Rice Pudding

We only get it once a year. That's what makes it so delicious. It's a long standing Abel Christmas tradition. Mom makes it for Christmas Day dessert. An almond is hidden inside the pudding (two almonds now, accommodating for the large numbers) and the person(s) who get the almond receive a prize. There is simply nothing better than my mom's rice pudding topped with warm raspberry sauce!


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Christmas is coming...

...the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the old man's hat...

Well, I don't have a goose myself, but I imagine there are fat geese out there. I'm also not planning to put a penny in anyone's hat. Given today's economy, a penny wouldn't do anyone any good anyway.

My sister and I finally got out tree up along with a few (a very few) other festive directions. Christmas is next week. I can hardly believe it. Every year seems to go by faster than the preceding year.





I am grateful for all we celebrate at this time of the year. It is a wonderful thing that we can celebrate the birth of the Savior of the world with the people we live.





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Happy Thanksgiving

Here are a few people I am thankful for. I wish everyone could have here.


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Brrr!!!

It's awfully cold. We have January temperatures in November, before Thanksgiving no less.



This was the temperature reading in my car this morning.


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Blizzard!

I hate this weather.



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Dear Friends,

I deactivated my Facebook account today.

Sincerely,

Kirsten

Curses!!

It's a good thing I'm the punctual sort. This morning as I was leaving for a meeting, I was met with a foot of that cursed white stuff in my driveway. The snow plows that come through the neighborhood are fond of plowing it in such a way that it blocks the driveway. So, I was blocked in not only by the poor plowing job but also by the foot of snow there. Thanks to the help of my good neighbor, my side of the driveway was cleared off and I made it on time to my meeting.





When I came home from my meeting, both sides of the driveway were cleared but the snow shovelers had put the snow from my sister's side of the driveway on the street at the end so that it would be nearly impossible for her to get into the garage. I spent a few minutes clearing it so she can get in.

I'm just thankful my shoulder works well enough that I can shovel snow because I can't remember the last time we had this much snow before Thanksgiving.


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