Night time, same view of LA

View of LA from Apartment Day Time

Snowbirding :)

I am away from the Midwest temporarilly I Thank God for that as I watch the news and see their recent Friged cold snap!!! This is a winter to remember ~ I am in LA for a while and the temps have been above normal here this past week averaging mid 80's for highs... It was great until our apartment complex decided now was the time to install new AC & heat!! From 8am today until 5pm this Sunday we cannot use the AC or heat (no heat is needed but the AC is!) We live on the sunny side of the building with glass from floor to cieling in the living room and selarium!! When I left the building today at 1:45 pm it was already 88 degrees in the apartment ~ Seems like one extreme to the other ~ I think I will still take the heat instead of the sub zero COLD! Til later ~

The Riddle ~

I have recieved this riddle several times going back several years ago. It's one of those emails that says to send this to 10 of your friends and then hit the shift bar and the answer will appear ~ I tried this one time years ago and it didn't work so I never did that again. This one tho my husband knew the answer too. The Riddle is:

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

The answer is: Nothing!

I thought with Christmas only days away it was a good time to post here :)

"I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"

Click on link below or c/p into your browser and sing along ~~~~
This song brings back many good childhood memories for me as we had this on an old 78 and I played it over and over :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqIM_bPTws&eurl=http://www.links2love.com/christmas-songs-hippopotamus.htm


I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
that's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too


Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian


There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

It's Beginning to Seem a lot like Christmas!

Getting ready for the Big Day. Putting on the finishing touches :)

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

This recipe from Kraft Kitchens
Yum! I think my Cookie Monster will aprove ;)

1 C. Flour
1 C. old-fashioned or quick-cooking Oats
1/2 t. Baking Soda
1/2 t. Baking Powder
1/4 t. Salt
1/2 C. (1 stick) Butter
1/2 C. granulated Sugar
1/2 C. Brown Sugar
1/2 C. Peanut Butter
1 Egg
1-1/2 t. Vanilla
6 squares Semi Sweet Baking Chocolate, coarsely chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Mix flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder & salt; set aside. Beat butter, sugars and peanut butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light & fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until well blended after each addition. Stir in chocolate.
Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, 2" apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from baking sheets to wire racks. Cool completely.

Makes about 2-1/2 dozen cookies