how about drinking?

More 8 Maids a Milking

• 2 parts gin (we used Wallflower gin)
• 1 part creme de cacao
• 1 part green chartreuse
• 1/2 part orange juice
• 1/2 part lime juice
• 1/4 part simple syrup
• 1 egg
• Fee Brother's Black Walnut bitters
• martini glass

Combine all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and dry shake it for at least 20 seconds. Add ice and shake until cold. Double strain into a martini glass and top with grated zest and chocolate shavings.

DOTD, another red blend, not sweet enough.

I think we have some Kenny Loggins fans here. One of my favorite comtemporary holiday songs and came across this tonight on YouTube and just wow. I have seen him in concert several times and seen him do these blow away performances, but this one with the sax (especially the call and answer) is just wow. Enjoy!

OMG Jazzy - absolutely just wow. Thanks

Nothing to report on my end, quiet here, been doing a little in the garden, I'm able to grow a few things during the winter. I have some lettuce and kale growing.

BG, Better Than Sex, always a hit. My neighbor who just passed says to me when I brought it over and told him the name, I dunno about that! Well after he had some, he agreed! Mind you he's in his 90's! I put raspberries on the last one I did, that was good.

NM, my students were SMI (severely mentally impaired), we had just the one classroom in that school, they called it an out center. Our school had it's own school, but they took a few classrooms and put them in other schools so our kids could interact. The "at risk" kids actually came in our room to help. We would get a different group of kids each time classes changed. It made those at risk kids feel very worthy and proud of themselves, and our kids loved it of course. Good deal on your mom purging things, I could never get my mom that point. I would just throw stuff out without her knowing it!

JCS, Happy Anniversary to you and DH. As for the support here, I couldn't agree more. As you can see, I have been here since 2008. I just can't bring myself to leave my friends here. Altho friends on FB with several gals I met here, the ones that don't post anymore (here) I hardly ever talk to.

Cami, I think the Post Gremlin gets you the most! OMG, I saw Joey's picture. Where does he get his size from? That kid is a Gentle Giant for sure.

Jazzy, I must say....you treat yourself well! I looked last night for planets as it was clear, saw nothing. I'll try again tonight.

NM, another thing with this virus is the fact that you can have it and still test negative. Then in a week or so, test positive. Had that happen to family friend who is in a long term care facility, only in his 50's but had a stroke. He was saying how horrible he was feeling and his lungs felt like they were on fire. Said he had been tested and was negative, well that didn't last long. He ended up in the hospital and had to be intubated. I hadn't noticed the "Green Chartreuse", quite interesting actually.

9 Ladies Dancing

• 2 parts pomegranate tequila
• 1 part amaretto
• 1/2 part lime
• bar spoon of Campari

Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker over ice. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Serve with a cute lime twist.

Green Chartreuse is the only liqueur in the world with a completely natural green colour

It is powerful and unique.

Only two Chartreuse monks know the identity of the 130 plants, how to blend them and how to distill them into this world famous liqueur. They are also the only ones who know which plants they have to macerate to produce the natural green and yellow colours. And they alone supervise the slow ageing in oak casks.

• Ingredients : alcohol, sugar, 130 plants and flowers.
• Alcohol content : 55% (110° proof US)
• Presentation : Packaged in a traditional Chartreuse liqueur bottle. Very elegant with the embossed seal of La Grande Chartreuse.
• How to drink it : To bring out all its flavour, it should be consumed very cold, even on the rocks. Traditionally considered an after dinner drink, Chartreuse is more and more being enjoyed as a long drink.

Discover here how Chartreuse is made to-day !

Mornin ladies,

I just have to poop in here it's gotten all confusing to me.

I know I saw the recipe for it's better than sex but can u print it again. I do think I know what it is, but not quite sure. And if it's the one I think it is I want to make it.

Kim I'm confused here about ur hrs for this week and next week. Karen I think I have urs down pretty well

Lori I hope u just have 1 trip this week for Drs. BTW were u supposed to have company this week??? I've been getting confused now.

My kids aren't going to Marty's family Christmas Eve at all, not only cuz of Covid but gthey still treat Joey like chit and now he really sees it. When Marty told his mom what colleges are offering him scholarships, she couldn't believe it, literally an said when did he get so smart??? Marty told her he tutors and a couple of other things and she said Oh yea right. Well Leslie blew her top of course. Didn't tell Joey but Joe still doesn't want to go there, imagine if he knew. And I thought no one has taken any time to have a conversation with him. But her other GC can do no wrong, <they don;t like Leslie> So finally they all see it.

