OH the smells of Christmas...not what you think!

OH the smells through out the house today...Deer...Cookies and Ham...quite the mix huh?

Randy spent this Sunday making deer jerky while I made Christmas Cookies and we through a ham in for dinner.

So Randy got to open an early present from his folks only because he needed to use it.

This is the deer just on the racks.

Several hours later...looking better. I know may look kind gross...but mmm. This is one of the two ways I like deer. Jerky or Sticks.

Oh how I wish I could bake a little bit better. I am not a SUZY HOMEMAKER. As what Randy will call me when I try to be a good wife. :) He always tells me that he did not marry me for my baking. My problem with baking is I am always in a hurry.

While baking a "sample batch" I was on Face Book chatting and burned them but could tell they needed a little more flour. So they still could have used a bit more flour this is what I got. A little over done but the kids still like them. I don't understand how come I always seem to need more flour then the recipe ever calls for?

I also tried to make Buckeyes today but the recipe I used OBVIOUSLY had a misprint...it said sugar...But after making I'm thinking the word POWDERED was missing. To say this batch went into the Garbage. Not granulated.

Then onto something a bit more simple...Ritz crackers w/ PB and dipped in almond bark. Easy right? Wrong...I don't own a double boiler and so the only other pans I had that I could try to stack together was two frying pans. Well the almond bark isn't deep enough then. And how do you get the crackers out so they still look pretty? I finished and they taste FABULOUS. But

Here they are all packaged up. Then I gave up and took a nap.