Seeing RED and liking it!

I love the color of red. I know, most of the family knows this. But the first serving of RED strawberries is the BEST. They may be a little tart, but sugar fixes that. Either you like strawberries (I do) or you don't (Dan doesn't). That only means "More for me", I don't make him eat them. That is a win-win situation. The only thing better is red strawberries in a red bowl! I had my first bowl of strawberries the beginning of February. Wonderful! 

My father loved strawberries also. When the season started in California, we had strawberries almost every night for dessert, as long as the season lasted. I don't remember loving them as much as I do now. Just too long ago. 

I have had at lest two red winter coats, and loved them. But, I also love my red Honda CRV, red fiesta dish wear, red sweaters, red blouses, watermelon, red quilting fabric (it is a basic color for me), red drinking glasses, red purses, red candy boxes (full of course), and red roosters and hens. I truly see red every day and I love it. How about you?

I Love Cookies

I've not found many cookies I don't love. Maybe only one or two. This week we had an activity making sour cream cookies. I thought,no biggie, I'll go to see what I can learn new. I've made sugar cookies lots of times. Oh, my goodness. The cookies were called "SOUR CREAM COOKIES" and they were so soft and moist and delicious. The sour cream really makes a difference. If you are looking for thin and a little dry cookie this isn't for you. This cookie is rolled thick. Here is the recipe: 

Sour Cream Cookies.

2 cups sugar creamed with 1 cup butter/margarine.

Add 2 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix well, scraping sides of bowl regularly. Add 5 cups flour in one cup increments and mix until smooth. Dough is very soft and sticky. Don't add more flour. Refrigerate until chilled or finish cookies immediately. Use plenty of flour under and on top of dough (to prevent sticking to counter and rolling pin) when rolling out. Roll out 1/4 to 1/2 inch and cut into shapes. Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes, depending upon darkness of cookie pan. Oh, I almost forgot, use Mom's frosting recipe. You know, it's the best!

Blogging

Blogging is more NEW technology for me. Now, you have to understand, I'm a simple, non-aggressive person. I was born before televisions were even invented. At first, TVs were black and white, can you believe that. Now we have beautiful color, and we are surprised when we see black and white. Now we have Big Screen TVs. I was in college when I took a computer programming class with a hugh computer machine in one room. We used cards about 9x4 inches that had punches. Now our computers are so little, so advanced and are connected to screens, so we can instantly see what we write ( plus we have pictures and lots of ads). And we have e-mail, flickr accounts, church sites, plus we can go to college on our computers. We are planning our vacation on line and talking to each other about it. Oh, did I mention, hubby and I saw the first step on the moon on our TV. We were in our front room, the first year we were married. Oh, what history, what advances in the world, and what wonderful improvements in our world. 

But, you want me to Blog? Well, I'm going to give it a try, even though I'm in my 6th decade. This is the start. (If my daughters can drag me into e-mail, they know they can drag me into Blogging, too) I'll even add photos, once I figure out how to add them. Then, I'll be cooking with gas.  --Here's to another adventure in the new world of technology.