baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Blossoming into November baking :)

"we love these pretzels, lets eat!"- my nephew's Hunter, Brody, Jacob ,Colby, Brayden,Carter ,and Mikey said that today, during baking friday! :)



baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) hehe :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) A super fun, and super sweet, happy november themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) this was lots of fun, with lots of sweet november spirit in the air :) We're very happy, and thankful to be able to share our baking friday adventure with everyone :) We're beginning our november adventures, with some sweet seasonal baking, and sending special thanks to you all, our dear angel friends :)We dedicate today's adventure to you all :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We're with you all, and very excited to share in many more times with everyone as november continues to shine :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :)



We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) today, the kids ,Holly,and i baked onion pretzels, and brownies :)it was lots of fun :)We're blossoming into our november, seasonal baking with the golden days of fall season here, thanksgiving season right around the corner :) Lots of baking ,cooking ,and great memories being made :) Thank you angel friends, for your warm well wishes, hugs, and for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles :)



Happy November Seasonal Baking! :) Hi angel friends :) i'm very happy, thankful, and grateful to be able to sign into DS on my new account, and being able to write, share, and post pictures :) my family, Holly ,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a great day :) We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :) We're very excited to share in continued joys of the month of November with everyone :) The Thanksgiving season is right around the corner ,and holiday season next month :)There's lots of wholesome and heart warming festivities ,and traditions to look forward too :) i'm so glad, and thankful i've been able to keep in touch with friends, thru email and texts, and my niece Alyssa being able to create a new account here for me :) it was late last night, when Alyssa texted me, and said she was able to sign up on DS, and gave me the account information :) when i tried to sign in, and could, it was a great huge relief :) i'll forever be grateful :) i'll continue to check in on DS/Sharecare updates, for the log in issue with my other account. i know they sent the log in issues to the management team and awaiting new updates. i know some members who are experiencing the log in issues too, including 2 of our friends, Debbie (Sunsetyellow2), Laurie (Laurie32), and possbily more members experiencing the same issues. we're very hopeful for a site fix soon, and that all of the issues will be resolved and everyone being able to log in:) i'm just so thankful to be here on DS today, and getting to post, update, and share. :) it was a long week, i'll forever be grateful for all of the emails and texts messages i recieved, it helped keep me uplifted, and comforted, along with Holly and my family being here for me too :) i could barely go to sleep last night, i was so thrilled, i could sign onto DS with my new account :)



Thank you angel friends, for all of your comforting and uplifting support, warm well wishes, encouragement,and for all that you do, for us all :)We deeply appreciate everything ,with all of the love of our hearts :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) i'm very excited to catch up with everyone,and i have so much to share, including sharing about our halloween holiday, trick or treating adventure, plus lots of pictures to share :) it was an absolutely wild halloween evening/night, classic halloween trick or treating all around our neighborhood, even the moon visible in the sky ,and lots of spook-tacular fun moments :) i'm gonna share all about it :) it feels great to be writing, sharing ,and getting back into a good balanced routine :) We send our love ,our warmest caring happy sunny friendship hugs, and smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the season ,as the month of November continues to shine :)



This morning ,we had an awesome new day ,rising and shining :) A very special friday tradition i love very much ,is wishing Holly ,our family ,and our friends a happy baking friday ,and i share with Holly and our family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends ,so very much :) You all are very nice ,and sweet :) We love baking friday ,and the excitement and joy it brings us getting to share our adventures with everyone :) We love seasonal baking, and with the month of November here, it's so nice getting into the spirit of the new month, and continued joys of the fall season :) we went for a car ride to my bank earlier this week ,and saw lots of beautiful trees, golden bright yellow leaves :)the season continues to shine :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS (feels so nice saying that), and also getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) it's been getting very chilly cold outside ,it was only 28 degrees here this morning. the deep days of fall season are here. We're keeping warm :)



Last saturday, my brother Bobby came over to help us re-light our furnace :) We're very glad ,and thankful he could help, and our home is warm for these colder months of the year. i gathered a nice bowl of goodies ,and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends, fall season sunrise sunshine, and autumn leaves greeted me :) there were leaves falling peacefully from the trees :) it's classic golden days of the season :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) our backyard trees have been changing colors, to a bright golden yellow color :) they change beautifully each november :) it's so nice, seeing the nature sights, and lots of birds and squirrels have been visiting our yard and neighborhood :) Holly and i love our nature walks ,and very excited to enjoy lots more ,as the month continues on :) november brings some beautiful fall foilage sights ,along with sunrises and sunshines :) We've been adapting to the new time change from last weekend, and very excited to share in many more times with everyone :) Happy sunny november nature smiles :)



