Merry Christmas and Buon Natale!

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Just a brief note to all of my wonderful friends in blog-land!
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Merry Christmas

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Buon Natale!

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You have been gifts to me this year!

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Wishing you a blessed and 'delicious' Christmas!

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Povitisa Cinnamon Nut Bread

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Everyone has their own cherished holiday traditions that are lovingly passed down through the generations of their family. And many of these special traditions are edible treats! I'm not sure how many of you are or are not familiar with an incredibly sweet and dense bread filled with a thick cinnamon-nut filling that I am going to share with you today. It is called "Povitisa" and is a nostalgic favorite from Eastern European countries, such as Croatia, Slovenia, and Slovakia.

Povitisa is a rolled yeast bread, very similar to a strudel that is commonly served for special occasions only, such as Christmas. This delicious sweet bread is also perfect alongside a warm cup of morning coffee or as a dessert. We typically nosh on it all day long though!

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My family, although Italian, came across this recipe from their earliest days in the United States when so many immigrants from 'the old countries' had brought their time-tested, treasured recipes with them, passed them down and shared them, thus continuing the preservation of their cultural traditions. The men in my family were coal miners in Iowa, as so many European immigrants were at the turn of the 20th century. And it was in those coal mining villages that the women shared these recipes among themselves. It is said that a gift of povitisa from one family to another is a symbol of respect.

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Povitisa is a bread made of sweetened dough that is rolled out very thin and flat, and then heavily slathered with a cinnamon-y walnut filling. While walnut is the most traditional of the fillings used to make povitisa, other choices of fillings include chocolate, hazelnuts, strawberry jam, apples, cherries, and/or cream cheese. After the filling is spread over the dough, it is rolled up tightly, placed into loaf pans for uniform sizes and baked.

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A beautiful sweet filled bread results from your efforts and when you slice into the bread you see the gooey, gooey swirled cinnamon nut filling. Though it is sublime eaten when directly popped out of the oven, this bread will keep for several months when frozen.
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Here is my family's version of this delicious bread that we only bake for Christmas.

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Povitisa

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What you need for the bread:

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For the filling:

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2 cups of milk, scalded

2 cups of sugar

4 cups of ground walnuts or more until thicker

1/4 cup cinnamon

1 Tbsp. vanilla

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Mix all of the above ingredients in a large, heavy saucepan.

Over low heat, cook while stirring constantly until brown, about 10 minutes.

Let cool.

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For the bread dough:

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1 tsp. sugar

2/3 cup melted shortening (Crisco, etc.)

1 cup lukewarm water

2 cups scalded milk

10 cups flour

2 tsp. salt

2 beaten eggs (jumbo)

2 packets or cakes of yeast

3/4 cup sugar

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Dissolve 1 tsp. sugar in lukewarm water.

Add the yeast and COOLED milk.

Add the shortening, sugar and salt.

Add the beaten eggs.

Add 3 - 4 cups of lour.

Beat thoroughly.

Add the rest of the flour and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Knead the dough until light and elastic.

Place in a large greased bowl.

Cover with a damp cloth and place in the refrigerator to rise.

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What you need to do to assemble the bread:

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Cover table with floured cloth.

Place dough on cloth and roll until it is 1/8" thick.

Spread filling evenly.

Roll up and seal the dough.

Prick the dough with a fork.

Place in greased loaf pan. Cover.

Place in warm spot and let it rise until the bread dough doubles in size.

Bake at 350 degrees until the bread is light brown.

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Before I sign out for this post, I need to give very special recognition to my sweet little God-Daughter, Ashleigh, for taking the pictures of the nut bread and for reading the recipe to me while I typed it on this post. She's a future photographer and food blogger! Mwah! Love, Aunt Roz

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You Deserve a Special Award (to ALL of my friends)!

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Special Love from Joy of Joy of Desserts

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I was so surprised when I discovered that Joy, from Joy of Desserts had sent me this unique and special blog award. Not only is Joy's blog so deliciously full of superb recipes for sweet eats, but she also has the best recipe round-ups for all of us to take part in. This award is such a different recognition in that the 'sender' asks the 'recipient' to list the reasons why he/she enjoys blogging. I don't even know where to begin to respond to that! But I'll give it a try! ;-)

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1. I started to just write down my thoughts as in a true journal a little over one year ago and never knew I was going to make such great friends . . . you are ALL a BONUS!

