Coffee anyone ?

[RollingAcres]

Happy Veteran's Day to all our Veterans! Thank you for your service.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

And this is the first we hear of this visit from Mom?

Alaskan mentioned that a last minute phone call was received that Mom was coming for a stay...if I recall correctly. Don’t remember which thread it was posted on though.

 

[Alaskan]

And this is the first we hear of this visit from Mom?

Alaskan mentioned that a last minute phone call was received that Mom was coming for a stay...if I recall correctly. Don’t remember which thread it was posted on though.

Yep... my mom called, said I finally finished with cleaning out the office (his office at the university) and today I finally finished the taxes (she had filed an extension) so I guess that means I could come visit. It is OK if I take the first available flight?

I said sure... she had to wait 4 days to fly out.... anyway.

I was busy while she was here, she hadn't been up for 3 or 4 years, and the last 2 times my dad was already sick... so the visits were mostly focused on caring for him.

So this was the first time in years that she had seen some of my kids (except for the funeral), and definitely the first time in years that she got to spend time with them.

 

[Bruce]

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Glad the visit was enjoyable!!

 

[Alaskan]

Yep... it was nice.

My folks used to spend Christmas with us before my dad got sick... but my mom said nah... she us thinking of coming up for 5 months starting in June-ish.

Probably best... less risk of hip breakage with zero ice.. .. but I will miss having her for Christmas.

 

[promiseacres]

show went well. was home yesterday with a migraine. fortunately feel better today.
coffee is on!

 

[RollingAcres]

@Alaskan glad to hear your mom's visit was nice. It would be nice for her to spend a few months with you come June.

@promiseacres sorry you had a migraine but glad that you're better today. Hopefully it's completely gone by now.

 

[RollingAcres]

So last year for Christmas I did mostly homemade gifts for my step children (grown adults + their significant others). I made them mason jar cookie mixes, cookies, their favorite cookie dough for baking at a later time, and got them little things like mason jar candle holders & ornaments.

I'm thinking about doing some type of mason jar mixes again for this year. Does anyone have a good recipe for those mixes?

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I don’t have recipes but I have seen soup mixes and brownie mixes in Mason jars before. Thinking I may have a cookbook with mason jar recipes. I’ll look in a bit!