Saginaw Series, Holiday Series, and Much More: December 2016

Colleen's Christmas Pancakes

On Christmas morning Colleen surprised her parents with breakfast by the Christmas tree. The pancakes were a last minute ingedient missing invention. Everyone agreed they were the best ever!

I box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 cup Bisquick
2 eggs
3/4 cup any flavor Coffeemate (Jen used Pumpkin Spice)
Enough milk to make it pancake consistency - not to thin and not to thick.

Pour by large spoonful onto hot griddle. Flip. Flip again if needed.

Serve with butter and syrup.

Martha Street Market - Science Fair Snacks

The senior class was responsible for the snacks at the science fair at St. Mary Cathedral. Several of the students were making "science" cookies.

Colleen used her Aunt's sugar cookie recipe and cut out beakers, atoms, and test tubes

Jen made the periodic table

James saw the National Science Week poster with Oreo cookies and straws and decided to make that.

Adam was the most artistic of all of them. His science project compared organic compost with chemical fertilizers when used growing corn. He made Rice Krispie treats that looked like ears of corn.

Inspiration from East Side Soup Kitchen

Webber House

Obituary Inspiration

My eyes were pulled toward this obituary in the Saginaw News. When I read the description of Rosalie I knew immediately I wanted her in "A Light Shines Forth" - after talking with her daughter and emailing her granddaughter - I was so inspired. Thank you new friends. THIS IS FROM THE OBITUARY: From homesteading the farm to owning a local eatery, she raised her children by example of frugality and superior work ethic. She could stretch a penny into the next month and could feed an army on a squirrel. (And yes, thered be seconds.) Rose was a master gardener (often times with strangers stopping to admire) and was known to sleep on a cot along the row of dill to figure out how the deer got in. A canning magician, each year would produce a family squabble over who would get the last quart of dilly beans or tomato jam. An avid outdoors and fisherwoman, she raised and sold bait, smoked and sold fish, and was known to wrestle snapping turtles (for soup, of course) into her trunk on her way to pick blueberries. She was an excellent bowler, loved liver pate and cheap whiskey, produced miles of beautifully knitted and crocheted anything (no, really...anything) and was the dog whisperer of the family. For years she refused to use a microwave and she never used credit, boasting that the only plastic she owned was her laminated AARP card. She conducted her five foot self with grace and dignity but even at 85, she could swear like a sailor and wasn't afraid to take your money at the card table (or an IOU if you didnt have it). Affectionately known as Nonnie, she will be eternally missed by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren who claim that she first hung the moon and then scattered the stars.