2. I love to share with others.

3. I enjoy reading my favorite blogs which help me learn and get out of my comfort zone.

4. I love meeting people from all parts of our planet.

5. It's just way too much fun!

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Neno’s Award—-Rules and Regulations

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1. As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
2. To seek the reasons why we all love blogging.
3. Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.
4. Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
5. Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
6. Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
7. Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

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Below is my mini-list of blogs that I read. My whole list is about 50 deep, but I can't include them all in this post. But since the rules state that I can pass this on to as AS MANY BLOGS as I want, those of you who have blogs listed on my sidebar.....you get this award, OK? Some of the blogs that I read are "award-free". If that's the case, you need not worry about receiving it.
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A Feast for the Eyes
A Whisk and A Spoon

All Our Fingers In The Pie

Annie Bakes
Apple & Spice
Are You Hungry?

Chic Eats

Chow and Chatter

Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
Cooking For My Peace of Mind
Deep South Dish
For The Love of Cooking
Girlichef
Lick The Bowl Good

Mimi's Kitchen
Only Cookware
Recipes, Tips, and Thoughts
Symphonious Sweets

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One more time everyone, this is so very worth repeating: Any blog that I follow that is listed on my sidebar is invited to receive this award from me. I love you all! Please pass this award on to those blogs you love too!

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A big "MWAH" air-kiss and hug to Miss Joy and all of you fabuloso blogger/friends of mine!

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Chicken Broth for Tortellini (Brodo di Pollo)

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and so today everyone across the States is stirring up their favorite dishes to serve to loved ones and guests with a sprinkle of love. For us, each holiday is time for our Italian-American family tradition: to prepare thousands of little tortellini by hand and make a home-made 'brodo' or broth in which to gently place the tortellini to swim seductively. This broth is served in the Italian region of my family, Emiglia-Romagna, where the recipe for it and tortellini have their beginnings.

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This is my family recipe that I'll share with each of you today for the broth; the recipe and the step-by-step instructions for the little tortellini pasta was posted in my archives this past winter on January 7th, 2009. Today I'll include the step-by-step procedure for the broth, which I didn't include last year.
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So let's get to the stove!

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Brodo di Pollo (Chicken Broth)
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Here's what you'll need to make the broth:
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One 6-pound chicken (hen)

1 package (beef) soup bones (if you can get them)
1 4-pound beef roast

3 carrots, cut in 3's

1 large onion, cut in 1/4's

3 celery stalks with leaves, cut into thirds

1/4 bunch of Italian parsley, chopped

salt

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Here's what you need to do to prepare the broth:

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Give that chicken a nice bath (clean it) and empty the contents of the cavity inside.

Cut up into large pieces so that it cooks a little bit faster than if you cook it whole.
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Cut up all of your veggies.

Cut your beef roast up into about 2 or 3 large sections.

Fill a LARGE deep pot half way full of water. Make sure that you have enough room from the top of the pot to put the rest of the ingredients in without overflowing the water.

Put all of the ingredients into the pot of water.
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I cut fresh Italian parsley from my garden just minutes before chopping it up and putting it into the pot.....it is fresh, fresh, fresh! (You can see the nearly bare trees behind the garden, the rosemary is next to the parsley, and there is STILL rhubarb growing to the right of the parsley!
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Oh my goodness, fresh Italian parsley in November! Seriously? What a surprise and JOY!
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PLOP. . . in goes that fresh parsley! Flavor up that broth now!
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Bring up the heat to high and get it to a low, rolling boil.

Immediately lower the heat and simmer until the beef is tender.

During this simmer, continually remove the junky stuff that rises to the top with a strainer.

The cooking on simmer and straining process takes about 2 - 3 hours.

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Take all of the ingredients out of the broth with a hand strainer.
With very thin tea towels covering a colander/strainer, pour the broth through them into another pot......this is a lot of work and usually needs two people to do this.

