OOOooooeeeyyy Gooey...

I made these babies yesterday....ooooooooo they are so good, can't eat just one though!!!

12 ounce(s) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
11 1/2 ounce(s) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
6 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
3 eggs
1 cup(s) sugar
1/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 cup(s) chopped walnuts



Directions

In double boiler over hot water, melt bittersweet chocolate chips and butter. In large bowl with electric mixer or whisk, beat eggs and sugar until thick; stir into chocolate mixture. In small bowl, stir together flour and baking powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Gently mix in semi-sweet chocolate chips and walnuts. Using a sheet of plastic wrap, form dough into two logs, each 2 inches in diameter and about 12 inches long. As dough will be quite soft, use plastic wrape to hold dough in log shape. Wrap tightly; refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm. (Dough may be frozen; thaw in refrigerator before proceeding with recipe.) Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap dough; with sharp knife, cut into 3/4-inch slices. Place slices 1 1/2 inches apart on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until shiny crust forms on top but interior is still soft. Cool on baking sheet; store in airtight tin up to 1 week.

Ghirardelli Cooking choc is the best to use, they are fabu!!!!!!!!!

Lest we forget...

An amazing story

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/11/08/together-for-remembrance-sunday-the-last-of-the-tommies-a-little-girl-whose-father-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-in-iraq-115875-20879412/


An amazing man and a little girl...

Look at Billy BOB!!!!!!

I made "Billy Bob" for my sister, it was a felt kit and i just could not resist him!!!! Hes so cute, he will be winging his way to Edinburgh come Christmas time!!!!

Another card!!

For my Step Son-in-law, who loves Eric Clapton!!

please wear a poppy the lady said and held one forth, but i shook my head.
then i stopped and watched as she offered them there,
and her face was old and lined with care,
but beneath the scars the years had made there remained a smile that refused to fade.
a boy came whistling down the street,bouncing along on care-free feet.
his smile was full of joy and fun,lady, said he, may i have one?
when she's pinned it on he turned to say,why do we wear a poppy today?
the lady smiled in her wistful way and answered, this is remembrance day,
and the poppy there is the symbol, forthe gallant men who died in war,
and because they did, you and i are free,thats why we wear a poppy,
you see.i had a boy about your size,with golden hair and big blue eyes.
he loved to play and jump and shout,free as a bird he would race about.
as the years went by he learned and grewand became a man - as you will, too.
he was fine and strong, with a boyish smile,
but he'd seemed with us such a little while when war broke out and he went away.
i still remember his face that day when he smiled at me and said, goodbye,
i'll be back soon, mom, so please dont cry.but the war went on and he had to stay,
and all i could do was pray.his letters told of the awful night,
(i can see it still in my dreams at night),with the tanks and guns and cruel barbed wire,
and the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire.till at last, at last, the war was won-and thats why we wear a poppy my son.the small boy turned as if to go,the said, thanks lady, i'm glad to know.but your son- did he come back all right?a tear rolled down each faded cheek,she shook her head, but didn't speak.i slunk away in a sort of shame,and if you were me you'd have done the same,for our thanks, in giving,if oft delayed,thought for freedom was bought- and thousands paid!and so when we see a poppy worn,let us reflect on the burden borne,by those who gave their very all when asked to answer their country's call that we at home in peace might live.then wear a poppy! remember- and give.










PLEASE remember on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour.

My Sisters visit

My niece, My Sis and my darling hubby

The little papoose my niece and my Sister!!!

Oh how i miss her, she went back on Sept the 23 and my life has a hole in it!.

We hadn't seen each other in 18 years, due to some odd circumstance prob best forgotten and indeed i can't really remember what went on. Our Mum had just died and then she lost her oldest daughter to an accident and it just "happened". So after i had divorced and moved onwards i tried to locate both of them. I have never lost touch with my brother but i had not spoken to the sisters in years. He didn't even know where they where, we were fairly sure they still lived in Scotland but i had no way of knowing if they where still in Edinburgh or had moved on. I had moved on you see, i now lived in the US so i know they had no idea where i was. So with the advice of my hubby echoing in my ears i tried to locate them, i cant tell you how many hours i searched the Internet, keying in various forms of their name and their children's names but there would always be hoards of names like theirs and with money being tight the sites that wanted me to pay for the information would just have to keep it!!

BUT one day in 2007 i went to a UK site that i had been with since 03, i hadn't checked in quite a while so i keyed in her name and lo and behold there it was!!!!!!!!! My sister, absolutely it was her, the info she had put in there exactly matched her. So i sent an email to the site to send to her. I heard nothing back, so after a week i decided to key in my other sisters sons name, located him also, he was on there, so i emailed him and heard back that very night, i had found one of them at least!!!!!!!!!!! So that night i had found my nephew and he called his sis and told her you will never guess what has just happened..........then she emailed me also. I got her email, his email and her myspace. I can;t even begin to tell you how i felt, then i got their MSN messenger ims and started to talk to them. Then i chatted to my sister via her daughter cos she is not computer literate!! But i had found them, then i got my other Sister's MSN and i was talking to her also!!!!!!!!!!! It was the best day, we talked for hours exchanging news, they were so surprised that i was in the US, all the news and gossip from years and years!!!!!!


So fast forward to Sept, one of them was coming over with her youngest daughter to see me and my Darling hubby. When we saw each other at the airport it was one of the most emotional days of my life. There was one of my big sisters walking towards me!!!! and her daughter, who was tiny the last time i had seen her!! I burst into tears and just hugged her and hugged her, she hugged me back and could not believe it either!!!!!!!! It was like a slow motion dream and it was wonderful. The whole 3 weeks she was here we talked and talked and talked, we managed to fit in a road trip too!!! We took them to Arizona to Tombstone, ,The Petrified forest, Carlsbad Caverns, The Grand Canyon it has been her life's dream to see it and we obliged her!!!!!!!!!! I have not talked so much nor laughed so much in my whole life!! I miss them both dearly and hope they hurry back SOON.