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It's Snowing!!!!

WOW! Can you believe that this is Las Vegas??? Snow sticking to the ground??? I love it! This is great... Well, coming from a girl who is born and raised in Las Vegas! My husband is originally from Michigan so he felt like he was back home!!! As soon as I got home I got the camera out and started snapping away :) When Ronnie got home he greeted me with a SNOWBALL IN THE HOUSE!!!! This is a man who is a clean freak!!!!! So, it was fun to see him having fun with it! ( even though he denies he had fun with it! after his 1 hour drive home! That should have taken 30 minutes!!!) We then went outside and had a snowball fight and Lucy chased us around and we played!!! My hands were freezing and I was soaking wet! SO worth it!

This week has been a little stressful with work ( retail world 1 week before Christmas!) trying to finish my shopping, getting my tree up and decorated... But this snow really just put a smile on my face and made me remember that life is too short to sweat the small stuff and to have fun just like a kid would in the snow :) Merry Christmas!!!

Holiday Cookies

It is definitely that time of year, isn't it? Life is hectic with baking, decorating and holiday parties! This week is definitely a busy week for the Quinces ( mostly me! I think!) This week at work has been busy ( remember... I work retail!) I work ALL weekend... So, today on my day off I did all my running around and came home to get some work done. When I say work I mean cleaning, trying to finish some decorating, and baking! Wait... Don't forget we are going to a Christmas party Friday night and the theme is Ugly Holiday Sweaters! We all have one right??? Well, I went and got some extra goodies to make it a little bit uglier? I pulled my sweatshirt out from the deep black sea of my closet and Ronnie assured me numerous times how ugly the sweater was and I shouldn't add anything!!! I know, why would I have such an ugly thing? I took it from my Mom's closet last year! One of my Dad's clients gave it to her as a gift! I don't think she misses it much! She has never asked for it back!!!

But, the whole reason why I wanted to post this blog with you was to share a recipe with everyone! It's so easy and wins people over every time I make my "buckeyes" they are really just peanut butter balls :)

Try it out! It's a hit every pot luck I bring them to!

1 1/2 cups of creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup of butter ( softened)

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips

2 tablespoons of shortening

4 cups of confectioners sugar

In a large bowl mix peanut butter, butter, vanilla extract and confectioners sugar. Mix all together until all mixed. Roll balls in desired size. Put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Use a double boil: in a bowl put the chocolate chips and shortening until it all melts together.

Use a toothpick to dip the balls in the chocolate... put back in the fridge again so the chocolate and peanut butter hardens. For about 20 minutes... and the DONE!