Hallelujah...!!!.... The King is Born!!!

I wish everyone a wonderful day, full of sweet memories and glad tidings..!!!....    I got to spend a really nice evening last night at the home of some friends... We had at least 25 people at this little gathering...and had a wonderful time, playing "Secret Santa"... and eating some great holiday food...  Ham, spinach dip, a shrimp dip, crackers and chips... a dip with hot  peppers (this IS New Mexico)....which, I tried and felt the burn in the back of my throat ALL the way down!!!............  We had Postole, which is a pork and hominy stew, with red chile' sauce... some sort of pudding that is a native egg pudding that made me think of an egg custard, but a little thinner.. but, was Delicious!!!...and as Rachel Ray would say.."Yum O".... a Spanish bread pudding, and various other tastes ....   All in all, we had a very good time, although one of the teenage boys wound up with a small leather purse...LOL... which was really kind of funny... but not to him... LOL.. and I wound up with a 7 sized screwdriver, light included... so, in the end.. I traded the teener for his "man bag"...LOL... and he got the screwdriver... I rather like the little leather purse... its more like a little medicine bag with zippers.... and a long string for over the shoulder hanging.  But the leather is soft and a mulberry color...  just my style!!!.............  so, it seems that it was meant to be...!...  I gave my hostess a cookbook with Southern recipes, and she loved the gift!... she collects cookbooks as do I.......... even though I don't cook often for anyone, but myself......  I do love reading them like novels...  then, I adapt my own cooking to what I have noticed and thought was a good idea.  I even got a muffin cookbook for myself while I was at it!!!... I could live on muffins... I like the savory ones that are a meal all in themselves.....and you can brown bag them to work or to the stable for a quick snack.  This one is chock full of good ideas.  Its called ..1 mix, 100 muffins. by Susanna Tee.   Today, I am planning on taking a few little gifts to friends that I didn't manage to see yesterday.  Maybe there will be goodies and I'll be invited to partake of them.......LOL...  you see my Plan, do you not????....................  Oh... and of course, my baby girl, Comanche' will be getting HER treat...of carrots, apples and peppermints.... maybe even a little oatmeal.......... she thinks the more treats , the better...  Ok , have a great day, Y'all!!!!.............  I have to find my sled and my reindeer!............. Catch you later on the flip side!!!!!.....................   Shadow.......................