Old man Winter...

Winter really blew in today with a wet snow....we are actually supposed to get several more inches before the week is out.  It makes things seem more like Christmas coming as we are doing all the preparations though so I don't really mind.  It looks so pretty too...but it can all go away in January!!!

 It's time to make goodies too, so I was working on that today.  We had our annual Christmas muscial in church today and with all the Christmas songs, it put me in the mood to bake.  On the "Barefoot Contessa" I saw a fun recipe this week....

 She melted white chocolate, put a stick in it and added "goodies"...nuts, chopped dried fruit, etc. 

 It looked easy enough, and it really was as I melted the chocolate in the microwave, yet it took me all afternoon to make these.

 I usually make all from scratch but after watching Sandra Lee on the cooking channel too ("Semi-Homemade")  I used Pillsbury sugar cookies to make these (yes, I watch too much food channel) and cooled them in my outdoor refrigerator, ha! Don't worry, if I saw a flock of birds fly overhead, I'd move them!!

 Here are the results...

 Guess I will diet on January 1st!  Below is one of my co-workers, (dark clothes and hair front row ) Shay (click on link to see her pre-twins birth!) just lost 60 lb in 3 months!!  She has six children and lost it following the birth of twins two years ago....Congratulations...you look great girl!!  Behind her Judy, another co-worker and her twin sister (in white top front row) also did well.
-Ummhumm, as for me...hopefully, January.

I started to get wrapping done too, since I am in this festive mood....

I really enjoy doing it!!

Decorating too is done...

So all that is left to do is dream of Visions of Sugarplums in  a sleepy head!!