What Shall We Bake Today?

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It’s December!  December is normally COOKIE month in my house, but I thought I’d start the month with an EASY holiday treat…Snowman Cupcakes!  You can go through all the fuss of using  homemade cake and frosting recipes or you can use box mixes and canned frosting and get right to the fun!

Ingredients

24 cupcakes (mixed and baked according to box directions—any flavor)

1 tub prepared WHITE frosting

Shredded coconut

Black food coloring

Orange food coloring

Directions

Frost cupcakes. Press shredded coconut into frosting. 

Stir together 1 cup frosting and black food coloring in a bowl until desired shade is reached. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small round piping tip or a zip-top bag with a small hole cut in one corner.

Stir together ½ cup frosting and orange food coloring in a second bowl until desired shade is reached. Transfer to a second piping bag fitted with a small round piping tip or a zip-top bag with a small hole cut in one corner.

Pipe a carrot-shaped nose in the center of each cupcake. With the black frosting, pipe two eyes and five or six smaller dots for the mouth. Store cupcakes, covered, at room temperature up to 2 days.

Enjoy!

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65 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. Morning All!

    snowing lightly but steadily at the moment. darn coughing woke me up. I sound like i got a frog in my throat. I didn’t wear my earmuffs Saturday when we were out–I should have!

    we’ll see on how much snow we get.

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    1. Morning, Pat! Super cold this morning @ 15 but the skies are clear – hopefully, it will warm up again like yesterday and melt more of this nasty white stuff! Uh-oh! Take some Vitamin C before it gets worse!

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      1. Morning Filly!

        we got 2 inches already and it shows no sign of stopping. I have the humidifier running because the wood this year is particularly irritating to my sinuses.

        I’ve upped my vitamins, but it’s really just an annoying tickle in the throat that won’t go away.

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          1. I am taking my vitamins, drinking my tea with honey in it and taking it easy today. it’s really just in my ears/throat–from not wearing my earmuffs when we went on Saturday. stupid mistake.

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  4. Charlotte99

    December 2, 2025 1:18 am

    Turley:A German court may have just shattered one of the Biden era’s biggest lies

    This week, a German court issued an arrest warrant for Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov, which may finally confirm what was long suspected: that Ukraine was responsible for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the waters near Denmark and Sweden.

    The Biden administration may have been given prior warning. It was allegedly told years ago by a Ukrainian whistleblower that a six-person team of Ukrainian special forces was planning to rent a boat, dive to the sea floor and blow up the Nord Stream project. The operation was reportedly led by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces.

    Nevertheless, after the attack, the Biden administration and many in the media fueled speculation that Russia had destroyed its own pipeline, despite evidence and logic to the contrary. It was another convenient claim of a Russian false-flag operation that allowed the Biden administration to ignore the possibility that Ukraine had not only engaged in environmental crimes but had also knowingly lied to its allies.

    https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5625986-a-german-court-just-shattered-one-of-the-biden-eras-biggest-lies/

    The Gipper Lives

    December 2, 2025 4:49 am

    Reply to  Charlotte99

    Obiden and Nuland publicly promised to blow up the Pipeline and then did it.

    Did they use a Ukrainian team to do so? Those waters are a NATO bathtub, and our Navy was right there on exercises. I doubt they would have farmed out the Diving Op to foreigners.

    OTOH, they did use false flag Ukrainian Nazis at the Capitol to smash windows and riot.

    However, this seems like the CIA offering up Fall Guys to CYA.

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    Your Nautical Miles May Vary.

    ps; this always struck me as more an attack on Germany than Russia.

    In any event, the Biden Crime Family was there to cash in on LNG sales afterwards.

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  5. Pe7rot Conservative6

    December 2, 2025 2:38 am

    Laura Loomer
    @LauraLoomer

    EXCLUSIVE:

    🚨SECRETARY OF THE ARMY’S OFFICE PLOTTING COUP AT THE PENTAGON TO REMOVE @SecWar
    PETE HEGSETH AND REPLACE HIM WITH
    @SecArmy DAN DRISCOLL 🚨

    Individuals in the office of US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll have been orchestrating a Coup against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
    @PeteHegseth in an effort to have him removed by President Trump and replaced by Dan Driscoll.