I hope FF doesn't ruin our Christmas now, cuz he tends to do that. But my GD is the designated driver so he can't use that but he;ll think of something believe me.He had a tooth pulled Sat. an I have a feeling it's going to be infected <like his brain> With his drinking, I know it has shrunk an all the right parts are not working right.

Everyone sounds pretty OK with this week, I know some will not see their kids an that's crappy for sure. All of this is sad.an I think we're all trying to make the best of it.

Jazzy I've always said u work hard and u play hard. U always find the best things to do under any circumstances.

Sandy how is ur DH doing I think we're all nosy on this one. OK curious will be a better word.Either way let us know. Please remind me what Gordy and Leslie are doing for Christmas.

Well that's about it, hoping this one goes thru at least.

LUBS U ALL

Bob's doing fine, knock wood. Gordy & Leslie left for Houston in the wee hours, and I am so on edge about that. Terrified, in fact, Still can't believe her parents didn't follow common sense and decide it was best for nobody to endanger one another. He's awaiting their Sat. test results (saliva), which should arrive tomorrow. I am so afraid they will get infected on the road--pumping gas, using public restrooms.

OK, everyone, here's the reason for the champagne: en route to Houston today Gordy popped the question and Leslie said yes! (Keeping it off social media for now until he figures out how to tell the ex-friend who exposed us all to COVID back in Oct.). I couldn't tell you until now why I had to keep from pleading with him to stay in Chicago for the holidays, lest Leslie see that as a rejection of her family. They did agree not to set a date until everyone's been vaccinated.

So DOTD is Mumm Napa Grande Annee Brut 2007.

Happy news, Sandy, especially during a stressful time.

DOTD here was Navarro 2015 Muscat Blanc. Opened it last evening and I thought it smelled yeasty, tonight it was great! Just received their 2019 Muscat which was a gold medal winner, looking forward to trying it.

DOTD with a cheers to Gordy and Leslie.

Cami, I sent you the recipe on FB messanger. I am totally shocked that a mother would say that to her own son about her grandson. I wouldn't even speak to my family if they treated one of my children like that and I don't blame Leslie one bit for blowing her top. You are so funny when you talk about FF, I love it! Company for us was up in the air, but not happening, which I'm glad.

Jazzy, nice looking treat. I hope the strawberries were as sweet as you!

Sandy, congrats to the kids. As for Covid testing, if it's too early you can test negative, but still have it and infect others.

NM, sounds like a great day at work, I just love kids and so enjoyed my day I went with my friend in Moab. LOL, I thought the same thing about the monks. That jalapeno is for garnish only, just leave it off!

Leaving at 6:30 in the morning tomorrow, so I probably won't be posting.

Some interesting ingredients in this one as well.

Ten Lords a-Leaping Cocktail

• 2 parts bourbon (we used Buffalo Trace)
• 1 part Lillet
• 1 part Cherry Heering
• 1 tsp leftover cranberry sauce
• Apothecary Cherry Cedar Bitters

Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake very well. Double strain over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a light twist of orange.

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Wedding will be in 2022--so as not to step on the toes of anyone who's having a major event (other wedding, new baby, etc.) in 2021. It will be in Chicago, not Houston (or Montana, where they like to vacation). Kids saliva-tested negative--they will re-test (saliva) upon their return and again (PCR swab) after a week. (Those tests are expensive--BCBS isn't paying unless one has symptoms or has been exposed. We'll top up his bank acct., of course). They both work from home, so quarantining isn't an issue. I'm pretty much hibernating too--it's become routine for me, to the extent that I get nervous about going outside beyond my deck or porch.

DOTD with Atlantic salmon tonight will be an Oak Hill 2018 Albariño, from the San Joaquin valley. Sipping on some of last night's bubbly as I type this. (Needn't remove my retainer, hehehe).

Made some hot chocolate earlier with steamed Blue Diamond Unsweetened Chocolate Almondmilk--a couple of drops of monkfruit made it just sweet enough. Tried making it a mocha with a shot of Nespresso, but too bitter. I will let cocoa be cocoa and coffee be coffee.