T Stands for Tuesday & Merry Christmas & Cards

  Tuesday stands for T and Merry Christmas this week

This is where we share a drink related post with our T friends, you are most welcome to join us. Find link to our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth in my right hand column.

 First of all Merry Merry Christmas to all of you. 

Hubs and I don't have much family, especially down here in Missouri. Before retirement I just worked all of the holidays for the extra money (double time and a half was great at the time) but now that I am retired I have more time to  bake and cook up more of our favorite foods. 
    In the past we would invite friends over that did not have family like us, down here in Missouri not so much. 
    These past few years though we have gotten invited to holiday dinners by our friends with the big log home-so we are always very grateful, Thinking of baking up a fresh cranberry-blueberry pie with a nut crust to take over.

  Years ago I started one of our own traditions by making homemade tamales for Christmas Eve. I just finished up the first batch and invited one of our bachelor friends over. We eat around 2 pm now for our main meal.
   I also fried up a big skillet full of my own canned beans spiced up with salsa and peppers in adobo sauce-so good-these still need to get mashed up a bit.

  I have plenty so you are most welcome Big tossed salad for the side

I wanted to share two more lovely handmade Christmas cards I received in the mail this past week. 
    Thank you so much to the both of you-they are beautiful

The first one if from Erika-love those snowflakes

and this lovely card is from Eileen

One of my favorite homemade snacks is Chocolate Popcorn.-I don't remember if I had shared the recipe here or not-if any one wants it just mention in comments and I will post it.
   I had tried several recipes and most come out soggy-not this one-crunchy and wonderful just like the store bought gourmet ones

I gave out over half of this for gifts-I had made two batches of it-and froze the rest for later. Surprising that this freezes really well.

  I was so happy with my gluten free cut out cookies this year. Especially the gingerbread turned out so good. I cut out mostly Yellowstone animals and gingerbread boys and girls.

We got a nice surprise-a flock of wild turkeys eating and walking along the woods tree line-we hadn't seem them in awhile

For my beverage share I am sharing my eggnog again-This bottle is just about finished now

Happy T and Merry Christmas everyone!!