Lexi Extras

Chocolate Mint Chip Ice cream

1 cup milk

2/3 cup sugar

2 cups cream

1 teaspoon peppermint

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup mint chocolate pieces frozen

Make sure the ice cream maker tub is frozen before starting. Dissolve sugar in milk completely. Then add both extracts and green color. Stir in heavy cream. Pour into ice cream maker and churn for 25 minutes. Five minutes before the ice cream is done, pour mint chocolate pieces into the ice cream maker. Put ice cream in an air tight container and freeze at least 2 hours.

Chai ice cream

1 cup milk

2/3 cup white sugar

2 cups cream

3 Tablespoons Powdered Chai (heaping)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Combine powdered chai and sugar. Whisk them and milk together until completely dissolved. Add vanilla and stir. Color with food coloring as desired. Add cream and stir.

Pour into ice cream maker and churn for 25 minutes. Freeze for at least 2 hours. Enjoy!

The Happy Playlist

Here Comes The Sun by the Beatles
 I won’t give up by Jason Mraz.
Just a Gigolo by David Lee Roth
Ice Cream Man by Van Halen
Weather Girls – It’s Rainin’ Men
Girl Just want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
Sideways by Dierks Bentley
That’s Damn Rock and Roll by Eric Church
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson…
Country Roads by John Denver
Don’t worry, be happy by Bobby McFerrin
Call me by Blondie
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Sweet Child of Mine – Guns n’ Roses
November Rain -Guns n’ Roses
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street Long Version
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Kool & The Gang – Celebration
Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake
Van Halen – Jump
Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood
Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
What a wonderful world ( 1967 )by  Louis Armstrong
Happy by Pharrell Williams
Happy by Pharrell Williams
All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow
Hang it Up by Patrice Rushen
Bet My Life by Imagine Dragons
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas’
On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
Breathless by the Corrs
Take it to the Limit by the Eagles
When It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere
Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leopard
Keep Your Hands To Yourself by Georgia Satellites
5,4,3,2,1 too many by Luke Combs
Born This Way by Lady GaGa
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Gayla Peevey.
Amarillo by Morning by George Strait.
Buttermilk Biscuits by Sir Mix-A-Lot
Fat Bottom Girls by Queen
Raspberry Beret by Prince
Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
Dancing Queen by Abba
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham
Never gonna give you up – Rick Astley
L.O.V.E. – Nat King Cole
Take on me – AHA
Do you believe in love – Cher
Kokomo – Beach Boys
Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
‘Bitch’, by Meredith Brooks.
She’s Country by Jason Aldean
Bad is Bad by Huey Lewis and the News
I want a New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News
The Heart of Rock and Roll by Huey Lewis and the News
Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the News
(Too) Hip to Be Square  by Huey Lewis and the News;
White Wedding by Billy Idol
Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol
Loved too Much by Ty Herndo
I have to Surrender by Ty Herndo
Mighty Might Love by Ty Herndo
Mercy Live by Ty Herndo
Steam by Ty Herndo
You can Leave your Hat on by Ty Herndo
It Must be Love by Ty Herndon
Sweet Talkin’ Woman by ELO
My Blue Sky by ELO
Don’t Bring me Down by ELO
Last Train To London by ELO
Hold on Tight by ELO
Calling America by ELO
Strange Magic by ELO
Do Ya  by ELO
Brandy (You’re a fine girl) – Looking Glass
Mr. Mom – Lonestar
Amie – Pure Praire League
Dance Dance by Fall out Boy
Don’t Stop the Music by Rhianna
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Strut by Adam Lambert
Booty do Math by Kirby Krackle
Invincible by Fall Out Boy
Blue ain’t your color by Keith Urban.
Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams
Otis Redding’s (Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay
Two Step by Laura Bell Bundy

 

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Character Interview with Holly Douglas from One of a Kind Christmas

Lexi: What’s your name?

Holly: My name is Holly Douglas. I’m a widow.

Lexi: Where did you grow up?

Holly:I grew up in New Hampshire, but I married a Scotsman, so I live in Deervale, Scotland now. My family wants me to move back to America, but I want to stay here. I feel closer to my husband here, especially because he’s been visiting me for the last three years and sending me spirits. They are so much fun. I love flying with them.

Lexi: During what time period does your story take place?

Holly:Well, that’s a loaded question. It takes place in my past, my present, and in my future. Though as Malcom and Joy, my Spirits of Christmas Future, told me, I can make my future change.

Lexi: What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you?

Holly:Oh, I’m just a regular person. My biological dad had nothing to do with me. When I was a teenager, my mom and I were living in an apartment building that caught on fire on Christmas Eve. We were placed with the Tinders by our social worker, Jessica, who along with Duncan were my Spirits of Christmas Past. Anyway, Mom ended up marrying the Tinders oldest son, so I got a new family. I met Cameron at the Highland Games and we were together for two years before we married. Unfortunately, he died on Christmas day two years later. He was rock-climbing. I was devastated.
Lexi: What’s your goal in this story?

Holly:My goal? Oh, I want to convince my husband’s spirit to keep visiting me for the rest of my life. It’s hard though because if he stays too long with me, he could turn into a ghost. And yes, there’s a difference between a spirit and a ghost. Cam’s and my connection is so strong that he’s in danger of becoming a ghost. If he turns into a ghost, he’ll be stuck on the living plane for eternity. That would be great while I’m alive, but after I die I’ll transition and he’ll be stuck here, so we don’t want that. But I really miss him. We were soulmates. Coco, she was one of my Spirits of Christmas Present, along with Ian, and she could see soulmates. She said they glowed and Cam and I were definitely soulmates.
Lexi: What conflicts are you facing?

Holly:Well crap, I kind of answered that, didn’t I. Except you should know that Cam is trying to get me to let go of him. The spirits he sent helped me cope, but now he wants me to move on. I hate that he’s trying to push me away. His best friend Ethan, who is still alive, by the way, is trying to help me out.

Lexi: Do you have a plan for resolving them?

Holly:I’ve tried reasoning and pouting and yelling and crying. I’m not sure what else I can do. I’m hoping Ethan has some ideas. He’s always been the smart one of Cam’s two best friends.
Lexi: Is there anything else you’d like us to know about you?

Holly:About me? I’m really not that interesting. Oh, but I do own the One of a Kind Christmas Shop here in Deervale. It was Cam’s idea, but I’ve always run it. I find artisans to make one-of-a-kind ornaments and decorations for Christmas. We are doing better this year because we’ve had a lot of American visitors. Christmas isn’t as big here in Scotland as in America. Here they celebrate Hogmanay a lot more.

I’m getting pretty excited because I’m only days away from seeing Cam again. It’s only once a year, but he has my heart and though he says this is his last visit, I’m hoping for a Merry Christmas anyway. I really don’t know how I can say goodbye.

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The Sexsea (I’m at the helm) on Lake Pleasant a place visited in Dillon’s Dare

My sister created the logo.

My friends’ plane, which Hailey’s was modeled after in Dillon’s Dare.

 

 

Romance inspired by the classics