Candy Cane Fudge -N- Bubble Bath

I have decided that this year for Christmas platter gifts I will make a large batch of Candy Cane fudge and place a batch on a plain red ceramic plate and perhaps embellish with chocolate covered cherries. For an extra touch for some folks I may try to find some peppermint soap for fun. I am thinking the entire gift will cost around $6 - $8 dollars depending on the cost of the ceramic plate and if I add something like candy cane soap.
Here is the recipe for Candy Cane Fudge:

• 2 (10 ounce) packages vanilla baking chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 1/2 cups crushed candy canes
• 1 dash red or green food coloring

1. Line an 8 inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, and grease the foil.
2. Combine the vanilla chips and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir frequently until almost melted, remove from heat and continue to stir until smooth. When chips are completely melted, stir in the peppermint extract, food coloring, and candy canes.
3. Spread evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Chill for 2 hours, then cut into squares.

And I really kinda like this idea.... You get a box of Bubble bath... Calgon or Vaseline or whatever...even one of those big jugs of bubble bath at Walmart that are kinda cute and cost around $2.97 or so... and you wrap a big bow around it and add the following note.... which I think would be a really awesome gift for a co-worker or such.

Bubble bath

When the rushing of Christmas gets you down
And you've had all the fun you can stand
Don’t get discouraged and don’t give up
Just let this present give you a hand…

Take a break from the kids and shopping
Let the phone ring…don’t answer the door
Lay back and relax in a hot bubble bath
And you’ll soon feel ready for more!!

Update on Hit and Run Doggy ---The vet said she should be attempting to maybe try and get up ... but she isn't. At all. I am thinking its too soon. The vet had mentioned euthanasia if she makes no effort after a week but, I am going to give it longer than that. I am thinking the vet may of just said that because she is a stray dog and its a lot of effort to care for an invalid dog and if we don't see progress then maybe just end it. But, again, I am going to give her a lot more time than that and only euthanasia if it becomes completely clear she will not be able to walk because it would be cruel to keep her living like this.
I am happy to report she doesn't soil her bedding at all. I carry her outside several times a day and she goes outside. She has been crushed, thats for sure. The vet said not even surgery can repair her, no amount of pins and special things to put her together again...she is that destroyed. But only on one side... she will still have 3 good legs. That is SO doable.

I still don't actually have a name for her. Because she was hit by a car and has 2 extra toes... I was thinking 'Autoe' is a cute name... Auto/toe combination.... I call her 'Baby' all the time and she sometimes wakes me up crying to go outside so... that could work ... maybe 'Seis' which is 6 in Spanish...for 6 toes... or just call her 'Sixtoe'....Paul still thinks we should call her 'Lucky' but I'm thinking...who says she's so lucky ya know???? She got hit by a car after all. Who says she's lucky just because we got her ... I mean someone else like a super star with a zillion dollars to get her lambswool heating bed may of made her lucky but for now she is in a little pool with an Elmo and Big Bird blanket...

Have a superdy duperdy Monday tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!

Part 2 of the Hit and Run Dog

So here she is. We were going to call her Blondie but, it is not exactly original and even the vet said 'oh so original' so Paul said "okay, how bout Lucky" ( Isn't he witty) ...... but we already have a chicken named Lucky.

She is at my house in a kiddie pool. She is for the time being an invalid. Not only does she have a broken pelvis and a broken hip and a huge wound thats been stapled but air is escaping a little hole in her lungs so she coughs easily. She is on strong medication. The vet said she doesn't know if she will be able to ever recover and get up and walk but, she seems really determined which is a good start. Even today she tried to get up but she just can't. And she has a 6th toe. Isn't that something????

So the total cost wasn't as horrible as I was expecting. We don't have to have a payment plan or live on beans and rice for 3 months so I am grateful.





















And I finished a little McDonalds Rag Quilt. It was fun to make. I only did it because Annah insisted on the material and I always like to make her happy. :)

This one will actually be for her little girlfriend,Angela, the girl in the video below that we went to the orphanage together. I'll make one for Annah too and they can have their little McDonald lap quilts next time we go since we literally seem to live on the road at McDonalds.... not so good for a Vegetarian such as myself but, I always get a large Vanilla milkshake and fries so my friend Debbie... and you know who you are... she sais to me... 'Libby, seems healthier to me if you would eat a burger rather than fries and a milkshake' and I say to her "Debbie, I never said I was a healthy Vegetarian."...
I don't eat meat because I don't like it. Its not that I am opposed to it or think its wrong, I just don't like it. And it sounds really cool to say I'm a Vegetarian... people get some impression that I like to be healthy or something... I am actually health conscious but its not my motivation to be a vegetarian... not for the purity of it or anything... I just figured I don't like meat so might as well take that step and give it up in all forms. I am not a Vegan..... Vegans do not eat meat nor any meat by products at all such as eggs or cheese and such... I couldn't do that. I have cookies and milk everyday... can't give up my milk.

Okay, so I'm officially tired and going to bed. Nighty night!!!!!