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Gad, I love that Rag-Tag Crew! Happy New Year, My Friends! May 2013 hold more of what this country needs for strength! You are the Best of the Best!
Sincerely,
McKenna
And Sandra and I wish all you great folks up in the Tree-House a very Happy New Year… And may 2013 be a site better than 2012 was.
Happy New Year.
“And there’s a hand my trusty friend! And give us a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught, for auld lang syne.”
Cheers to a very Happy New Year to the Rag Tag Crew and Treepers everywhere!
Happy New Year to Sundance and the crew. Hope it’s a happy one for George Z as well.
Californian’s are obligated to hold on for three more hours until falling off that fiscal cliff. Thanks to all of you, 2012 was much better than it might have been, and 2013 looks like we’re gonna rock ‘em and sock ‘em in POTUS town. Happy New Year to those of you who couldn’t wait for the West coast!!
A Happy 2013 – to all of you – for fighting for our freedom!
A happy and healthy new year to all my CTH friends.
Happy New Year, everybody.
Happy New Year! Thanks for being here.
Happy New Year to all the Treepers!
I am here comforting my 6 year old because we missed the snow at Christmas. We were up at my parents in NW Arkansas and missed the snow by a few miles. It did snow however in Memphis. We left my parents on Friday and just as we were leaving, it started spitting snow. They ended up with a very nice dusting.
I am sitting here ready to spit nails at the imbeciles in D.C. I have had it with them. What a bunch of lily-livered cowards. I’ve had it with the low-information voters who are more interested in which star is having whose baby than the future of their kids and grandkids.
I’m scared to death of what HellCare is going to bring for my family ~especially my dd who had a kidney transplant last year~.
I’m mad, but I’m not giving up the fight.
“Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing
great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of
honor and good sense.” Winston Churchill
Happy New Year, fellow Patriots. Hang on, we’re in for a bumpy ride.
Happy New Year to All. Thank You “Rag Tag Crew” for all you do.
“Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin
Happy New Year to all of the rag tag treepers and to Sundance and crew. I am looking forward to sharing the new year nestled here in these branches.
Our nine cats
You decide who is who………..
Dudie, Stinky, Forrest, Mama, Chubby, Gravy, Spike, Mimi, and Lt. Dan.
(aka: WeeWeed, Ad Rem, Tilda, Sharon, Patriot Dreamer, Ytz4Me, Stella, Menagerie and Sundance)
That’s cute…..so, what’s the verdict rumpole2? Is 2013 any better than 2012 from where you sit?
I already said… 2013 slightly yellower than 2012… otherwise the same.
Not sure why Sundance has not picked up on the biggest news bombshel as the new year clicks over?
NEW LAW – Max of 4 cats!!
Turns out 2013 will be unlucky for cat lovers in Wellington, Kan., where the city will be restricting the number of cats in a household to no more than four.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/new-year-welcomes-oddball-state-laws/
Rumpole – Happy New Year! I am a lifetime member of the Crazy Cat Lady Club Always had black kitties, just partial no special reason.
You have a beautiful feline family; love how one is rockin’ the white eyeliner.
All the best for 2013!
Sorry …. That’s not my cat family… just a YT I found online.
The most I ever had was 7 cats.. that was goof.. but down to 3 now. I would get more, but…
I like Black cats… as a very small child I remember first cat “Tosca” a black cat… then the first cat I got with my wife and family was a black cat. Currently one of our 3 is a black female.. “Gwyneth” nicknamed LBC (little black cat)
goof = good
Oh – my bad
Regardless, 7 is way more than I could handle!
Happy New Year to all. Keep up the good fight in 2013!!
Happy New Year, and God’s blessings and guidance for us all.
Best to you guys in 2013 … watch history go by
great video.. thanks
Happy New Year, Treepers!
So far, I have started the new year by baking muffins with my girls, and then making these for myself:
(Low-carb, quesadilla ham-egg cups)
I have one more dish to prep, and then all of the football-watching food will be ready to go.
Guess I can’t include images in my comments.
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Those are BEAUTIMOUS, Chip!!
Don’t forget the recipe – eggs are one of my favorite foods.