Be careful, the broth is very hot while you do this!

Continue to strain the broth into clean tea towels about two more times until the broth is completely clear and free of any ingredient remains.
Taste, add more salt to taste.
If you make this the night before, refrigerate it, and then the next day, skim off any fat/grease from the top (it will solidify in the frig and be very easy to remove).

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Afterwards, use this fresh broth for your any of your favorite recipes that call for chicken broth. Again, as I mentioned previously, we make this every holiday and add our home-made, hand-twisted tortellini to it).

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I send you all the kindest wishes on this American holiday of gratitude. You do not know how grateful I am for each of you loyal readers and all my new friends too! You have enhanced my life beyond words of expression. May God Bless each of you!

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Quilts Made With Love and An Award

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I've finally found some glimmers of moments to finish some quilting projects that have been screaming at me to finish. I started them some time ago and just continued to get side-swiped by life that always puts these things on hold and takes me away to other priorities. Here's one of my favorite autumn quilts that I made and wanted to show you. Does anyone quilt or sew besides me? It seems that quilting has become more popular, but sewing in general hasn't. We're all just so ridiculously busy. But for some odd reason, sewing relaxes me. Listening to my old sewing machine hum along or simply hand stitching peacefully with a cup of warm tea is so calming!

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I made the next quilt for my daughter, Lauren, when she graduated from college. I used her school colors of garnet and black blended with white and cream. I can't remember the name of the block pattern, something like "woman's work". I'm working on my son's quilt now, who graduated from the same university, and am using the same colors with a different block pattern.

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The photos are a bit blurry, since they were shot with an older camera. The quilt is in Tennessee now, so I can't take a new picture to show you.

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I had to share those because one of my favorite blogging buddies, Kathy, from "Are You Hungry", sent me a lovely Florida sunshiney surprise. I felt that I needed to justify her award for 'creativity'! Kathy's blog link is: http://theessenceofwomanhood.blogspot.com/ and her blog is included in my sidebar, as well as her cute button!
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Kathy, you are too sweet and I am grateful for your thoughtfulness. I'm singing James Taylor's "You've Got A Friend" right now and blowing you kisses! :-)

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Now, Kathy did give me some rules for this award, so here goes:
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1. Thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the award and place it on your blog. (See it up there?)
3. Link the award back to the person who has nominated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself.
5. Pass it on to seven (7) other blogging friends.
Seven (7) Things about Roz:
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1. My family has been in America for 100 years this year (they arrived in 1909 from Italy).
2. I was employed as a buyer at the prestigious Neiman-Marcus after college graduation.
3. I've lived in six states (in this order): Iowa (Ames), Missouri (St.Louis), California (Los Angeles), Arizona (Scottsdale), Tennessee (Knoxville), and South Carolina (Greenville).
4. My favorite place on earth (right now) is Hawaii, lounging on a beach alongside my husband, drinking a 'Lava Flow", listening to the music of the ocean waves!
5. I love water, swimming in water, relaxing in water, drinking water, looking at water, boating on water, skiing on water, or simply listening to the flow of water.
6. I miss my two kids who live in Tennessee and Illinois.
7. I have traveled internationally to Moscow & St. Petersburg (Russia), Paris (France) London (England), Banff (Canada), Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana & Nagales (Mexico), Hong Kong & Chenchen (China), Seoul (S. Korea), Bangkok & Chiang Mai (Thailand) and Tokyo (Japan). AND YET I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ITALY.
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The seven blogs that I'm choosing to pass this award to are some that I've never sent an award to before and I thought it would be nice to recognize their work and creativity:
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Zoe Bakes
elra's garden
Laura's Paris Cooking Notebook
My Italian Grandmother
Memorie di Angelina
Mimi's Kitchen
Living In The Kitchen With Puppies
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All of these blogs are delightful to read for their creativity and inspiration in beautifying my days! One last thing about me, that I felt compelled to include: The Lord has never failed me and my life is blessed! Pin It

Fresh Cranberry Bread

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Cranberries, beautiful little crimson red cranberries! They're fresh in the market right now and I'm stocking up on them to use in some great recipes that have been featured in many cooking magazines this season.  I have an old perennial cherished family recipe that I cannot be without for the holidays, but I'm also anxious to try a lot of new recipes this year too.  Gotta stay fresh and on top of things!

