iPad Air

Today I got my new iPad Air!  I ordered it Friday and was going to get it engraved, but that would have delayed it another week.  I couldn't wait.  Wow!  To finally get a brand new release...  

I bought my first iPad two months before the iPad 2 came out.  No camera, no HD, iOS 5.1.1 that can't be upgraded any more, it started crashing all the time, and was making me mad!  

No more anger.  No more angst.  I'm doing a happy dance!

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES...YUUUUMMMM

WHOA!  It's been two years...count 'em two.years. since I last posted (what a slacker, eh?). 

A couple of weeks ago, I got in the baking mood and decided to make ginger snaps (using Mom's recipe that Shoe posted:  Mom's Ginger Snaps ) and Tollhouse Chocolate chip cookies (I added pecans).  The snack master that I live with loved the Ginger Snaps but asked me to make some chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips.  What?!?! He wanted them with just pecans.  To the internet I go to find a pecan cookie recipe.  This is the one I tried and are they ever yummy!  I doubled the recipe because...hey...who wants to make only a dozen cookies (see # 3)?

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 chopped toasted pecans (see # 1.)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temp.
1/3 cup sugar with more for coating
1 teaspoon vanilla (that you made yourself)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour

1.  Preheat oven to 350.  On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes.  Let cool completely and chop.

2.  Using your handy dandy KitchenAid mixer, cream the butter (the recipe says electric mixer for a minute so adjust w/KA).  Add the sugar and cream until light, about a minute more.  Beat in the vanilla (I use more vanilla than called for because I LOVE! vanilla), salt and flour, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until the dough comes together.  Fold in pecans. I mixed the pecans in with the KA and it worked just fine.

3.  Separate the dough into 12 pieces, roll into balls, roll in sugar and place 3 inches apart on a baking sheet.

4.  Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (after the first one, dip the glass in the sugar so the cookies come away from the glass).

5.  Bake until golden brown about 15 minutes.  Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Sit back, grab yourself a cup of your favorite hot brew or a glass of milk and enjoy!

Here's the recipe link. I want to give proper credit to the cook:

Butter Pecan Cookies
 

MY.BRAND.NEW. . . BABY!

I went to Belen today and brought home . . . Gus! He'll end up with a billion other names!







Meeting Jack:

Ms. A's Favorite Band

I found this video ...> 5 minutes long...of a guy dancing to a song of Annette's favorite band, Foster the People.

Amazing Dance

35 Years With an Aussie

Today I let Rowdy "Bubba" Dog go to see Hank, Sally and Pew....

Romp with joy! Rest in peace.

'55 AND STILL ALIVE ! ! !

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!! LOOK WHAT I GOT BACK TODAY...

Oldies! "Red Green Yellow and Blue" by Dickie Lee

Holy Moly! I found this song on YouTube. I think it came out in 1968 and I've been looking for it since then. Something about it stuck in my mind all these years. Ain't the internet great?

WHOA ! ! ! NEW PAINT!

Jack went up to Chimayo to pay the guy for painting this car. Look at how amazing it is! Jack says it looks like glass. They put some of the emblems and trim on after it cured and now it's painted the true two-tone BelAir style. That is... what is above the chrome trim along the side is white and what's below is turquoise. Jack said that half of the car enthusiasts from Northern New Mexico came by the painter's house to take a gander at it.











here's the true trim below the gas tank door it never had but should have:

...AND I get V-8 trim below the taillights since it now has a V-8 engine...



I can't wait to get it back! The guy who's restoring it is taking it back to his house to start putting all the rest of the trim and interior back together. We have the seats in the garage that were upholstered with the original style fabric, so I hope to get it back in another couple of months...but who knows ? ! ? After 7+ years, it's hard to say.

WHAT THE . . . . SNOW ? ! ?

...Springtime in the Rockies! And on my birthday yet! Bratling remembered a snowstorm on my birthday when she was just a little girl. Here she is a grown up Little girl and it's happening again!

Rowdy and I took a walk when it was snowing the hardest. As I write, the sun it out!
A view from the back porch.



A short video:

A '55 RESTORATION UPDATE

From November 2009 after the dash was painted and all the new trim and knobs put on:



The trunk with all that primer:

I went up to Chimayo yesterday and he's the inside of the trunk painted the pure bright white it will be:

This is the inside of the trunk lid (if you couldn't figure that out!):

...and yours truly,

I was told that if the weather is calm on Tuesday and Wednesday, the rest will get painted. We are going with the true Bel Air two-tone with white above the trim (trunk and top) and turquoise below. The interior will be turquoise, too. We've gotten the interior already; it's made from the original style fabric, carpet and headliner. I'll post pictures of the seats that have been completed soon.

A NEW 'DO

YIKES! YIKES! YIKES! All my hair got chopped off today! ...and you can't see the platinum too much...

FORTY-SIX AND ABSOLOUTELY F*A*B*U*L*O*U*S !

YIKES! YIKES! YIKES! HEEEEERE'S THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

"YOU LIE!"

September 11, 2009

Wilson Shouts ‘You Lie' After Wife Fakes Orgasm

Breach of Congressional Decorum, Experts Say

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) courted controversy again today as he reportedly shouted "You lie" during a sexual encounter in which his wife pretended to have an orgasm.

While details of Rep. Wilson's latest outburst are sketchy at best, congressional experts say that it is totally against the decorum of the House of Representatives to speak out during a spouse's faked orgasm.

But the South Carolina congressman got a vote of support from a fellow Republican lawmaker, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who told reporters, "It's so rare for a Republican politician to have sex with his own wife, we should applaud it when it happens."

In a related story, President Obama said that Rep. Wilson's outburst during his speech Wednesday night was "productive," adding, "Joe Wilson highlighted the need for mental health care."

More Quilts...Thanks to Shelbert

Thank you, Michele, for bailing me out with your fine photography. My over excited brain caused me to forget to photograph this little girl's quilt. It received a second place ribbon.



...and this stack-n-whack style that used rose fabric earned another second place...
They had the quilts displayed so that it was difficult to shoot straight on...except the girl's quilt that was folded on a table with several others instead of hung up...what's with that !?!?

A Quilt for Mama-Lady, Part Deux

WooHoo! Another winner!



This one is Reserve Grand Champion (that means the second best quilt entered).


Yippee!


I WAS SO EXCITED, I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE OTHER TWO I ENTERED!

SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES

This is what's happening outside today:




As you can see from my first attempt at movie making...I'm not that great, so here are a couple of stills:



Here's what's happening inside the house.
On Sunday:


...and on Thursday:




I got the bulb several years ago from a friend for Christmas. This is the third time it's bloomed, so I guess I should put it in a bigger pot and give it more attention. Fortunately, it's been thriving on neglect!

SUSAN BOYLE - SCOTTISH SINGER

I couldn't figure out how to embed a YouTube video, but here's that site to see Susan Boyle on Britain's "You've got Talent":

HERE

US Naval Academy Performance

This is a pretty amazing demonstration!

Check it out... Here

Cake...High Altitude Style

Mmmm...homemade yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting...mmmmmm!

Spring Snowstorm

A while back, Izzy posted her story about the Snow Hill. I found it in my back yard being watched over by Cat.

We got about four inches of snow last night and today it is windy and cold (24)! I took Rowdy for a walk and the streets were icy. YIKES! It was wet snow when it started coming down and then got cold. All the streets and highways are icy.

The side yard in back.


The casita and barn.


I was worried about my apricot trees blooming. Now I don't need to worry anymore...


A little fir tree in the dog pen. I should decorate it for Christmas!