Friday, January 24, 2014

RECIPE: MEMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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RECIPE

MEMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Valentine's Day Countdown: 21 Days

My favorite sugar cookie recipe was handed down to me from my mother. Our kids called her Mema. She got the recipe from her mother, my Granny Lucille. I passed the recipe to my daughters and granddaughters, and now to you!

I make sugar cookies for almost every holiday, especially Christmas and Valentine's Day, and for special events.

I've collected lots of cookie cutters over the years to use with this recipe.

It's messy-fun to roll out the dough, and use cookies cutters.

SUGAR COOKIES

Ingredients

3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Directions

Cream together...

3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter,
2 Eggs, and
1 Teaspoon Vanilla together.

Sift...

2 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt together.

Mix flour mixture into the sugar/better/egg/vanilla mixture.

Chill dough...at least 20 minutes.

Roll out dough on a floured surface, and cut with cookie cutters.

Bake on cookie sheets at 375 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.

Makes 2 - 3 dozen cookies (depending on size of cookie cutter).

Sprinkle with powdered sugar, or top with icing and decorations.

ROYAL ICING

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Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

PHOTO BOOKS

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Any ads from Linksicle linked to any words or images on this blog are here without my permission. Please join me and other bloggers to fight this piracy by boycotting any company who uses Linksicle.

Thank You,
Marcia

PHOTO BOOKS

Photo Books are wonderful keepsakes They make great gifts.

My friend, Tammy, invited me to lunch at her beautiful home and gardens. I brought my camera.

I created a photo book with some of my favorite photos from Tammy's garden (at M-Pix), and gave it to her as a birthday present.

Photo Books at M-Pix start at $15.00.

CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

http://www.mpix.com/

Tammy's soft cover photo book is 8.5 inches by 8.5 inches, and printed on linen paper.

I also created a 5.5-inch by 5.5-inch, soft cover photo book on linen paper that I titled: Reflections. It contains some of my favorite photos matched with quotes. It's a joy to give to friends and family. It's also makes a nice sample portfolio to share with potential business partners or employers.

Here's a peek inside...

M-Pix offers downloads to help you create your own photo book.

The photo books and greeting cards that I created at M-Pix are excellent quality. They are packaged carefully, and have arrived in record time.

Are you ready to create your own photo book?

Have fun!

CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

http://www.mpix.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Dear Readers,

Without my permission - Linksicle has ads on my blog. I did NOT give them permission to link to my blog. There are certain words on my blog that are underlined, and when someone clicks on them an ad and link appear.

Isn't that stealing since Bloggers get money for ads on their blogs?

We are trying to get Linksicle off my blog.

Shame on them.

Let's STOP the Linksicle piracy!

BLOGGERS unite!

Is Linksicle stealing from you? Are there ads on your blog that you did NOT give permission for - or that you are not being paid for?

Join me an a joint lawsuit against Linksicle, and the companies who advertise through them...like aol.careerbuilder.com; esportsonline; Microsoft-Support.ul...

Do these companies who pay Linksicle realize that their companies are being advertised on blogs without the bloggers permission?

Are companies paying Linksicle to advertise on my blog and your blog - or is Linksicle stealing from the companies as well?

Linksicle ads appear on Craigslist. Is Craigslist being paid for the ads? Does Craigslist give permission for Linksicle to put ads on their site - so people are drawn away from the things for sale on Craigslist? It's SO distracting to look for something on Craigslist and then have the Linksicle ads appear. What a nuisance!

No matter what anyone says about "new rules" - NO ONE owns the rights to link to the words on my blog that Linksicle has linked ads to. Here are those words on one of my blogs: "fell in love" - "great idea" - "paper strips" - "kitchen table." There is also a link on "Microsoft Publisher" to Microsoft-Support.ul..." If Microsoft is going to put a link on my blog everytime I use the name of their company - without my permission - I will just stop adding their name, and perhaps I will stop using their products.

So - fellow bloggers - our attack to stop blogger-piracy is three-fold:
1) A Joint Law Suit against Linksicle for piracy
2) A Notice to companies who use Linksicle to STOP using them, or pay us for their advertising now on our blogs...or we will BOYCOTT your companies.
3) If companies now benefiting from ads on our blogs (put there without our permission) - if companies do not make a change - then we will sue them as well.

Who is with me?

Marcia

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Friday, January 24, 2014

RECIPE: MEMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Thursday, January 23, 2014

PHOTO BOOKS

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood