Red Velvet Cake Balls and Sunday Sign

I must start off by apologizing for not getting around to everyone's blogs and commenting much lately. I could say I have a great excuse but I guess I really don't. Sometimes it's easier than other times, but I'm sure you all know what I mean!

As my brother in law was saying today, he is sad about all the funerals he's been to lately. He has had a couple of friends pass away recently, then his 1st cousin died (I had blogged about going to his viewing last Saturday), and then my neighbor that had Parkinson's was buried on Wednesday. My neighbor was such a nice fellow and I know he's not suffering now, but they were not able to completely straighten his body out, so his head was kind of laid back and to one side in the casket. But it was no surprise that he passed away. The Parkinson's has taken him slowly down for many years. Hospice was called in a few weeks ago.

Now to a brighter note! Today I made some red velvet cake balls. Aren't they pretty?? They are yummy and very easy to make. Just bake a red velvet cake and let it cool completely. Then crumble it up and mix it with a tub of cream cheese icing. I did this by hand and it is messy but the best way to mix it I think. Then you roll it into small balls and it makes quite a few, depending on how large you roll them. Marble size is good or a little bit bigger. This will easily make 50-60 balls. Put them on a cookie sheet and then put them in the freezer for awhile. Then melt chocolate bark and dip the balls in it and set them on cookie sheets lined with wax paper and let the bark harden again. There you have it! I did some with white chocolate and some with the milk chocolate. Both are good!

Oh, I just found a cookie crumb in my shirt pocket! Nah, I didn't eat it, just in case you wondered!!

Here's a joke for you!

During a visit to the Mental Asylum, a visitor asked the Director, 'How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?"
''Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

''Oh, I understand, 'said the visitor. 'A normal person would use a bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

''No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?'

SUNDAY SIGN