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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Random Monday


It rained this morning. 
 The raindrops left on the bushes outside my kitchen window were amazing!


I had to snap a few photos.  So pretty!


I have a cookie order.  Wedding favors.  300 heart shaped cookies.
That's 25 dozen.  I got 7 dozen baked and in the freezer today.
I'll repeat that tomorrow...and the next day. :)


I noticed Marmalade was doing security patrol on the roof again.


Then I noticed that Charcoal must have been learning the ropes!


It's always a safe feeling to know that the cats are on security duty!
I wonder what the neighbors think!  hahahaha!

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  1. wow, thats a lot of cookies!!!
    I love your securtity system!

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  2. ooops, that would security,, I think! ha ha

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  3. I loved your rolling pin this is the best! I have a wooden pin.
    Wow how many cookies, absolutely nice,
    I have to make a cake for next Saturday, cakes is the thing I have more order!
    Love the cats pictures, thet love the roof!!

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    1. thank, gloria, You know, I got that rolling pin for a wedding gift It's one of the few things I liked enough to keep all these years! I love how heavy it is...it does all the work for you.
      You should post your cake orders...I'd love to see them!

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    2. Oh Betsy never think in post my cakes I dont know why, maybe the next If I have time, always Im hurry with the cakes.To be fresh I made all in the last days only the sponge I make the night before:)

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    3. To dinner I made a dessert the kids loved is pears with chocolate cream is so easy and nice, My mom always made us when we were little:)

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    4. You wouldn't have to do the whole post and recipe...just a picture on your sidebar and that it was for an order. That would be fun!

      pears and chocolate...oh, yum! That sounds really good. I love fruit and chocolate together!

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    5. Nice idea betsy only hope remember to take a picture, I will put the side bar your wall ha,ha,
      You know in facebook the wall where all put messages. I have facebook but dont use, I dont have time.

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    6. hahaha...yes, your sidebar is for me. lol. And I do love all the things you post there.

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    7. I don't do facebook either...it's never appealed to me. The blog is more fun and I don't have time for both!

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    8. yes I prefer blog too and dont havr time to both but still have the face to receive sometimes messages.xx

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    9. I signed up for facebook just so I could get into pinterest...and then I haven't had the time to do anything with that, either! ha.

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  4. dew drops on kittens...
    bright shiny mittens....hahaha...I'm giving up the rhyme...
    It just isn't my time....

    can't wait to see the finished cookies...

    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

    no rain here....NOW we need rain again...

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    1. I think you meant raindrops on roses
      and whiskers on kittens.
      lol :)

      I'll send some rain up there to you!

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    2. yeah.....that is exactly what I meant!!!!
      It's been a longtime for that song....my kids are BIG!!!
      Thanks for the rain.....when, exactly??

      Linda

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    3. I love that song...I think I'll do a page of those lyrics. That would be a lot of fun...and I love all of those things, too!

      rain...um...shall I do an Indian rain dance? I do have Cherokee blood in me. hahahaha.

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  5. Love the cookie dough picture. Now I'm totally hungry ;) LOL

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    1. I was good...only ate one! haha...had to make sure they tasted good, right? ;)

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    2. Of course, all I had to do was think of a numb stretchy tongue
      and my appetite was all gone.
      hahahaha!

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    3. haha see the cat helping once more
      Thanks to his shore

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    4. yeah, you're so sweet
      to look after me.
      lol.

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  6. Tons of cookies I will say
    That you have to bake at your bay
    And of course love the patrol
    As they go for a stroll
    It is quite funny to see
    I'm sure they would make any robber flee

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    1. I love the patrol, too!
      It makes me laugh at my zoo.
      Do the cats at nanny's do that
      at that other flat?

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    2. They are all indoor ones
      So no outside runs
      Although maybe a few should get pushed out the door
      That would make Orlin happy when he went to that shore

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    3. maybe Orlin will do that this weekend there,
      jump on the roof and call "Pat, come back here!"
      lol.....

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    4. LOL I would if I were him
      Staying with 12 cats would be quite grim

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    5. aw...they will sleep wrapped around your neck
      when you come back.
      Might not let you out of their sight
      after an unsupervised visit for days and nights.
      lol.

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  7. Holy Cow! That IS a lot of cookies!

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    1. I know...haha...one for each wedding guest. Next week is the decorating...much more tedious than the baking! haha.

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  8. Beautiful rain shots! I don't envy you making all the cookies!

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    1. I know..the cookies aren't bad if you pace yourself. I'm giving myself 2 weeks to do it all. If I'm pressed for time, it's just horrible and stressful...and everyone runs out of clean socks....and starves. lol....

