Baby It's Cold Outside!

Don't you think it's a little early in the year for this?

The temperature this morning.

Not good for my roses.

Sunday Sayings

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."  William Arthur Ward

Brittle

Have you ever made peanut brittle?  It's pretty easy and sooo yummy.

It does have a few calories.

But it's totally worth it.

Bag it up in a nice little cellophane bag, tie a cute ribbon around it, and you've got a great gift

for a neighbor or friend.

Nut Brittle

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp light corn syrup

2 cups peanuts (or any nuts will do)

Melt butter in a large, heavy pan over high heat.  Add the rest of the

ingredients and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly

until the temperature reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer.

Quickly pour candy on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet (with sides).

Let cool then break apart.

Happy Halloween 2011

Hope your Halloween has been as fun as ours!

Sunday Sayings

"They say that age is all in your mind.  The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body."  Anonymous

In the Mood

It's been a busy week here at Mimi's Cottage.  I had a mountain of laundry to do after our fun trip plus when you take a trailer half way across the country it needs a little TLC when you get home.

Unpacking a suitcase is easy compared to unpacking an 8' X 26' fifth wheel.

Not to mention the inch of dust on every single surface of our little cottage.

Not even complaining.  It was so worth the effort, we loved every minute of it.

Tomorrow is the deadline for turning in our projects for the boutique that's at the Festival of Trees.

I'm on the Kids Korner committee and we all are asked to turn in ten projects that could be sold at the Festival.  (It's a charity event for Primary Children's Hospital held on the first weekend of December at the Expo Center in Salt Lake City.)  So of course I should have had these all done last April but I left it to the very. last. minute.  

I made a little forest of trees.  Got the inspiration over at Under My Polka Dot Umbrella. 

When we got home I was totally surprised that I still had some produce in my unwatered garden.

So daughter #1 and I made a few batches of pepper jelly.

Blogger, you shouldn't start drinking so early in the morning!

You're loading my pictures out of order!

When we got home our beautiful tree was all decked out in it's fall outfit

which got me in the mood to do a little Halloween decorating.

I was just going to put a couple of things out...

But when the bins came out I went a little crazy. 

What a surprise.

Four days to enjoy it then back in the bins it all goes.

Can you get jet lag if you don't drive faster than 65 mph?

Sunday Sayings

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."  Jane Austen