Monthly Events - November

I'm doing this monthly for your convenience. Events of our family and our ancestors - birth-dates, marriages, deaths will be listed each month for that month. (Those currently living will not have their last name nor full dates posted).  There's not much going on this month or in December for that matter.  Dates must have been planned so as not to conflict with the holidays :)

November 2, 2010  DON'T FORGET TO VOTE - mid term elections - voting for Senators/Governors/etc
November 16, 19-- John (brother-in-law) - Birthday
November 17, 19-- Joseph (nephew) - Birthday
November 25, 2010 THANKSGIVING
November 30, 1974 Chris and Barbara ________ (brother and dear sister-in-law)

This list is by no means complete - it's a project in the workings. If I missed anyone please accept my apologies and let me know.  Watch for this on on the first of each month.



Mary Post Warren

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Cookies Anyone?

Yesterday, Friday May 21, 2010, was the first day this year that Phoenix broke the 100F degree mark.  Typically Phoenix manages to hit the 100 mark earlier in the month of May... I am sort of hoping a late show will mean a cooler than normal summer - "dream on!" I'm told.  Normally I don't mind the heat until it gets over 110F but then it can be brutal - especially when we get the monsoons and it's pouring rain and hotter than hades (well maybe not 'hotter than' but close to it!)

Recently I found this recipe idea in a U.S. News and World Report (within an article titled '10 Ways to Reduce Your Summer Utility Bills' - Maura Judkis and Kimberly Palmer):

Try baking cookies on your car--yes, your car. Nicole Weston of Baking Bites developed a method of baking chocolate cookies with the heat that collects inside cars on steamy days. She suggests parking in the sun, using a thermometer to help monitor the temperature, and protecting your dashboard by putting a barrier between it and the baking sheet. (It should be at least 95 degrees outside and the baking process takes around two and a half hours.)

A great way to have homemade cookies in the dead heat of the summer!  I haven't tried it yet...but trust me I will soon.  I'm not even sure I will have to leave them in the car for 2.5 hours!

Mary Post Warren

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New Year's Resolutions and Other Things.

2009 wasn't a great year, with God's Grace we made it through. It could of been worse if not for the faith we had that God would pull us through. We are loving Phoenix and ready to move on with life no matter what God has for us. New Years resolutions: 1) grow closer to God, trust in Him more - can we ever get close enough? 2) scan/ organize 45+ yrs of photos and memories. What do you think will be harder?

Onward and Upward! 2010 here we come!