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The Fairy House

The girls and I took a little excursion to the Beehive Bazaar the other day. I should have taken about a thousand pictures, but I was completely enthralled by one little booth with all kinds of fairy type stuff…so I didn’t.

Well that, and I forgot my camera.

Of course a little brown tree stump fairy house with a purple roof sort of jumped out…

and landed in my arms.

And I have big plans for this little thing. After I clean up the strawberry patch and set the little cottage smack dab in the middle of it all, I’m going to scatter little bits of colored yarn scraps all around.

I’ve heard that little birds love yarn scraps and will pluck them out and carry them away to pretty-up their nests. Clever little things.

But I’ve also heard that bright colors…

attract…

fairies.

Hee hee…

OoooOooh…look. It’s working.

Baaa!

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Mother’s Day Love

Mother’s Day, in this neck of the woods–was filled with so many wonderful things, from each of those incredible people that I love…with all my heart. First, my darlings–whisked us all away to a vacation home in Park City to spend the weekend–Heavenly!! More about that…soon.

But the other gifts of love seemed to just keep coming.

Flowers–this mother loves flowers, and so they even came in my favorite color.

This gorgeous Willow Tree figurine called “Happiness.” Who wouldn’t be happy with sweet little birdies following you around?

The manuscript of my very first book–retyped into the computer and all ready to publish on Kindle–very soon. I’m SOooo excited!

A beautiful fairy flower wind chime to hang on my bed–because wind chimes sound like fairies to me. And perhaps you already know how I feel about fairies.

A Thor doll. Wow. I’m totally in love with him. Thor. The real one.

Pink mini roses, to go in between the two big bushes outside my bedroom window…as they should, so I can see them every day.

Blueberry everything because blueberry is the best, and a gift card to see the Avengers with someone who hasn’t already seen it…if there is anyone.

Lastly, a Skype call with my sweet faraway boy in Siberia.

There has never been a better day!

What a wonderful world it is to be surrounded by the ones I love, not only because they are mine-mine-mine, but also because they are and have always been my very best and dearest friends. Oh, I am so blessed!

I hope your Mother’s Day was the best kind of beautiful my friends. :}

Thanks April, Jacob, Lyndi, Nate, Jillian, Josh, Dane, Kortney, Emily and Rhen. I love you.

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{ Mothers }

“Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children which have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; That she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.”

Happy Mother’s Day my friends!

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Rootbeer Float Cookies

Now, I must admit, we aren’t very big on carbonated drinks at our place. Once the kids got started in sports and their coaches advised them to lay off the soda–it worked for all of us. In fact, some of my younger ones thought that anything with that fizz was a “hot drink.”

That said, if I had to confess, I’d tell you that every now and then I get a huge craving for Fresca–that I resist with all my might. But my one summer naughtiness is to buy one–only one 2 liter bottle of A&W Rootbeer and squeeze as many floats as humanly possible from it. Then I can move on.

But then we found and tweaked this lovely piece of work. It’s positively like drinking a Rootbeer Float…without the mug. Sort of. Well, that and it’s a cookie.

Dang good at any rate.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1-1/2 tsp. root beer extract
4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt                                                                                                                                                              12 oz. white chocolate chips


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.
Combine dry ingredients; slowly add to creamed mixture. Add chips and mix well.
Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
3 Tbsp. milk
2 tsps. root beer extract

In a mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth.
Frost cooled cookies.

 

Rootbeer Float Cookies
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1-1/2 tsp. root beer extract
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt 12 oz. white chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  4. Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.
  5. Combine dry ingredients; slowly add to creamed mixture.
  6. Add chips and mix well.
  7. Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.
  8. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
  9. Remove to wire racks to cool.
  10. Frosting:
  11. cups powdered sugar
  12. /4 cup butter, softened
  13. Tbsp. milk
  14. tsps. root beer extract
  15. In a mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth.
  16. Frost cooled cookies.