Posts Tagged ‘Merry Christmas’
And Happy Celebrations
Posted by terrepruitt on December 25, 2022
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas 2022, Christmas Day, Merry Christmas | 2 Comments »
Merry Christmas – 2021 Version
Posted by terrepruitt on December 24, 2021
Merry Christmas. It is Christmas Eve, but I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you are safe and able to enjoy Christmas. Since Christmas is on Saturday hopefully you are starting your celebrating tonight and it will continue through Sunday.
Here is some more Lenox for today’s Friday Photo.
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Baby Jesus, Christmas 2021, Lenox, Merry Christmas, Nativity | 6 Comments »
Oh What A Christmas Tree!
Posted by terrepruitt on December 27, 2019
I posted this on Facebook already, but everyone thought it was gorgeous so I wanted to share it here as my Friday Photo. I didn’t ask permission so hopefully they won’t mind. My aunt and uncle always have a BEAUTIFUL tree. It takes days to decorate and the ornaments are just fabulous. This year it was just as spectacular as the years before.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Here’s to the New Year that is around the corner.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Christmas, Christmas Tree, Disney Ornaments, Facebook, Friday Photo, Merry Christmas | 2 Comments »
Merry Christmas 2018
Posted by terrepruitt on December 24, 2018
I am not a fan of blow up decorations. They just lie there all flat when the fan isn’t on. They make a lot of noise. I am just not a fan. But I loved this one. I thought it was pretty ingenious that the reindeer can eat without any mechanics, it is just air. We are busy with Christmas things so I thought I would just pop this up really quick and wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: blow up decorations, Christmas 2018, cute Christmas decoration, Merry Christmas, noisy decorations, reindeer | 4 Comments »
2015 Christmas – May It Be Merry
Posted by terrepruitt on December 24, 2015
So it is Christmas Eve. I spent the evening with family. We had a nice time. The Host and Hostess always have a very beautiful home and serve a wonderful meal. I don’t know how John’s brother-in-law and sister do it. But even though I didn’t have anyone over I still have a lot of things to do. So I will wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I hope your celebrations were joyful and bright.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: 2015 Christmas, Christmas Dinner, Christmas Eve, family time, Merry Christmas | Leave a Comment »
Shocking Spinach Dip Discovery
Posted by terrepruitt on December 24, 2013
For many it is Christmas Eve. Some might not celebrate Christmas or it is past the day, but here, where I am, it is Christmas Eve. It is Tuesday so normally I would have had a Nia class in the morning, but the Park and Recreation Department of San Jose took the day off so there was no Nia this morning. They also have instituted a very abbreviated Group Ex schedule so my Nia classes with the City of San Jose are done for the year. We will be back Thursday, January 2, 2014. (WHOA! 2014!) I have one more Nia class in Willow Glen this year and one more class this year that I am subbing for the YMCA. Then onto the next year! So today I had a very relaxing Christmas Eve Day. Probably thee most relaxing Christmas Eve Day I have had in a LONG time. It was nice. One thing I had to do today was make spinach dip. In my world this is a common party treat. I have been making it for as long as I can remember. Although I had not made it in a long time. I think I first heard about spinach dip when I worked at my first mortgage job in the mid ’80s. So that is a long time. Spinach dip seems pretty common and timeless.
One thing I notice over Thanksgiving when I made a quadruple batch was that the recipe calls for a 10 ounce package of frozen spinach. Well our big green friend now makes his frozen spinach in 9 ounces sizes. I thought that was funny. Then today as I happened to be READING the recipe I noticed something that had me saying, “WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!” The directions actually say to COOK the spinach. I have never heard of such a thing. I have NEVER cooked the spinach. And as I mentioned I have been making spinach dip for YEARS. Cook the spinach? Really?
I prefer the Knorr Vegetable soup mix. But one year I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE and I ended up with the SPRING Vegetable mix and that was awesome because it had mushrooms in it. Now I can’t find that. I have also used other soup mix and have not been as happy as when I use Knorr. But this “cooked” really made me laugh out loud. Here is the recipe I am sure many of you are familiar with:
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Knorr Spinach Dip
Ingredients
1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, cooked, cooled and squeezed dry
1 container (16 oz.) sour cream
1 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
1 package Knorr® Vegetable recipe mix
1 can (8 oz.) water chestnuts, drained and chopped (optional)
3 green onions, chopped (optional)
Directions
1. Combine all ingredients and chill about 2 hours. Serve with your favorite dippers to your favorite people.
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Also, for me, the water chestnuts are NOT optional! They are a requirement. In fact, to me, the are the best part. If you watch me getting some spinach dip you will probably see me pushing my cracker/bread/veggie through the dish just trying to get at that chunk of chestnut.
