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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Friday, December 9, 2011

Favorite Film Friday #8: Bachelor Mother/ Happy 9th Day of Christmas!

This (to me) is a sign that the next 2 hours or so of your life will be enjoyable.

I love this movie. It’s so silly. In that way most movies from the 30’s/40’s are. It’s about Polly Parrish, a girl working at Merlin’s Department Store.

She's fired after working there for about 3 weeks and on her way back from her lunch break, she witnesses a woman abandoning a baby on a doorstop, and things only get worse from there.

Everyone assumes the baby is hers (who wouldn’t?) and so, she gets her job back at Merlin’s and with it, the attention of David Merlin, the son of the John B. Merlin, her boss.

I love Ginger Rogers.

I love David Niven.

I love Ginger Rogers and David Niven together.

This movie is adorable and zany and everytime I watch it, I enjoy it more than the last. I always watch it this time of year since it takes place between Christmas and a little after New Year's.

It was actually remade into a musical starring Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher in the 50’s. It’s pretty cute too, but as per usual, I think the original is better.

Happy Christmas!

Madeline

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Hello!
Have you gotten all of your Christmas shopping done? I haven't. This December really crept up on me. I can't believe it's December 8th already! Christmas will have come and gone before I can blink again!
Today, I'm going to share my Gingerbread Cookie recipe. I'm hoping to take a few hours for myself this year to do a bit of baking... It may be on New Year's Eve at this rate though!

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe:
3 cps. Flour
1 cp. Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Ginger
1 stick of Butter (room temp.)
2 Eggs
2 tbs. Unsulphured Molasses
Cinnamon, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Pepper and Cloves to taste

Mix the eggs, sugar, butter and molasses together in one bowl and mix in the dry ingredients slowly.
Freeze for an hour or so, until the dough is firm. Roll out and cut into cute shapes. Bake at 350 Degrees for 13-15 minutes. Enjoy with a glass of milk!