tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post264261917291767203..comments2024-03-19T04:07:04.410-07:00Comments on djkardkreations: So Where Was I? Oh, Yes, Christmas This n That and Rum Cake (No Card)Darnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723876053535575880noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-49962151153815281582012-12-01T15:22:11.575-08:002012-12-01T15:22:11.575-08:00Ho's on the roof? What kind of a Christmas ar...Ho's on the roof? What kind of a Christmas are you having out there, anyway? ;)Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545534565564730223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-88397621308953947022012-12-01T11:59:31.214-08:002012-12-01T11:59:31.214-08:00Happy start of Advent! Your home is looking wonder...Happy start of Advent! Your home is looking wonderfully festive!Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070466948879690223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-11092576887799806942012-12-01T10:38:06.135-08:002012-12-01T10:38:06.135-08:00Beautiful Christmas tree ~ Funny Mr. Murphy does t...Beautiful Christmas tree ~ Funny Mr. Murphy does the same thing at my house with the hangers! Some day when I have every box unpacked I'll have twenty boxes of hangers ;). Thanks for the rum cake recipe ~ I'll add to my baking list!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06085053309108096580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-29861729067927400022012-12-01T07:30:32.683-08:002012-12-01T07:30:32.683-08:00I really hate to burst your bubble,BUT....
We wen...I really hate to burst your bubble,BUT....<br /><br />We went to a pre-lit tree about 4 years ago due to severe pine allergies in the house. It is amazing the first year and maybe the second year. But wait until the third year. Have you noticed how beautifully wrapped each string of lights is on the branches? By the third year, one of those strings will be dead - and you will be tasked with the horrific task of finding which bulb is dead - OR removing the tightly wound string from the branch. <br /><br />I'm already afraid to plug mine in this year. Today's the day!Kim Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12524519727516942686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-26305814007614705472012-12-01T06:31:00.969-08:002012-12-01T06:31:00.969-08:00Forgot to say thanks for the recipe but I just can...Forgot to say thanks for the recipe but I just cant seem to get past the Brandy tasting stage for some reason !<br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-80792270517871305822012-12-01T06:29:29.180-08:002012-12-01T06:29:29.180-08:00Hi there, thanks for another rib tickling episode ...Hi there, thanks for another rib tickling episode from your home to ours ! I love your Christmas tree big and beautifully decorated, looks fabulous ! Like the idea of the pine fresheners up how positively original.I too have a case of the dissapearing ornaments so last year I made about three hundred felt hearts for the tree and it looked dreadful. So I bet you a ton of money I will be able to find those ones this year and not the ones I really want.<br /><br />Marie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-18233621698192636482012-12-01T04:13:52.228-08:002012-12-01T04:13:52.228-08:00Tree is up at my place too BUT. We brought new lig...Tree is up at my place too BUT. We brought new lights and tonight when I turned them on they are so dim you can hardly see them at all.. We left them on for a while as we thought maybe they will get brighter and nope they are a dud... Went to turn them off and the little transformer box that they plug into was so hot it was incredible.. So into the bin they will go. So will have to undecorate the tree and do it all again when we get new lights.. :( So Mr Murphy must have visited here as well.. Love your Christmas rum cake must make that this year when its all getting all a bit to Argghhhhh Sandy :)<br />Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779488078153008898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-88439799258443404952012-11-30T20:00:29.646-08:002012-11-30T20:00:29.646-08:00Hi Darnell, Finally got myself over here for a vis...Hi Darnell, Finally got myself over here for a visit. I am behind on blogsurfing once again! Read & giggled, identified with a lot of what you wrote, loved your decorations. (Can you find a can of the Aromatique Scent of the Tree...that's what we spray on our tree - WHEN we put one up. We aren't home, so many years now, no tree effort is made). Then I read your Rum Cake, and oh, you cleaned it up a lot! I had one very like, but had a lot of Navy talk in it...so I dared not to post! Loved yours! Thanks for making my day with lots of chuckles & giggles. DH wonders what I'm up to. He just shakes his head. HugsMaryHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348601616104255526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-67959705334533448772012-11-30T19:11:57.068-08:002012-11-30T19:11:57.068-08:00As always love your stories and these are just too...As always love your stories and these are just too cute. I love your tree, so beautiful and I have to admit I have the same problem with my ornament hooks, every year I end up buying more and never seem to find the missing ones. I too have a Martha Stewart tree, the one with the flocking and pine cones, I love that I can hang heavy ornaments on it and the branches don't bend over. <br />Your rum cake story brings back memories of my mom and our neighbor growing up, they were the Lucy and Ethel of the 60's and they would get together and make rum cakes and always seem to drink more than ever went into any cake! Thanks for bringing back those fond memories!Kim Hegginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559720624750898434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-47662339232610678932012-11-30T17:08:13.533-08:002012-11-30T17:08:13.533-08:00I love your blog!! I so identify with so many thin...I love your blog!! I so identify with so many things you say. But the ornament hanger thing really got me. One year I even bought the hangers and put them my kitchen utensil drawer so I'd see them all year and would know where to find them. Ha! They got shoved to the back and I still didn't have any come Christmas. Great decorations!