So to share with you, here is one of my absolutely favorite Thanksgiving and Christmas family recipes.  I bake batches and batches of this Cranberry Bread that our family just devours.  They freeze beautifully and make wonderful gifts for friends, family, and neighbors (especially nice to give as gifts to folks who pop by with those surprise visits with a holiday gift in hand, and you're standing there thinking, "Oh my gosh, I need to reciprocate with something nice in return!"  Well this little bread is the answer to your situation.  Plus, it's so nice to know that something as delicious as fresh cranberries have such strong health benefits as well!  These little red gems are packed with powerful antioxidants and cooking does NOT destroy their benefits!

So dig in, enjoy, and feel good about it all at the same time!

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Cranberry Nut Bread
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Here's what you need for the cranberry bread:

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1 cup fresh, sliced cranberries

2 cups flour

3/4 cups chopped walnuts

3 tsp. baking powder

1/4 cup melted butter

3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup whole or 2% milk
2 cups sifted flour

1/4 tsp. salt

Crisco/shortening

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Here's what you need to do to prepare the cranberry bread:

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Wash and slice the cranberries (can be sliced in a food processor).

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.

Stir in cranberries and nuts.

Beat eggs with a beater.

Add the beaten eggs to the milk, butter and vanilla.

In the center of the dry mixture, make a hole or well into which you pour in the egg mixture.

Blend together until all of the dry ingredients are moistened.

Spread Crisco/shortening on all sides and bottom of small and mini bread loaf pans.

Pour the mixture into greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until golden brown on top, until a cake tester/knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let stand and cool in pans for 10 minutes.
Remove from pans and allow to cool on wire racks.
Decadent when spread with softened butter and sprinkled with sugar.

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Autumn Harvest Spinach Salad with Pears, Cranberries, and Pumpkin Seeds

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This week's theme in the 'I Heart Cooking Clubs' food blogging group is "Autumn Harvest" with Nigella Lawson's recipes. I selected her Spinach Salad with Pumpkin Seeds and Avocados because I just LOVE spinach salad and always serve it for special occasions and holidays. However, I've never made this particular recipe. So I decided to give it a go. And as usual, I made some changes for my own creativity by ADDING sliced pears, dried cranberries, and a cranberry balsamic vinaigrette instead of using Nigella's dressing. These additions truly made this salad more representative of autumn fare!

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Spinach Salad with Pears, Cranberries, and Pumpkin Seeds

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Here's what you need for the salad:

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2 packages of baby spinach leaves

pumpkin seeds

2 sliced pears with peels (my addition)

2 avocados, peeled and cubed

dried cranberries (my addition)
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Here's what you need for the Vinaigrette:

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Cranberry Balsamic Vinaigrette (my substitution for her dressing)

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2 - 3 Tbsp cranberries
4 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 tsp salt

fresh ground black pepper to taste
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Combine all ingredients in blender and mix until smooth. Adjust ingredients by adding what you prefer.

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Here's what you need to do to prepare the salad:

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Gently wash the spinach leaves with water and gently pat dry with a towel.

Add the avocado to the spinach.

Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds in the spinach.Add dried cranberries to your desired amounts.

Gently toss together well.

Place on individual salad plates and place several slices of the pears on top.

Add more cranberries or pumpkin seeds if desired.

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Either add the vinaigrette and toss lightly all of the ingredients again or pass the vinaigrette around in a pretty bowl or small pitcher for your guests to add their own dressing.

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Pumpkin Brownies That Are Simply Sinful !