    Over the last 2 weeks, the legacy media, which is incredibly hostile to Hegseth, has been posting puff pieces about Dan Driscoll and how he is a “rising star” at the Pentagon. Sources have told me that Jake Sullivan @jakejsullivan
    , the former National Security Advisor of the United States under Joe Biden, is very close friends with Dan Driscoll, and they have been friends since they both attended Yale Law School. Driscoll and Vice President Vance also met at Yale Law School, which is how Driscoll was nominated as Army Secretary.

    High level sources at the Pentagon have confirmed to me that Sullivan has been planting stories in support of Driscoll because Sullivan wants Hegseth removed and replaced by Driscoll. Sullivan is worried Hegseth and President Trump are going to take action against the seditious 6, the 6 Democrat lawmakers who are now facing federal inquiries and an FBI investigation after they recorded a video in November 2025 urging US military service members not to follow “unlawful” orders, a message President Trump and Pete Hegseth have called “seditious.”

    One of the seditious 6 is Democrat Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander
    @RepGoodlander
    (D-NH), the wife of Jake Sullivan who goes by a different last name to hide the fact that she is married to Jake Sullivan. It is worth noting that Goodlander is a Naval Reserve Intelligence Officer, which means she could possibly face disciplinary action by Hegseth for her seditious behavior.

    Goodlander and Sullivan got married in 2015. Some of guests at their wedding include Hillary Clinton, Lisa Monaco, Huma Abedin, Samantha Power, Victoria Nuland, and Antony Blinken, all of whom are anti-Trump Deep State operatives…

    — more —

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  7. Just The News: “President Donald Trump this week appeared to endorse bringing charges against a group of Democrats who appeared in a viral video urging military personnel to ignore “illegal” orders from the president.

    “There are laws that impact our Nation. Read Title 18, Chapter 115, Section 2387, ‘Whoever with the intent to interfere, impair, influence the loyalty, moral[e] or discipline of the military and Naval Forces,……to be fined or imprisoned up to 10 years.’ Commander Kirk Lippold, U.S. Navy, Ret,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “This is right on point. DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE!!!”

    Trump’s post refers to the United States Code, which assigns the penalty.

    Though Trump did not name any particular target for charges, his comments come amid backlash against the Democratic lawmakers who participated in the video, which preceded an attack by an Afghan national on two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.

    Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., all appeared in the video.

    The Pentagon has already announced an investigation into Kelly, while the FBI and Department of Justice have opened probes into the entire group.”

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  8. Just The News: “Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced a bill Monday that seeks to end dual citizenship and require new American citizens to submit “exclusive allegiance” to the United States.

    Moreno’s legislation would make any American who currently has dual citizenship with another country choose between the two nations, and any American who seeks dual citizenship to give up their U.S. citizenship.

    “One of the greatest honors of my life was when I became an American citizen at 18, the first opportunity I could do so,” Moreno, who was born in Colombia but has since given up his citizenship, told Fox News. “Being an American citizen is an honor and a privilege — and if you want to be an American — it’s all or nothing. It’s time to end dual citizenship for good.”

    Moreno’s bill, the “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025,” is aimed at bolstering American interests by eliminating potential conflicts of interest and “divided loyalties.” 

    If passed, the bill would give Americans with dual citizenship one year to write to the Secretary of State or Department of Homeland Security on whether they intend to give up their American citizenship, or denounce their foreign citizenship. If they do not make the deadline, it will be recorded that they relinquished their U.S. citizenship. 

    “It was an honor to pledge an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and ONLY to the United States of America,” Moreno posted on X. “America First and America Only. It’s time to end dual citizenship for good.”

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  9. Sure hope this is accurate – just signed into Amazon and it says my recliner is “out for delivery!” Meaning it is on the truck…..🤞🤞🤞🤞

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  17. “Wherever this got started, it’s bullshit. No self-respecting person (like myself) of Italian heritage would ever do this before the fact. It suggests that – if you’re not Italian and don’t know better – you’d be preventing pasta from sticking, but this method is generally considered ineffective by culinary experts. 