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955635279960689491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-36455635473735275062012-11-30T13:45:42.691-08:002012-11-30T13:45:42.691-08:00Fabulous post today Darnell, you really had me gig...Fabulous post today Darnell, you really had me giggling! Your tree is so beautiful and so BIG, must take hours to decorate (especially if each bauble has to be put on twice). My Dad used to always offer to 'baste' the turkey with sherry, but more went in him than on the bird. Mr Murphy definitely visits our house too, he certainly is a trans-global kind of guy....... Hugs, Anne xRedannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927442847627008591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-89553194131848708992012-11-30T13:40:01.005-08:002012-11-30T13:40:01.005-08:00Wow Dippy - it's like a different world over t...Wow Dippy - it's like a different world over there. I'd give anything to be able to go out, choose a tree and bring it home. Not something that is readily available in the UK, unless you live in the back of beyond next to a Christmas tree forest.......! Ours come mostly from large D-I-Y stores.....or we succumb (sir come??? think it's catching....) and buy an artificial one but it just doesn't have the same feel - but maybe your "smellie" will make a difference. Your Mr Murphy doesn't show up in the UK - we have a very kind gentleman called Mr Nobody (all face and hands you understand) and boy does he move stuff around. I reckon we must have had the same grandparents/ancestors as my Xmas cake recipe is exackerly - hic - t'same as urs......<br /><br />Hugs.<br /><br />Karen xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506999582667901021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-49979502047106365192012-11-30T11:48:48.641-08:002012-11-30T11:48:48.641-08:00That Murphy sure does get around! We have a real ...That Murphy sure does get around! We have a real tree courtesy of Home Depot, it's always good. I saw in either the Acorn or Signals catalogs that they had lovey decorations that you could put pine scent in, if you wanted something purdy looking. I can't imagine Christmas in a warm climate, I need cold weather and snow for it to be "right" for me. Are you having a lot of rain from that storm? I heard Mount Shasta will likely get over 200" of snow in four days!<br /><br />Hugs<br />BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-88517435926583429282012-11-30T11:30:32.276-08:002012-11-30T11:30:32.276-08:00Wow gorgeous tree, hav ad an artificial one for ye...Wow gorgeous tree, hav ad an artificial one for years now as was forever sweeping up the needles, even found them months later lol. I thought I was the only one who murphy visited regularly lol. Absolutely love the nativity set. His, Amanda xAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283165339283990257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-34965537154128446522012-11-30T11:21:40.800-08:002012-11-30T11:21:40.800-08:00Seriously, tears running down my cheeks! How in th...Seriously, tears running down my cheeks! How in the heck did you manage to type that recipe? Spell check must have been having a heart attack! <br /><br />Beautiful tree! Love the bird bath ornament!<br /><br />Gerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386526508500220020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-48126918039625893182012-11-30T11:18:49.979-08:002012-11-30T11:18:49.979-08:00Hey, Darnell, your tree is beautiful! I broke down...Hey, Darnell, your tree is beautiful! I broke down and bought an artificial one after having the same problem, too. At least you didn't have my problem this year. I unpacked one of my big Santa's from the garage to find out a family of mice ate part of him and then moved inside. EWWWW!stampwithsandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030875893027389552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-14925039194696306932012-11-30T10:20:13.954-08:002012-11-30T10:20:13.954-08:00I found Orvis' Frasier Fir room spray - it'...I found Orvis' Frasier Fir room spray - it's WONDERFUL! Actually, the brand is THYMES, but I found it at Orvis in Milwaukee. I'm definitely going to be googling it to find more!Ardythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307898280046711131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-20909891569499369252012-11-30T09:47:40.720-08:002012-11-30T09:47:40.720-08:00I see Mr. & Mrs. Murphy aren't just annoyi...I see Mr. & Mrs. Murphy aren't just annoying me! I haven't even started on the decorating. Course I have a Jack that will dismantle everything he can reach. Bath & Bodyworks has a plug in oil called Fresh Balsam that has a wonderful, natural Christmas tree smell. Smells more like the real thing than my kid's real trees. I'm phobic about fire and have always had an artificial tree. Now we have one prelit so we are now speaking to each other when we do put up the tree.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11033196569629758956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-31246351823076616182012-11-30T09:34:48.988-08:002012-11-30T09:34:48.988-08:00Your tree looks fantabulous Darnell and ..... must...Your tree looks fantabulous Darnell and ..... must try your rumcake recipe! Hic!<br /><br />KathykKathykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321893319926950229noreply@blogger.com