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3 guesses what I'm doing today??? See y'all later, and maybe have my own poem to share about the gathering of wierd relatives.

The Family Reunion

by Shaara

We brush off our blue jeans and pile in the car
Time for our gathering, and we’ve gotta drive far.
Oversized families are great; so I'm told,
But the people who say that are usually old.
They don’t have to sit in the back seat with Ted,
While he makes faces at cars, pretending he’s dead.
(Yes, I wish it, at times, when his legs always kick,
Or when he starts reading, and always gets carsick.)
Some say a reunion's exciting for all,
Those who've never sat close to a Neanderthal!
My parents are the worst on the long drive to Butte.
They sing all those songs my mom thinks are cute.
My dad likes to test me on facts and unknowns,
And never stops quizzing despite all my moans.
Then when we get there, my ears and brain numb,
I get to meet cousins: all the Toms, Janes and dumbs.
And together we’re supposed to go off and chatter
As if being blood-related is all that mattered.
So I’m stuck in the country with nothing to do
But talk with my cousins who belong in a zoo.
Last year "Dear Cousin Tom" dripped ice cream
All over my outfit in a chocolately stream.
Tanya tripped over my foot, then bawled when she fell.
Uncle Herbie made us stand in a line and spell.
Aunt Harriett will probably make her jello with peas,
While Cousin James does nothing but snort and sneeze.
Fun’s not what I call my family's reunions
As we listen to Grandma talk about bunions,
And someone will say, like they do every year,
“How big you are getting,” as they spit in my ear.
Sammie, my friend, doesn’t have any cousin.
I’d be so happy to give her a dozen!
And when I grow up and don’t have to go
I’ll threaten my kids with the whole sad show.
“Didn’t do your homework?” I’ll say with a glare,
And they’ll return to their rooms just to avoid the affair!

It's a beautiful day for a family reunion. Thanks for that cute poem. It sure makes it clear how children feel about such things. Awww ...... do I havta go? :)

I found something you can take with you today. It will be a hit with both the kids and the adults.

Old Rittenhouse Inn White Chocolate Cheesecake
Recipe by Mary Phillips, Chef, 301 Rittenhouse Avenue, Bayfield, WI.

Ingredients:
1/4 C. butter, melted
1 C. (12) zwieback crumbs
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. cocoa
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2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 C. sugar
4 tsp. flour
5 ounces white chocolate, melted
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
2 Tbsp. white crème-de-cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
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2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, melted
2 Tbsp. dairy sour cream
2 tsp. white crème-de-cocoa

Preparation: Add butter to combined crumbs, sugar and cocoa; mix well.
Coat sides of buttered 9-inch spring form pan with 3 tablespoons crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of pan. Chill.

Combine cream cheese, sugar and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Blend in white chocolate. Add eggs and yolk, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in crème-de-cocoa and vanilla; pour over crust.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.

Combine chocolate, sour cream and crème-de-cocoa; mix well. Spread over cheesecake.

Chill.
Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Maybe I should have gotten this recipe to you yesterday.
I may even try this one. LOL

Where my books go

All the words that I utter,
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm-darken'd or starry bright.

-- William Yeats