A day in the Kitchen

It is common knowledge that I like to bake and "play" in the kitchen.  I don't get to do it as often as I would like, but Saturday was one of those days.  I made two batches of Banana Bread to take to the church, I made my mom some candied popcorn, and I made Tiramisu.  YUM. 

I had made it before, but never did it turn out this great. Yes I used a new recipe, but I think the real difference was in the Lady Fingers.  I used Delallo Savoiardi Lady Fingers imported from Italy.  I have trouble finding the lady finger biscuits like this around here, most of what I ind are soft lady fingers and too spongy.  These were perfect.  

I guess Kevin liked it ok..... 

This was an A+, my mom who does not typically like Tiramisu, did like it and asked that I make it for her next time she hosts her card group. 

4 months old

Today Mobi is 4 months old!   She is getting so big....she still wants to crawl into your lap.....

  

Here she is at Thanksgiving, not long after we got her...and in the same spot today:

 

You can see her feet are giant

Mobi and Stormy are good friends, and they play a lot together, but try to get them to sit beside each other and take a picture...well that is another story....

 

So how big is she really?  Here are the two girls stats....

	Age	Height	Weight
Stormy	6 yrs	24 inches	90 pounds
Mobi	4 months	23 inches	62 pounds

According to Great Dane growth charts she is right where she is supposed to be, and it really doesn't matter, we love her however she is. 

Mobi the lap dog

Mobi (at just about 4 months) is still trying to be a lap dog. Not sure how much longer she is going to be able to do this, but she looks forward to it every morning.

Christmas cards

Thanks everyone

Peanut Flip Review

When Kevin and I were in France for our Honeymoon (many many years ago....Ahhh how I long to go back to Europe (hopefully to Germany)...hint hint hint Kevin....)  we had Curly for the very first time.  I have blogged about Curly many times....I absolutely LOVE them.

I knew them as this:









When we were in Florida and visiting with Florian and his parents they brought me some. I was in heaven.  Finally we found some.....still made by Lorenz but called:







I was in love....YUM YUM YUM.    My favorite...

Then just the other day, we went to World Market.

 

So this is what I have learned, while the ones from Brentwood that we picked up at World Market were good, the original things from Lorenz from Germany are the absolute best!    They are so good, so peanutty, and crunchy just a great snack.   In a pinch, if I don't have any of the Lorenz and I happen to be close to a World Market (the nearest one is about 100 miles =160 KM) away, and they happened to have these, I would try it, but I would always want the original first. :)

New Ornaments

The other day, we got a really special gift in the mail.   It was from Florian and his family.   Some very beautiful wood ornaments.  This is only a small portion of the ones we received, but we took a picture of some hanging on the tree so you could see them: 

THANKS so much!

Peppermint Marshmallows

I found some peppermint marshmallows in the store, so I made some rice crispie treats....in the shape of Mickey Heads of course...

They were really good, a nice subtle minty flavor.  I looked for some more marshmallows...and couldn't find any, so I guess that means I must make my own....

Merry Christmas!

Bad Puppy

You may remember from an earlier post, that we had made a Ginger bread village with Caelum right after Thanksgiving.  It was beautiful:

 We put up a little table in the dining room, and placed it on the table.

Then one evening, we were quietly eating dinner in the Kitchen and Mobi disappeared.  Upon investigation, Kevin found her, with her feet up on this table, eating away.    

 An entire house is now missing....what terror that must of been for the tiny village people.  So sad

What happened to Mobi?  Well she got in big trouble and had to go to puppy jail:

Stormy wasn't really in jail with her this evening, and by the look of all the puppy toys on the floor you wouldn't really think it was too bad in jail. 

Puppy Cuteness

So sleepy....big yawn....

 Taking a nap....

 This sitting and being good is tough stuff....how much longer till Christmas?

Too Cute...enough said

Presents are wrapped

Finally, I got all the presents wrapped and under the tree....we don't have too many presents this year, so it isn't as full as usual, but when others bring gifts for Christmas afternoon there will be even more. 

Snow before Christmas

Just the other day I was emailing our "kids"  Nadine, Pauline, and Florian.  They had all asked if it was cold and if we had snow.  I had said, "nope, no snow here"  and then....well we got a little bit.  About 1- 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm).  Not too much, but it felt a little more Christmasy here. 

 The puppies love the snow, how fun to RUN and RUN and RUN

Today it should be about 45 degrees (7 C) and by Christmas Day it should be about 55 (12 C), so the snow certainly won't last long.