A lot of people having been asking me what a Buckeye is. Here is a picture of a true buckeye nut from a buckeye tree. It’s the state tree of Ohio.

The buckeye nut is poisonous. People often will gather the nuts and then turn them into jewelry for Ohio State fans. The often appear on necklaces and key chains of the Buckeye faithful.

These are Buckeye candies. Everywhere other than Ohio, they are Peanut Butter Balls and are completely coated in chocolate. They are to die for! The recipe that is in the prior post is just one that I found when I Googled buckeyes candy and have not tried that one. I think that if you were to Google Buckeyes, you would definitely find lots and lots of recipes for them. They are not hard to make, just a little time consuming. Also you can Google Peanut Butter Balls and get the same thing.

Hi there,

Well, I got the last of my wrapping done last night and went and grabbed the last of the gift cards I needed. My laundry is all done and all I need to do is pack up and I’m ready to take off tomorrow. I’m still searching for my holiday spirit, it’s missing too. I think it and my mojo took a vacation together. So I started thinking about the holiday spirit and realized that I missed 2 important things this year. I didn’t go to any holiday parties that had Buckeyes. Shannon’s Aunt Sandy and my cousin Beth make the best Buckeyes I’ve ever had, even better than Anthony Thomas or Cheryl’s Cookies. I’m seriously considering picking some up to take to my SIL cuz she loves em too and the one’s they get in Michigan aren’t true Buckeyes for obvious reasons. Someone had made a layout with a recipe for them that I saw on their blog yesterday and had me thinking about them. The above recipe came from a google search.

I also realized that I haven’t caught ANY of the usual Christmas shows. No Rudolf, no Charlie Brown and most importantly no No Snow Miser & no Heat Miser. A Year Without A Santa Clause is hands down my favorite Holiday special. But not the movie they made of it last year. That was sooooo lame. Give me the claymation or how ever they did it. I love the songs and the theme behind it. Maybe I just didn’t check the right channels, but I swear I never saw it advertised on regular TV. And you’d think with this writer’s strike, they’d use as much filler as possible.

Oh I am so ready for today to be over and it hasn’t even started yet. Why is it the day before a long weekend is always the longest day of the month????? So no scrapping news today. I am so out of the loop. Maybe I’ll get a chance tonight to scrap since every thing’s pretty much done. We’re not leaving til tomorrow late morning. The weather’s going to cooperate, at least for the ride up.

Wishing you peace today. Scrap happy!