    Adding oil to boiling water does not prevent pasta from sticking together during cooking because the oil floats on the water’s surface. The oil can coat the pasta, which then prevents the sauce from properly adhering to it after draining. 

    The most effective ways to prevent sticking are to use a large pot with sufficient water and stir the pasta frequently, especially in the first minute of cooking. They also say that adding oil is useful for preventing the pot from foaming up and boiling over, but that’s bullshit, too. 

    Why do you suppose your mother and grandmother had that big wooden spoon that they usta chase you around the house with? It wasn’t just for spanking yer ass – it also stopped the pot from boiling over. ‘Nuff said…”

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  18. I never did understand why anyone would be fool enough…..!

    “It’s surprising this hasn’t happened much sooner. Cryptocurrencies were hammered again today as Bitcoin and Ethereum plunged, deepening a market rout that has erased billions in value and rattled traders already bracing for more volatility. Bitcoin slid as much as 6% to below $86,000 in early trading before recovering slightly to around $86,788. Ethereum fared even worse, at one point dropping more than 7% to roughly $2,800. Solana tumbled nearly 8%, and Dogecoin shed more than 8%, extending November’s bruising declines across the sector.

    Let’s face it. Playing in the Crypto arena isn’t investing – it’s gambling pure and simple. It’s something that literally does not exist in any form but people’s imagination, and those smart enough to get in early and cash out recently certainly hit a home run, but the truth is, the whole thing’s a scam. 

    It’s not unlike being deaf and blind and playing roulette – while you’re standing in front of a craps table, if ya catch my drift. Fools and their money…”

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  22. Whew! That was a LOT of work but I got ‘er done and my recliner is working! Yeah!!! The massage is nice, especially in my neck/back area; haven’t tried the heat yet. I was dripping sweat by the time I was done…..next time? Yeah, I’ll get a professional to put it together!

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  23. Just The News: “The man accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard troops just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday shouted “Allahu Akbar” while he was firing several rounds with a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, according to a newly released criminal affidavit.

    “Allahu Akbar” translates from Arabic to “God is greater,” and is often used by perpetrators of terrorist acts to indicate that their action is jihad, or holy struggle, as they see it, and as a way to instill fear in non-believers.

    The alleged gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is an Afghan national who entered the US in 2021 following the disastrous US military pullout. He had been part of and worked on one of the CIA’s “Zero Units.” Lakanwal was a former member of the National Strike Unit (NSU) forces, which were tied to the CIA and to the former Afghan government’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), Just the News previously reported.

    He shot Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died the next day, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who is still hospitalized in serious condition. 

    According to a Justice Department press release, “Lakanwal drove from his hometown in the state of Washington to Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, November 26, Lakanwal arrived at about 2:13 p.m., at 17th and I Streets, NW, near Farragut West Metro Station, and opened fire on two National Guard members without provocation.”

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  24. Just The News: “The man accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard troops just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday shouted “Allahu Akbar” while he was firing several rounds with a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, according to a newly released criminal affidavit.

    “Allahu Akbar” translates from Arabic to “God is greater,” and is often used by perpetrators of terrorist acts to indicate that their action is jihad, or holy struggle, as they see it, and as a way to instill fear in non-believers.

    The alleged gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is an Afghan national who entered the US in 2021 following the disastrous US military pullout. He had been part of and worked on one of the CIA’s “Zero Units.” Lakanwal was a former member of the National Strike Unit (NSU) forces, which were tied to the CIA and to the former Afghan government’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), Just the News previously reported.

    He shot Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died the next day, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who is still hospitalized in serious condition. 

    According to a Justice Department press release, “Lakanwal drove from his hometown in the state of Washington to Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, November 26, Lakanwal arrived at about 2:13 p.m., at 17th and I Streets, NW, near Farragut West Metro Station, and opened fire on two National Guard members without provocation.”

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  25. Just The News: “Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday confirmed that the agency would complete the hiring of 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents within the next ten days.

    “Our 10,000th ICE officer will be on the job within 10 days,” she told President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting. “So we have hired 10,000. We’ve had hundreds of 1000s of applications. We’ve got within the department.”

    The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act provided funding for the agency to hire 10,000 additional personnel in order to expedite deportations. 