I’ll do my best; this was an adaptation of a different recipe, and I pretty much just winged it.
Here is the original recipe. I found the use of canned salsa and cheddar to be way too acidic. I’ve got a recipe for homemade quesadillas that involves sauted bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and roasted poblanos, and authentic Mexican cheese; I thought it would make for a good adaptation to the recipe. So that’s what I tried today.
Preheat oven to 375 degF
Ingredients:
12 slices of deli ham (I used black forest; regardless, make sure it is sliced thick enough to hold the weight. I had it sliced at a setting of 17.)
12 large eggs
2 cups authentic Mexican cheese (queso quesadilla, asadero, monterrey jack blend)
1 poblano chile, roasted* and diced finely
1/2 onion, diced
1 bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup mushrooms, chopped
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Cumin
Oregano
(Other than 12 eggs and 12 ham slices, all other measurements are approximate.)
Prepare vegetables:
Saute onion, then add and saute bell pepper, then add and saute mushroom. Add diced, roasted poblano*, and season to taste with salt, pepper, garlic powder (or fresh, crushed garlic), ground cumin, and oregano. Remove from heat.
Prepare ham cups:
Liberally coat a 12-cup muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Trim ham slices so that they fit in the muffin cups (a little excess is fine), and then place one slice in each cup.
Assemble:
Place a layer of cheese in the ham cup, followed by about 1 tsp of sauted vegetables. Crack one egg into each cup, then top with another ~1 tsp of sauted vegetables, and a liberal topping of cheese.
Bake at 375 until eggs are set, approximately 20 minutes.
Remove cups from the muffin pan and serve immediately with fork/knife, or let cool slightly and serve as finger food.
Other notes:
I’ve found that 20 minutes yields a perfectly over-hard egg yolk. With some experimenting with time, you could probably get an over-medium yolk, though if you did, I would recommend eating them immediately.
This recipe has a fair bit of prep work, but it is worth the effort (especially for the roasted poblano).
If I were making this for a crowd, I would prep the entire thing the night before, and refrigerate overnight, Then pop straight into the pre-heated oven in the morning.
* Roasted poblanos are incredibly easy, and are my secret ingredient for making anything taste more authentically Mexican. If you have a gas range, just place the poblano on top of the grate, right on an open, high flame. Once the skin begins to blacken and blister, rotate. Once the entire chile is blackened and blistered, remove from the flame, place immediately into a zip-top bag, and seal. The chile will steam in the bag, softening the skin.
After 5-10 minutes, remove from the bag, and wipe the skin off of the chile with a paper towel. Then butterfly the chile by running a knife along two sides, and open. Cut out the stem and seeds, and discard. scrape out any excess seeds, and trim any ribs. Then dice.
Er, HTML tag fail. Here is the original recipe.
After a reflecive mood, staring into a blazing fire (and keeping my ditzy daughter from maiming herself by lighting firecrackers in same fire), my 2013 resolution is….
WOLVERINES!!
May we all have God’s Blessings bestowed upon us, and I will do my very best to help our less observant citizens see the light of what is happening in America.
Happy New Year to you all, who have helped opened my eyes to the Truth that has no Agenda.
And a belated Happy New Year to all. After spending the wee hours setting-off fireworks of the legal and illegal styles, imbibing enough to almost forget the clown-car crew we have in DC and firing-off my non-Feinstein friendly weapon into my embankment (we can do that out here in the sinister sticks) to entertain the great grandson we decided to turn in and get a good night’s rest so that we could awaken refreshed and ready to deal with the same garbage that’s been smelling up our front step since January 20, 2009. Let’s pray we still have a country left on January 1, 2014.
Amen.
I take it the missing ninth meerkat is SD, taking the photo. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all!
Happy New year ! Running a little late ……was gonna stay up just until 12 but ended back up at 4am with sick teenager poor thing……. When a 16 year old boy wonts his mom he really doesn’t feel good. So my first day of year running around a little sleepy but cooked up a storm. Got my big baby wraped up and pampering him .Hubby has his tummy full and life is good. One of the best things I ever did was find this place. You guys are the best……