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  9. love those raindrops! it rained here as well (the gentle kind, perfect for the newly seeded grass) but I didn't do anything fun like cookies. just a mountains of laundry and painting, painting, painting. very boring and hum-drum but I will be ever so happy when it's finished.:)

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    1. what are you painting? Did you already tell me?

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    2. don't think so but I'm painting our kitchen cabinets. I know, kinda crazy but they were way too dark and it drove me nuts so I decided to change it! ha

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    3. Oooh...I don't think that is crazy at all! How fun! I hope you're taking before and after photos! ;)

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    4. I'll be happy to share an after, and I'm sure theres a before somewhere in the archives. :)

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    5. Atrium White by Benjamin Moore takes the place of the previous dark stain. Yikes! Dark work spaces just don't work for me! My husband and kids all approve of the new bright look :)

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    6. oh, that sounds beautiful! I have white cabinets...it makes for a very bright, wide open feel in the kitchen! Have you lived there long?

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    7. we moved in May of 2006. I loved the kitchen I had before, now I'm working on this one so I can love IT too :)ha

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    8. The first thing I want to do after we get Taylor out of college is to gut the entire kitchen. :)

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    9. oh that sounds like fun! after all the dirt I mean. :) We did that at our other house, wow, what a mess! From May to August I did the dishes in the laundry tub. :)

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    10. Oh, I know...it will be horrible...and then wonderful! ha. But I can't wait. We have duck tape holding some things together! haha.

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  10. Bless your heart for making all those cookies...that would do me in, but baking is not a hobby of mine. But I am more than happy to eat them. Do you have to decorate them too? Yikes, I can see why you start early! Your cats always crack me up...thank you for that!

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    1. yes...fancy decorated icing...lacy scallops, etc. But decorating will be next week. :)

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  11. The security patrol would surely be the best to catch "cat burglars". :) Sorry, couldn't help myself.
    That is a lot of baking to do. I love the rainy day and drops of rain on your flowers. Perfect.

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    1. LOL! Now, look who is so witty tonight! hahaha!

      It was the perfect rain...soft and slow :)

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  12. ha...nice on the security patrol...our cats have yet to figure out the roof but they get in the eaves of the porch all the time...and its raining now, and we made cookies tonight....

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    1. rain and cookies, huh. If you had chicken for dinner, I'm going to start humming The Twighlight Zone music. ....smiles... ha.

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  13. Fantastic photograph, drops of rain on leaves are wonderful. I am greeting

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    1. thanks zielonamila! Not photoshop fake out of focus stuff either...that's just how it came out naturally! :)

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  14. Do you need a taste tester for those cookies? Like your security system!!!!!

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    1. If it's you, yes! Please come down and taste test cookies. I'll make a fresh pot of coffee! :)

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  16. I know while you are safely guarded, your kitchen is smelling heavenly!! ;) blessings ~ Tanna

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  17. what? No recipe for the cookies???? Scandal, scandal I SAY!

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    1. Well, look who showed up at the zoo!
      No recipe...I just wanted to torture you. :)

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  18. :-) I love your security cats! Good luck with all those cookies...

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    1. thanks, janice. :) I'm covered in flour as we speak! ha.

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    2. ha! Im sure you look so nice with all the flour in you LOL ha!
      When I baking ALWAYS ring the phone and you can image how is:))
      Smell so good

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    3. Betsy Dez have reason maybe in the future you can post the recipe of your cookies would be nice!

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    4. haha...well, I keep washing my hands so I can see what came by email or comment! lol.

      I should have known Dez had alterior motives! hahaha.

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    5. yes? Dez love cooking I know! (take care the cookies)LOL

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    6. ok...guarding the cookies! haha...maybe the cats will tell me if they see Dez coming! lol.

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    7. Thanks dear Betsy yiou arE so sweet but you know LOL

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  19. I don't come here enough. Not because I don't want to - I just haven't been around much. Time has not allowed. Your Monday was fabulous, your photos superb and we all know how cats feel about their territory! Wonderful cookies - made with love for love.

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  20. Betsy when you can come to my blog I back I made my first recipe after the break:))

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  21. Love the raindrops on the leaves! And love the cat on a hot tin roof : )

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  22. The cats on the roof are cute and fun.;) Hope your baking went well.;) And there is noting more refreshing as a spring rain.;) Have a happy mid-week dear Betsy,
    xoxo

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  23. awwwww...cat tails! what sweet things you see around you.

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  24. Kitties on patrol are the best! Yay!

    Awww your cookies look adorable! take care
    x

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  25. Awesome photos, you always seem to catch the coolest poses. I'm lucky if I get the cats to sit long enough looking at me for the pic lol just love the pic of marmalade walking across the roof. And the thought of all those cookies just made me hungry:)

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  26. If you have a snake, the cats will get it. Kudos to them!

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