    The Trump administration has set the goal of deporting at least 21 million illegal aliens and has thus far reported a decline in the foreign-born population by 2 million since the president took office this year. That figure includes deportations and self-deportations of immigrants from varying legal statuses.”

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  26. Just The News: “Dell CEO Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, on Tuesday announced that they would commit $6.2 billion in funds to the administration’s “Trump accounts” to help give 25 million American children a financial head start.

    “Next year, every American child will be able to get an investment account, powered by Invest America,” they said. “The real power of these accounts, is that anyone can contribute.”

    The contribution will see the couple deposit $250 into each account, expanding on the existing $1,000 deposits from the Treasury into the so-called “Trump accounts,” Reuters reported.

    “To philanthropists, companies, community leaders, if you want to part of something truly meaningful, for our kids, for our companies, for our country, join us,” Michael Dell said.”

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  27. “What Does Trump Want with Venezuela?”

    Clandestine, Dec 02, 2025

    “I’m not exactly sure what is going on in Venezuela, but based on how badly the Dems are throwing a fit about it, I have a hunch.

    It reminds me of Iran/Ukraine. Destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities was not about Iran. It was about Obama and the Deep State. Obama’s Iran Deal is what paved the way for Iran to create nuclear weapons. Obama essentially offshored nuclear weapon development, and put it in the hands of the ruling Deep State families, via Iran as proxy.

    This is the same way that Obama/Fauci offshored biological weapon development to Ukraine circa 2014. Obama took US secrets, offshored them, and handed these capabilities over to his Deep State handlers, outside the scope of US oversight, and outside the hands of the US Military.

    Obama essentially created rogue proxies around the world, with the most dangerous weaponry ever created, and Trump is on a mission to destroy it all.

    I’m not exactly sure what is going on in Venezuela that has Trump’s attention, but I think it has to do with more than just drug cartels. Venezuela, and South America in general, has been a historical CIA hotspot.

    My guess is, that Venezuela has some sort of Obama/Deep State assets, similar to Iran and Ukraine. Hence why Trump is after it, and hence why the Dems are freaking out about “unlawful orders”, Hegseth, “war crimes”, drug boats, etc.

    Is it about cartels, drugs, election fraud, oil, precious metals, something else? I’m not sure, but the enemy always tells us what they value most, based upon what they squeal about the loudest.”

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  28. 👶 More Babies Born to Women Over 40 Than Under 20 — USA

    Same in Switzerland. Humans now parent later, longer, slower. Biology is changing to fit the economy, not the other way around…

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  32. On the edge

    “I was about to say too far gone, but then I noticed it was an REO. I might take on that job.”

    That Hair…

    Meanwhile, somewhere in Texas….

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  36. “HHS Taps Co-Author of ‘Great Barrington Declaration’ to Lead Science Office — HHS appointed epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., as chief science officer for its planning and evaluation office, signaling a major shift in federal public health strategy. Kulldorff, who recently chaired the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is widely known for co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration — a controversial but influential critique of lockdown policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    by TrialSite News, December 2, 2025

    martin kulldorff and hhs logo

    Kulldorff photo credit: Thérèse Soukar via Wikipedia.

    EXCERPT: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., a nationally recognized epidemiologist, biostatistician and former Harvard Medical School professor, has been appointed chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).

    Kulldorff, who recently chaired the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), is widely known for co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration — a controversial but influential critique of lockdown policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    With more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and a career spanning vaccine safety surveillance, infectious disease modeling and statistical methods, his arrival signals a strategic reorientation at HHS toward transparency, evidence evaluation and critical review of pandemic-era policies.

    ASPE operates as HHS’s central analytic and policy engine, responsible for economic modeling, program evaluation, interagency coordination and the development of department-wide research standards. The office plays an increasingly prominent role in the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” reforms.

    Kennedy praises Kulldorff’s leadership on vaccine policy

    “Martin Kulldorff transformed ACIP from a rubber stamp into a committee that delivers gold-standard science for the American people,” said Kennedy. “I’m glad to welcome him to my team to help develop bold, evidence-based policies to Make America Healthy Again.”……

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/hhs-martin-kulldorff-co-author-great-barrington-declaration-lead-science-office/

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