Big Sissy's Christmas Wish List

In no particular order...

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Yep; that's a pig.  We live in the city.  In a residential neighborhood.  It may just as well have been a hippopotamus; odds for each are equally likely, nil.

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 Why does a 13 yr. old need a cell phone, really?

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I really have no opposition to this gift aside from the fact that she hates to read.  I hate to admit it, but it's true.  I can't even pay her to read in the summer.  When asked, "why a Nook?" she responded, "so I can play games on it."  Gasp.

Folks, I'm just not ready for her in make up.  Especially curious as to why she wants one of these huge color pallets.  I'm envisioning images of Tammy Faye & Bozo the Clown.  Pray she keeps within reason.

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Apparently this trapper's hat/scarf/mitten concoction is all the rage.  It also comes with a pretty hefty price tag of around $130.  Did I mention we live in Texas?  We may get four cold days all season.

And lastly...

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The Jersey cow made it, most recently, on her list of wants.  This list, obviously, does not take budget and/or city zoning & ordinances into consideration.

Does anyone else have a teen whose list is as absurd as this one?  Definitely not made it easy on us this year.

At least little sissy was easy to buy for.

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A sweet little kitchen set is always fun for little ones.

I love vintage sodas!  I tried my first Cheerwine some weeks back and thought I'd share a pic I snapped before I cracked the bottle open.

  My daughter shares an equal love for vintage sodas and we always look for 'em when we're on the road.  This Thanksgiving trip was no exception.  Unfortunately, we didn't find a single vintage or unique soda.  It used to be that we'd find a Frostie soda here and there, but the most unique soda we find nowadays is a RC Cola (which is fine-my Great Grandpa ran a factory in his heyday and we grew up loving them).  Our local Cracker Barrel had this Cheerwine along with some other retro sodas.

What's your favorite pop from the past?

Orange Fluff Salad

Big Sissy brought home a recipe from her Great Grandma this past weekend.  She was anxious to try it and so we went to the store to buy ingredients to make it last night.  It's so yummy, creamy with bright orange flavor.

Ingredients
1 (12 oz.) container whipped topping (we bought an 8 oz. container)
1 (24 oz.) container small curd cottage cheese, (we bought a 16 oz. container)
1 (6 oz.) pkg.  or 2 (3 oz. pkgs.) orange flavored Jell-O gelatin
2 (11 oz.) cans mandarin oranges, drained (we only bought one)
1 small can crushed pineapple, well drained
1 cup  finely chopped nut meats or shredded coconut, optional

Put whipped topping in a large mixing bowl and add orange flavored gelatin; stir well.  Add cottage cheese and drained fruits, mixing all well.  You may serve right away or refrigerate to let flavors develop.

*As you may well have noticed in our little captions, we used different measurements, this was not intentional.  Maybe the recipe was written in a time when some products came with a little more to 'em (I can hardly believe that they'd sell an 8 oz. and 12 oz. Cool-whip being that they're so close in measure).  Other ingredients do come in larger quantity; this was just our shopping faux pas.

Is it even fair to come down with a stomach bug the week of Thanksgiving?  I'm thinking not.  I'm hoping I work my way back up to an appetite by Thursday.  We will see.  Here's hoping that your holidays don't run into such "bumps in the road."

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