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Happy November everyone!
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I want to thank all of you who wrote to me in the last few days. I missed each of YOU TOO! I just read on another blog that the author was 'missing in action' for awhile as she was also unable to post on her blog either . . . I thought that was humorous! Life does get busier at times, doesn't it?
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Well, before you know it, the holidays will be here. So I wanted to share a superb, incredibly cinnamon-y dessert recipe with all of you. I have never given this recipe away to anyone but my kids. I literally had to PRY it out of a friend when I lived in Scottsdale, Arizona back in the '80s.
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My mother says that these pumpkin brownies are simply sinful and that she just can't stop eating them! Personally, I think these are even better than pumpkin pie. These little delights have 3 layers of yumminess: a soft cake-y crust, a very pumpkin pie-like center, and and oh-so-cinnamony-crumb topping. And oh, yes, your kitchen smells better than any of those expensive scented candles! You be the judge if you decide to make them.
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Pumpkin Brownies
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What you'll need for the brownies:
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1 yellow cake mix
1/2 cup melted butter
1 jumbo egg, beaten
1 small can pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 jumbo eggs, beaten
2/3 cup milk (I use whole or 2% milk)
1/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup butter
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Here's what you need to do to make the brownies:
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In an ungreased square baking pan, combine the following:
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the yellow cake mix --- SAVE one (1) cup and set aside for the brownie topping!
1/2 cup melted butter
1 beaten egg
Blend these together and PRESS into the baking pan to form the 'crust' of the brownies.

In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the following:

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the can of pumpkin

pumpkin pie spice

2 beaten jumbo eggs

the milk

Blend well and pour over the 'crust' layer

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In a small bowl, combine the following:
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the cup of cake mix that was previously set aside

1/4 cup sugar

1 -1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon

1/4 cup butter

This is very gum-my, so break it up and sprinkle this on the top of the pumpkin layer.

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Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.

Serve alone, with vanilla ice cream, or caramel sauce drizzled on top

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I hope that you try this sweet little recipe . . . and if you do, please let me know what you think! And now, I'm going to go and visit your blogs to do some catching up with you!

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Autumn Color on La Bella Vita!

Oh my gosh, October has just been a crazy, busy month for me . . . on top of it being the time of the year when I advise students for spring semester, my parents have been settling into their apartment upstairs where they will begin spending more time with us away from the blistery winters of Iowa. It is wonderful to have them here and to help them in their 'golden years'.
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My mother has been doing alot of the cooking due to my very late days and nights at work, so I have no updates on 'la cucina' (the kitchen) or cooking!
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However, I DO have a few photos that I snapped lately that I just had to share with my nature lovin' friends. Aren't you just loving the eye-popping color that is such a FREE gift and natural treasure to enjoy during autumn?? To be able to capture these fleeting moments of beauty is just a delight!
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So grab a cup of cinnamon tea and take a walk with me around the acreage!

Yesterday, I woke up to this! It was truly a "grab my camera" moment!

My roses are still perfectly in bloom and will be until a hard freeze comes our way.

But, how can you celebrate fall without some happy, cheerful mums?

A close-up of a lovely pink rose bud! Luscious, huh?



When the sun sets, it shines through the leaves of the dogwoods and the reds are so vivid!



This is our Tigger, a 14 year-old grey Tabby, that we took in as a stray about 10 years ago.

He truly does sleep on his back. We have very entertaining pets!



Here's another shot of roses growing through a pergola that hubbie built for my garden.
This was taken just today, yup, October 30th!

Intense color from our young Maple tree (Autumn Blaze).

All of our friends come in the BACK DOOR . . . my parents balcony of their apartment is above the garage. We completed it this spring. It's just so cozy and sweet!

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I just think that this is such a sweet autumn arrangement to greet us

when we come home each day . . .

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I picked it up at a local Hobby Lobby . . .

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I stopped along the Interstate on my commute home to snap this picture.

It is a bit blurry, cuz I took it very quickly while standing on the side of the freeway!

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And lastly, one more view of yesterday's sunrise.

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I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REMAINING DAYS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SEASON!!!

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Zucchini Cake Combination

Now, here is the NEW re-do recipe of 'girlichef' plus my friend's recipe above. Here's my thoughts of each cake (plus my taster-husband's as well).

The new combo recipe is more moist when it first came out of the oven, but drier later on . . . we think it is because of the use of butter and not oil PLUS the use of brown sugar (which contains molasses) and not just white sugar alone. The new cake recipe is also more sweet and less nutty.

Which one did we like better?

