caressed and brushed my hair. The hands of my Grandma Mabel as she handed me a baby chick to hold. My Grandmother Florence's hands as she tucked me into bed when I visited her and she handed me Little House on the Prairie to read. I look at my hands and I remember all these and more and am glad I have their hands since this means they aren't gone from my life. They are still with me in my hands.

Hmmmm, to enter or not to enter....

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There is an online photo contest that I have entered the last couple of years, but this year they are charging an entry fee. Okay, it is only about $16.00 (10 GBPs as they are located in England) and then I can enter up to 5 photos in each of the categories, so 50 photos in all. Have to think about it. Speaking of photos, joined another photo group and this one has a different prompt for every day of the week. Here is the photo I took this weekend for Monday's prompt Heat: Was cooking dinner Sunday night and pulled the frying pan off the burner, turned off the lights and started snapping. Came out pretty cool. Had a very laid back weekend, watched a lot of movies, started the 1st season of Stargate SG1 and puttered. I got two new fishies, a pair of Black Skirted Tetras. Was going to get a couple of Cherry Barbs, but the guy at the store said they liked to pick on other fish and I prefer to have pretty much all non-aggressives. I read up on Cherry Barbs later and found out

A very silly bird

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We have tons of pheasant in our neighborhood and they usually take off running when we hop in the car and drive towards them Not this guy: We almost hit him twice yesterday when he refused to move off the road. So when we got home last night I hopped out of the car, walked to about 5-6 feet from him and zoomed in my camera. This morning as we were driving out he was again right there on the road and I got a very close look at him. Looks like his tail feathers got chewed off. Not sure if he isn't very bright or what, but if he isn't careful Phoebe just might bag her very first pheasant.