Joy List Monday
♥ a weekly reminder ♥
a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day
♥ forced paperwhites .. gardening in the winter
♥ a funny sent to me by a friend
she is going through her cookbooks and found this Elephant Stew
♥ blog friend requests .. Julia asked to see some more of our cookie decorating
♥ puzzle fun .. completing two 500 piece puzzles with our son when he visited over the weekend
♥ passing on the puzzles to loved ones to do next
Note.. my sister and husband and my parents completed the two puzzles above and passed them on to our family with instructions that when we were done to pass on.
♥ a photo of a friends door who has chalked the door
Note.. I did not know what chalking the door was all about, so I learned something new from my friends photo too.
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Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.
I love the puzzles and cookies. They are too cool to eat!
ReplyDeleteHow fun about doing the puzzles and passing them on. What a great idea. Love the funny recipe too. Happy New Week my friend. xoxo Kris
ReplyDeleteWhat a joyful post. I have a confession to make, I never forced Paperwhites. Such a nice way to bring beauty in the home during the long days of winter.
ReplyDeleteAwe, thanks for showing us the cookies your family decorated for Christmas. They are lovely. We can see a lot of love went into decorating the cookies.
I love doing puzzle and involving members of the family. Such a nice passtime.
We are having freezing rain falling in pellets. A great time to declutter a section of my husband's junk storage cupboard.
Take care and have a great week.
Hugs,
Julia
We usually chalk my front entrance door. It is very symbolic.
Your cookies are so adorable! WOW! I've tried to decorate them but never this elaborate! Love the elephant recipe too. Oh...and the Buck DOES have scars on his back. I was going to get my son's opinion. They are evenly spaced not like another Buck would make. I wonder if he had a bear encounter. What do you think? Hugs, Diane
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to pass on puzzles! Thanks for the funny and those cookies look so delish! Janice
ReplyDeleteThat recipe is funny. Love the flower. Also the cookies are really cute and I love the puzzle. The bear puzzle is awesome too. I don't know anything about chalking the door. Take care, Debby
ReplyDeleteIt's a great idea to pass on puzzles! I don't know what chalking the door is either. I'm going to be googling that next. :) Your cookie decorating skills are fantastic! I miss paper whites. What a good idea!
ReplyDeleteYour decorated cookies are wonderful, Carla. They look so Yummy. Is that like a chalkboard on your friend's door, very creative. Wow, the air balloon puzzle your son put together looks great! It's such a fun hobby. I gave Francesca a jolly Santa one, but there were so many pieces, and a little too advanced for her right now. What a cute recipe for Elephant Stew. I really enjoy your "joy list" posts, Carla. Thanks for sharing them from time to time. : )
ReplyDelete~Sheri
Well, now I'll Google about chalking a door!
ReplyDeleteAnd the elephant stew...yum. okay maybe not so yum. But, I will bet someone who tried it says it tastes like chicken?!!😉
What a fun puzzle (the one with the hot air balloons). And now I have to Google what chalking a door means. I've never heard that expression, but the picture is very pretty.
ReplyDelete"...this should take about two months"...so funny!! And now I'm off to find out what chalking the door is...you might have to write another post to explain!! xo
ReplyDeleteWell someone planted (I guess) paperwhites out by our poolside retaining wall, and you won't believe but during our arctic blast of December 23/24 IT WAS BLOOMING. No kidding it was trying to stand there in those sub-zero blasts of wind. The next time I looked, it was drooped dead over the wall. But it will come back. Your cookies are GORGEOUS and I hate jigsaw puzzles but I am alone in that. My mother loved therm and so does TG! xoxo
ReplyDelete"Hare in the stew"! Too funny!
ReplyDeleteLove the hot air balloon shaped puzzle! Very neat!