Both my husband like the FLAVOR my friend's recipe (above) better, but I like the moistness of the new 'combo' recipe better (however, it did dry out faster as well. We both decided that my friend's recipe was the real keeper of the two. So here's the new combo 'bella/girlichef Zucchini Cake' recipe:

Bella/Girlichef Cinnamon-y Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

What you need for the cake:
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1 stick of butter (from girlichef's recipe, instead of oil in my friend's recipe)
1 cup brown sugar (added from girlichef's recipe)
1 cup white sugar (granulated)
3 jumbo eggs
NO HONEY -- (eliminated from girlichef's)
2 tsp. vanilla (added from girlichef's recipe)
NO YOGURT -- (eliminated from girlichef's)
2 cups flour -- (and NOT 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour from girlichef's)
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt (added from girlichef's)
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups shredded zucchini
NO CHOCOLATE CHIPS, NO NUTELLA -- (eliminated from girlichef's)
1/3 cup walnuts or pecans (less nuts from my friend's recipe)
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No cream cheese frosting was included for this recipe, so I ADDED THE SAME FROSTING!
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What you need to do to prepare the cake:
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The procedure is identical to my friend's recipe that I provided above.

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Signs of Autumn! Hello October!

Wherever you are, you're probably feeling a little chillier temps, maybe shorter daylight time (sigh!) and possibly decorating your home and gardens with autumn colors. Don't ya just love the cooler nights to sleep with the windows open! Ahhhh, the fresh air does a soul good!
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I stepped outside my classrooms and kitchen yesterday to snap a few shots of some signs of fall on the acreage. I'll cook something up later this weekend, but for now I'm just in the mood to savor the beauty and the splendor of Mother Nature's slowing down outside.
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Who doesn't love mums in the fall? This huge monster of a mum was planted last year and came back even bigger!

Hello Yellow....the blooms looks so happy and this is my favorite mum color of all!

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Next stop on the acreage, a photo of our garage turned into barn . . . we only have a stable for the horses, so our cars stay outside in the winter while the horses' hay stays dry in the garage! We have to stock up on hay to get the horses through the winter months when the grass goes dormant in the pastures.

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And lastly, some of those gorgeous tall grasses! These have a slightly "Italian" name: Adiago! Sort of close to Asiago (cheese). They are so shimmery and wispy when the breeze sweeps through them. We know that autumn is here when these plumes are displayed in the grasses.

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Well, that's my welcome post for October . . . it will only get more beautiful as the month goes on.....yes, the colors do change down here in the Carolina's....and although it may not be as vivid as the colors in the Northeast, its still pretty stunning!

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"Blog of the Week" Recognition

I want to give a BIG SHOUT OUT to Wanda over at her blog, "Only Cookware Blog" http://www.only-cookware.com/ for her kind recognition of my little blog, by selecting it as "Blog of the Week".... if you haven't visited her blog, you really must check it out. So many tips, recipes, and cookware reviews for all of us foodies to help us in our cooking and baking! I just wish I could get everything she recommends!

Here is her generous write-up:

Blog of the Week – La Bella Vita
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
http://www.only-cookware.com/blog/2009/09/20/blog-of-the-week-la-bella-vita/ .

"Recently I was doing some research on cooking blogs and came across a cluster of absolutely wonderful blogspot recipe blogs that I will be bringing to you over the next little while.
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Now this week I have another dream of a site for you to check out.
La Bella Vita – The Beautiful Life, is chock full of mouthwatering recipes that you are just going to want to dive right in and try.
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Last week I was taken with the Peach Melba and Raspberries and I was going to talk about this recipe this week when I added La Bella Vita as our blog of the week.
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However, when I went back in I was captivated by the Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake. In fact you could say that this recipe is a dream come true for a chocolate cake lover like myself.
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The recipes are well set out with beautiful photos to accompany each one. There are tips and hints to help you out where the author has found something doesn’t quite work in the original recipe, plus there are interesting snippets about life on country acreage in the Carolina’s.

So my advice is to get out those baking pans and start cooking up a treat that you and your family are just going to love."
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So Wanda, here's a big hug and "mwah" for being such a sweet, kind bloggin' friend! You've got a great blog going on too! Pin It