Alphabet of Thankfulness...

...or at least most of the alphabet.  :)

A few of the things I'm thankful for, written alphabetically:

Bible to read and live by, Brothers
Clothes to wear; Computers, (Digital)Cameras, Christmas presents from my dear family
Daily bread; Dr. Brown family; Dr. Jay Wile
Eyes, Ears, Electricity
Fingers and Feet, Flowers
God in 3 Persons - Blessed Trinity, God's Girls Newsletter
Home
Ice-cream - a cool treat
Jobs to do
Kenfolk
Love
Missionaries - to preach and teach the Gospel
[going to] Noah the Musical this year
Operation Christmas Child ministry
People - parents, family, friends, God's Girls; Pastors
Quil - my only nephew at present
Sister, Sisters-in-law, (home)School, and our Studio piano

It seems like there should be a very easy "thing" for me to be thankful for starting with the letters A, R, and T.. but at the moment I can't think something good for it..  (Also.. not quite as easy, but I lack letters U-Z as well.) So please leave a comment if you think of something that I should be thankful for with A, R, and T, or the letters U-Z...

A note from Lincoln - November 17, 2008

Hi, Linkydude here. Linkydude is just what they call me; my real name is Lincoln. Today I spent my afternoon at Miss Theophilus's.

There are a few interesting things about the Albertsons that I'd like to tell Miss Theo's readers:

- One of those things is the fact that they are pretty easy to entertain. I do the simplest of things and they clap and laugh like it was something special! Simple things like telling them I see flowers, leaves, birds or copycatting them.

- Mrs. Albertson was so goofy when they were having their lunch today. She broke a chip and put part of it in the back of a toy pickup truck I was playing with.. I humored her and hauled the chip around in the bed of the truck. After that was disposed of I decided to be responsible and pick up the crumbs of the chips in my truck so as not to leave a mess.. all they did was laugh. I just don't get it sometimes... but sometimes I laugh with them at myself just for fun.. Their humor at my expense!

- Another thing.. Miss.. um.. Theophilus just doesn't understand my love for cars, trucks in particular. You see if I'm not driving vehicles, I'm talking about them, and when I'm not talking about them or driving them I'm thinking about them.. and just about to talk about or drive them! I am coming to the conclusion that Miss Theophilus has never been a boy.. or a car lover girl either.
Whenever I meet someone the first thing I ask them is "Truck?" to see if they are on the same wavelength as me.

- Being the youngest of three I get pushed around some.. and so a lot of the time I comply when asked to do something. So the Albertsons ask me to say there first names, and they cheer when I do. Of course I know them forwards and backwards... so sometimes I say them backwards.

- Lady just doesn't have the creativeness that comes with youth. You know, some trucks have the right width between the tires for them to ride the Albertsons' train track rails just fine. So I do it, but Lady just wasn't bright enough to think of that herself!


On another note, I am learning how to put together the train tracks, about how the ends hook together. I haven't yet learned how to build bridges or fanciness like that.

I learned a new word today. It's a pretty cool word to. It's "algebra".. I am not quite sure what it means, since I didn't get a full dictionary definition, but I think it is when Miss Theo is writing a lot of stuff on her paper, and not playing train track with me. She kept saying Y=1/2X+5/2 and stuff like that. I s'pose I'll be learning all about it in time... who knows?

I have enclosed a few pictures.

^ Yes, trains can go on the carpet just fine (remember Tootle?), and trucks can go on the rails just fine!




^ Miss Theo. and I doing Algebra

Love,
Lincoln

P.S. Won't Miss Theophilus be surprised when she sees how I've posted this note on her blog? HA! I'd like to be there to see her face.

Chocolate Rainbow Cookie Bars

This is a recipe I made last Monday night (mostly for the judges of the General Election at our town's voting center, where Mother and Jeffrey were judges) and am cooking at the moment.  They are super sweet - I didn't want very much at a time - but they are yummy.   My sister Emily, the family sweet tooth, can't stand them, though.  So... you might love it, hate it, or anywhere in between.

Note: Both tonight and last Monday, I used regular Sweetened Condensed Milk (not Creamy Chocolate) and it was still wonderful.   I also just used 1 cup of M&Ms rather than those special things.

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted
1 (14-ounce) can Eagle Brand Creamy Chocolate Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1 (12-ounce) package "M&M's" Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bits
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 (325 for glass dish).  In bowl, combine crumbs and margarine; press into 13X9 inch baking pan.  Pour Eagle Brand evenly over crumbs.  In large bowl, combine M&M's Baking Bits, coconut, and nuts.  Sprinkle 1/2 of mixture evenly over Eagle Brand; press in lightly.  Bake 15 minutes.  Sprinkle with remaining topping.  Bake 10-15 minutes.  Cool.  Cut into bars.  Store covered at room temperature...And if you really want to, you can get it out and eat it sometime.  :)