Hi everyone. I want to apologize that I missed posting for the last two days of this contest. For those who may not know, Wednesday evening my youngest sister was admitted to the PICU at the area children's hospital. It has been a Christmas for the record books for sure. She is not doing great and there has been no diagnosis as of right now. They are just treating symptoms at this point. So needless to say posting on here hasn't even been on my radar honestly. But...I was reminded in an email today that my raffle is...

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Found the recipe from yesterday 😀 Had to call up my mom and get it but that's OK. Here it is. Turkish Cookies 1 cup sugar 2 cups butter (you can use 1/2 butter 1/2 margarine) 2 eggs 1/2 tsp salt 6 cups flour 1/4 pound chopped almonds 2 tbsp cinnamon Cream sugar and butter till light; add eggs, salt, flour, almonds and cinnamon. Mix together well. It will be thick so you'll need to use your hands. When all mixed, press in to an 8x8 inch pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Next day, cut dough in to...

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Christmas is COMING!! YAY!! I know you all know that already but, lol, I'm getting very excited about it. Made my caramel popcorn last night, we have our gift exchange in less than an hour here at work, our staff luncheon follows that, I'm going to see Star Wars this afternoon, and then I'm officially off till after the New Year!! YAY!!! My sister and I were talking last night about baking and what cookie we want to make in the next few days. My grandmother is Norwegian and she has always made the most AMAZING baked goods...

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Less than 4 full days left till Christmas. WOW!! Do you have all your Christmas shopping done yet? I have 1 more purchase to finalize and I have to go pick up one more gift and then I'm DONE!!! YAY. And I even have most of them wrapped, which I believe is a record for me. I generally spend Christmas Eve doing that, lol. Tomorrow is my last day of work for the year too :) We've got our gift exchange and staff luncheon tomorrow and then I'm off till after the new year. I'm very much looking...

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Hey everyone. I'm sorry I missed posting yesterday :( And I don't have access to do a full post today either. Post below "I'm here" and I'll add you in for 2 entries in the giveaway. Sorry again and thanks for understanding! ...

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