Baby it's cold outside....

We went to the ICE exhibit at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, TX. It was beautiful...oh and COOOLD!

Christmas with Grandma in Dallas

Collette | Baiocco Check In



My girls and husband were able to make it over to moms the Saturday after
Christmas to celebrate. Alice could not be there as well as my son. Mom is
doing great! Love to all,

Lesan

Some Darnells Check in

Thanksgiving and Christmas at Grandparents

Dallas Report

"Now, this is my kind of humor," says Cuzz'n Alice.

So, lettuce entertain you ...

Recommended Music Video from New Videos from alljazz98

• "Dania" by The Manhattan Project
• "Somebody Somebody" by Daniela and Ann
• "Dirty (Junior's Juke)" by Earth, Wind & Fire & Junior Wells
• "I'll Be Around" (Special After Dark Mix) by Nayobe
• "Why Should We Stop Now" by Shirley Combs
• "Just Because I'm Wrong" by Gearld Levert
• "Swingdown, Swingtown" by The Wynton Marsalis Septet
• "Sunshine" (Live Long Version) by The O'Jays
• "I Don't Care" by The Final Solution

Retrieved by Pat Darnell

Just click on a link and listen to the Jazz, while watching some picture essays, or Videos.

Cuzzin Alice Sent these Photo's for Post:

Let's call this: true grit and gumption.. okay? We're all in this together. We're all on Watch: and I know my Cuzz's and Sib'z and Child'z all have true grit'z... we git'z it from our Peep'z.

Only you know, and I know: "Don't forget to grease your loaf pan"

Now, We all Know
by Lesan Baiocco

Hi
For Sylvia, Alice, Becky, Alicia and Marinell...

If I left somebody out, let them know. The recipe for that fudge, the entire recipe can be found at Oprah.com under foods/recipes/rachel ray or at rachelray.com. [Click HERE]

Its called Five-Minute Fudge Wreaths

This is a quickie version:

Buy:
1 pack, 12 oz, semisweet choc chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 can 14 oz, sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
8 oz chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisons


These are the basic ingredients with amounts. I do not make it like Rachel does with the round cake pan using the milk can in the middle to form a wreath.

(I am mailing you the official recipe so you will see what I am talking about)

...but for today this is all you need. I use those throw away small loaf pans and
fill them and chill them and cut them in half. Wrap with saran and tie ends
with ribbon or yarn. I totally can't remember how many I get out of each
batch????? Yikes.

Anyway, you can substitute ANY flavor of choc chips and dried fruit and/or nuts!

Be sure to grease your loaf pan and if you are in a hurry and can't leave these
to sit overnight, freeze them for about 45 min. so they will harden enough for
you to cut.

Love, Lesan

MYSTERY SOLVED UPDATE: Mystery and the Pride of Elders

On Mon, 12/1/08, Dave Darnell wrote:

From: Dave Darnell
Subject: Re: Q and A -- reply to unknown one
To: lesliebaiocco@tx.rr.com
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 8:19 PM
Hello all,
Mom had the names of the half brother: Orien Alderson
-- and --
half sister: Mary Irvin
93 Lyle Lane
Nashville , TN 37211 PHONE 615-256-8886
Love, Artoo Potatoo
______________________________

-----Original Message-----

From: Randall Geades
To: patdarnell@aol.com
Sent: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 7:56 am

I have always wondered...who is the woman standing to the right of Ol'Mom?
Alicia
_________________________________
--- patdarnell@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Leesh:
> I am not sure, since I only met the clandestine one that day.. she is related
to Hunter, and you will have to ask an elder-meister the rest... Anyone?

L & H,
Ankle Peetie
_________________________________
From: Lesliebaiocco
Sent: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 5:38 am
Subject: two things
Hello
How can I get a copy of the photo at the top of the blog
page?
Our son is moving to Austin today, so we are a bit busy!
Love to all,
Lesan
_________________________________________
From: Lesliebaiocco
I will ask my mom on Wed when I do my weekly.................ask Jerre too! If they don't know I could send to that group of friends in Martin.
Lesan
_________________________________________
From PatDarnell@aol.com
> > Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 7:29 AM
> > Here attached is the original photograph for the CLOG header.... this is the gang at Martin in 1979.

• One Method is to click on the photo
• right click on the picture that comes up on a separate tab
• left click 'Save image as' to your computer photo files
• then print it out for your use...
  

> > Love and Eskimo kisses,
> > Pato-son

Spring Cleaning Projects: PHOTO's and Movies

In order to help with this let me say:
by Lesan Baiocco

Regarding all the home video we watched at moms. I have all the originals of those in VHS and DVD form. I can copy both at my home. All I need is an order of who wants what. The new video from Paul will have to come from him or whatever which none of us has seen except for Alice.

So I am ready to start the copying and just need to know who wants what and in
what format?

I have:

• COLLETTE Home Movies (which has a lot of Darnell footage)
• AUNTY FRAN trip to TN video (her final farewell)
• The CRITES Video that has me and Chris and our parents and Fran and Chuck and those other relatives of ours from Abilene including Frank and Lou
  

So who wants what and in what format VHS or DVD?

It could be after Christmas till I get this done but its so easy for me. I can
come up with a price just to cover the cost of the blank VHS tapes and/or DVD
discs.

Let me know all!
Love Les

Coming Soon to a Screen Near You..... The G-Ma Caper

hey pat,
will you please tell the darnell "clan", the ones not listed on this email, that they have got a GREAT dvd coming in the mail from cuz paul. with his little nikon camera and my good guy dan, they came up with an excellent video of our THANKS GIVEN get together. the audio is great and dan did a good job as camera man--but man you are no-where to be seen, cause you never got up to get a drink or go to the men's room---man oh man, the video, we think, really caught the "majic" of that momentous night! so anyway, look forward to this all you wonder-cuzzz's...
alice
___the G-Ma Caper
Did you enjoy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and the "Poseidon Adventure"?

• Starring Hedy Lamarr and Ann Sothern as Jerre and Leslie in the G-Ma Caper
• and for the first time Edward G Robinson plays all the supporting male parts
  
• Music by Eileen Ivers
• Produced by Paul and Alice Collette and Dan

These are the Comforts of Home

Would you mind loading these on the clog for me? My camera *[expletive deleted]* me off and won't take a clear picture unless the light is just perfect, so most of the pictures I took came out blurry or looked orange.

I love you!!

LeeshyG
___________
Leesh, You could not offend anyone even if you tried.

3 of 5 PHOTOS: Lauren in the arms of those she so easily charms.