In addition to the change in weight of the spinach they also now package it in a plastic, which helped when squeezing the water out. After I squeeze the spinach it is all clumped together so I use forks to pull it a part.
So I have two main questions for you:
1) Do you COOK your spinach?
2) How do you squeeze all the water out of the frozen spinach? To me that is the worst part.
Let me know because I am soooooo curious.
And to all I say:
Merry Christmas!
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise, Christmas, Christmas celebration, Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve Day, City of San Jose, Diane Bacho - 1948 to March 11, 2014, frozen spinach, Group Ex, January 2, Knorr Vegetable soup, Merry Christmas, mortgage job, Nia, Nia class, Nia class in Willow Glen, Park and Recreation Department of San Jose, spinach dip, Thanksgiving, Thursday, water chestnuts, YMCA | 12 Comments »
Christmas Brilliance
Posted by terrepruitt on December 25, 2012
It is Christmas, and while I did not have to “work” — as in teach a Nia class, I still have to “work” — as in post a blog post. Had I been a little more organized I would have had it written and had it post on a timer, but I was not that prepared. I had been thinking about what to write when last Monday after Nia one of my students was talking about one of her family’s traditions. I had asked her to give me more info or to write about it. But as I had been interrupting her story, I stopped my line of questioning/instruction and she finished her story and then I never got back to asking her more information. Then on Wednesday I forgot. I was thinking I would see her on Christmas Eve, but I did not. So I am going to share her tradition without a lot details as to how it works for her family because I don’t know them. I think the idea is so cute I wanted to share. THEN, I got one of the greatest Christmas gifts ever last night and I wanted to share a bit of it too. So Merry Christmas. This is me sharing a tradition of one of my students that maybe you would like to do yourself and a beautiful gift I received.
First the cool tradition. I haven’t heard a lot of the details but it sounds as if my student’s kids are going to moving out soon. I believe that is one of the reasons she shared with us the tradition she started when they were young. She has had her kids gift each other a Christmas ornament every year. She was saying, when I came into the conversation, that this way they will have a start on having ornaments for their tree when they move out AND they will sentimental value. Each ornament will be a memory. She had said that one year her son crafted a little birdcage and put a picture of a bird in it to represent their family pet. I thought that was so cute. Not only did her son have an ornament for his sister, but he had made it. You may know from reading some of my previous posts that I LOVE Christmas Ornaments. I love the entire process of unwrapping each one to hang on the tree. It is as if I am receiving little mini Christmas gifts with each ornament I unwrap and place on the tree. And many have memories attached, so to me decorating the tree is a lovely process and tradition. So I really, really, really, really, really LOVED this idea. As I mentioned, I loved it so much I wanted to share it. I think it is great to have kids receive “their own” ornaments that they can take with them when they move out and that will have meaning for them.
Now one of the greatest gifts I received was a book. Apparently my nephew-in-law has a brilliant girlfriend. She had a book made for his sisters that contains their grandma’s favorite recipes and a party tip. His girlfriend designed it to have the actual copy of the recipe placed on the page along with family pictures. You might have read some post on my blog that shared the fact that their grandmother (my mother-in-law) died last year in November. My sister-in-law (John’s sister) is a smart cookie too and she knows a great idea when she sees it and she asked if she could use the book template for gifts also. So SHE swapped out some of the pictures to include more of the recipient’s family. So the ones made for the girls have more pictures pertaining to them. The one made for my husband and I has more pictures pertaining to us and so on. FANTABULOUS! It is awesome!
I am in awe of BOTH of these things . . . . the ornament tradition AND this wonderful recipe book. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and the rest of this season is grand for you.
Do you have any holiday traditions to share? Maybe you have had a custom for a long time? Maybe you just started one? Did you get a gift that you are excited about that you want to share? Tell us!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas gifts, Christmas memory, Christmas ornament, Christmas tradition, Christmas Tree, family traditions, Merry Christmas, Nia, Nia class, Nia students, recipe book, work on Christmas | 6 Comments »
December 30 Minute Movement Challenge – Day #25
Posted by terrepruitt on December 25, 2012
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
No time off, though . . . . you can do it! It’s 30 minutes, actually you are here to check in and say you did it, right? You are awesome. I will be back to check in!
Thank you so much for being here!
Posted in December 2012 30 Minute Movement Challenge | Tagged: Christmas, Day #25, December 30 Minute Movement Challenge, Merry Christmas | 1 Comment »
Merry Christmas
Posted by terrepruitt on December 25, 2010
I am posting a picture of our Christmas Tree (again).
I hope that you have a very Merry Christmas.
If Christmas is not a part of your celebrations, I hope that you will still allow the joy and fun of the season in. It is my intent to wish you well for this season and for the New Year.
Thank you for your support.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas 2010, Christmas celebrations, Merry Christmas, New Year | 3 Comments »
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