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CHRISTMAS AT PAPER CHASE FARM........

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I ALWAYS WANTED A CHRISTMAS HOUSE.... A HOUSE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS.... I HADN'T DECORATED IN OVER TEN YEARS SINCE WE SPENT EVERY CHRISTMAS IN JERSEY WITH DAUGHTER AND FAMILY.... BUT WHEN WE MOVED INTO PAPER CHASE FARM LAST YEAR IT WAS TIME TO BREAK OUT YEARS OF PACKED AWAY ORNAMENTS AND OTHER CHRISTMAS GOODIES... THIS YEAR I TALKED THE BOSS INTO PUTTING UP THE TREE IN OUR ENTRANCE HALL.... HE EVEN ADMITS THIS AREA WAS MADE FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE... NOTICE THE DEER..... JUST HUNG TODAY AFTER WE HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TRYING TO HANG MY BELOVED MOOSE HEAD.... STORY ABOUT HIS DEMISE AT ANOTHER TIME... THE ENTRANCE TABLE..... GREAT FRENCHY VASE FOUND AT THE POTTERY BARN OUTLET... PART OF MY MILK GLASS COLLECTION... LOOKING BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR DECKED OUT IN RED AND GREEN... JUST A FEW OF MY OVER 100 PIECE COLLECTION MY TABLE SET FOR MY BLOG LUNCH THIS COMING MONDAY.... PICTURES TO FOLLOW OF US LADIES CELEBRATING NOT ONLY THE H...

FYI.....LET'S TALK ABOUT BOOBS.

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NO.....WE WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT "THOSE" BOOBS..... YOU KNOW THOSE MEN THAT THINK WOMEN HAVE IT BETTER THEN THEY DO.....THOSE BOOBS THAT REFUSE TO GO SEE A DOCTOR NO MATTER HOW SICK THEY ARE.....BECAUSE THEY ARE TOUGH... THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TOUGH IS.... NOPE....TALKING ABOUT OUR BOOBS.... THOSE TWO THINGS WE HAVE THAT MAKE IT HARD TO FIND A STRAPLESS BRA THAT WILL ACTUALLY STAY UP WHERE IT BELONGS NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL THOSE BOOBS ARE.... YOU FIND YOURSELF OUT IN PUBLIC AND WONDER WHY PEOPLE YOU ARE TALKING TO ARE STARING AT YOUR CHEST....WHILE YOUR STOMACH SEEMS TO HAVE GROWN A LUMPY INNER TUBE.... BUT THAT WILL BE A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME... I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS MACHINE...... THE ONE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR IN A "PANINI PRESS" ONLY YOU COME AWAY WITHOUT THOSE DECORATIVE GRILL MARKS.... WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE ONCE A YEAR LIKE CLOCK WORK AND FOR THE MOST PART WE ALL HATE TO GO.... WHO WOULD ENJOY GETTING A BODY PART SQUEEZED ...

JERSEY CRUMB BUNS........or crumb cake to the rest of the country.

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THIS POST IS FOR ALL MY JERSEY PEEPS WHO HAVE WEATHERED OUT THE STORM.....SOME STILL WITH NO POWER HAVING NO HOT  WATER AND SITTING IN THE COLD AND DARK AT NIGHT.... THEY ARE A RESILIENT BUNCH AND I KNOW WE ALL SEND OUT LOVE AND THOUGHTS TO ALL OUR BLOG FRIENDS IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK..... SO I THOUGHT IN HONOR OF THEM I WOULD SHARE ONE OF OUR FINEST SUNDAY MORNING TREATS THAT I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE.... THE INFAMOUS "JERSEY CRUMB BUN" TRY TO SAY THAT FAST IT'S VERY HARD TO DO.... THE REST OF THE WORLD KNOWS IT AS CRUMB CAKE... IN JERSEY IT'S A "BUN" THIS RECIPE IS THE FINEST YOU WILL EVER FIND....AND THE FUNNY PART ABOUT IT IS THE RECIPE COMES FROM SARA FOSTER OF FOSTER'S MARKET IN RALEIGH-DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA.... CERTAINLY NO JERSEY GIRL..... I MADE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT IN HER RECIPE AND I DOUBLED UP ON THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE CRUMB TOPPING.... BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CRUMBS!!! I THINK MY NEIGHBOR LUCY.......