It was a nice peaceful early morning :) my mom and Holly are very happy i'm back on DS :) they've been talking with me a lot throughout the past week :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water ,and pumpkin spiced iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) it was a really sweet morning ,spending time here on DS, and enjoying our breakfast :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, kitchen decorations ,and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a nice seasonal november theme :) our kitchen looks very nice :) it's lots of fun decorating ,and is a special part of the baking friday tradition :) Holly and i have been enjoying keeping up with our favorite sports radio :) We tuned in today ,we love their football preview they have on friday's, and looking forward to a fun football sunday gameday party this weekend :)Last sunday ,we ordered dominos pizza foods, it was a nice football gameday party :) Holly and i treated my mom ,dad ,and Taylynn to a pizza :) Around mid-day ,we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some more time here on DS, catching up with friends :) i also made some nice homemade pretzel dough for baking friday :)We love baking pretzels, especially when the weather is colder, it's so nice getting into some november seasonal baking :)



Around 3pm ,Jenn and the kids came over ,and Brody and the triplets came over :) Lots of great seasonal spirit and excitement in the air :)We love welcoming everyone over for baking friday :) The kids had so much fun trick or treating last friday, they got lots of candy :) they wore spook-tacular costumes :) We're very excited for all of our november baking friday's, and the excitement the month brings :) We love to enjoy lots of baking, and cooking during the month of November ,and colder months of the year. :) We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) my mom takes the picture of us each week :) We love to use our nice baking friday supplies, i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, baking pans, and all of our baking supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some nice goodies :) Sweet Fall Season and November baking :) Calling all cookie monsters :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help, they're great helpers :)We first began to prepare the brownies :) They're one of the most popular goodies we bake :) We added the brownies ingredients into the bowl :)Hunter and Brody cracked open the eggs :) the kids were all hanging out in the kitchen at times during today's adventure :) We super stirred the brownies mix :) We're very excited to bake and cook lots of goodies and treats this month, including lots of Thanksgiving foods :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) We were sharing lots of smiles :)The kids are having a big week, they had some early school days, half days this week, and have been enjoying their halloween candy they got last week on halloween :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan,and we poured the brownies into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)



As the brownies were baking, we got ready to prepare the onion pretzels :) We love the pretzels :) i got a cooking pot with watering heating up on the stove :) the dough rised nicely this afternoon :) i sliced the dough into portions :) we enjoyed making the dough into pretzels shapes :)We made lots of pretzels :) i put 4 pretzels into the water, the water helps the dough get larger :) i used a metal spatula spoon to remove the pretzels from the cooking pot, and put the pretzels on the baking pans :) we made lots of pretzels :) we melted some butter, adding in some dried onion flakes, and we drizzled the butter/onion flakes on top of the pretzels :) we also sprinkled more onion flakes on top of the pretzels ,and some everything bagel seasoning on some of the pretzels :) i then put the pans of pretzels into the oven to bake :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The brownies finished baking ,they baked nicely :) We were hanging out :)the kids went from the kitchen to the living room, back and forth :) the pretzels baked nicely, i brought the pretzels out of the oven to cool down :)i sliced the brownies ,and took pictures of all of the goodies ,and we all began to dig in :)The brownies and pretzels came out great :) i like to dip my pretzels in ranch salad dressing :)We had lots of fun baking the goodies :)


i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :)We love baking friday, and very excited for many more super fun adventures all throughout the season :) a very special shoutout to family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking :)We love hearing about the goodies, and foods you all bake, and cook :)We're all with eachother in spirit, i our kitfchens :) This is so much fun and very special :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the season :) We love you all, so very very much :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it! :) November 7th, 2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)



We're enjoying a nice day, baking friday, back on DS, and sweet november spirit :) my family, Holly ,and i are doing ok ,and continuing with the good care :) i'm very thankful to be here on DS, and sharing in the day :) it was lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :) we love the weekend's :) Tomorrow ,we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tre :) We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some treats for Tiger, plus some snacks ,drinks, and browsing at the seasonal items : )our dollar tree has been adding some new coca cola themed items ,we bought some nice vintage themed coca cola cups last week :) Holly and i are gonna have a fun, popcorn movies party :) after watching lots of spooky cool movies in October ,we're going to watch some comedies/action movies :) i'm going to share our halloween trick or treating adventure pictures, and also going to spend more time here on DS this weekend :)We're going to have a football party on sunday, watching the games, and having foods ,snacks ,and drinks :) it's gonna be a nice weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my journals :) There's lots to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of most haunted show :)We love our fun ,friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



my mom, Holly ,and our family says hello :) we hope everyone is doing well,healthy, enjoying a nice day, and a really good baking friday :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're looking forward to sharing in many more times with everyone, as the month of November continues on, and the countdown to Thanksgiving season soon :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters :) it's sweet november, a wonderful month and season for baking and cooking :) my family, Holly, and i are very excited to share in the month and season with everyone :) November here, and the golden days of fall season :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking onion pretzels, and brownies :) Thank you angel friends, for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) This is so much fun and very special :) Calling all cookie monsters :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
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baking friday supplies :) A special thank you for Alyssa :) Alyssa went to the stores, and picked up baking friday supplies this week :) it's very nice of her :) We all love to chip in to get the supplies :) We love baking friday, and are very thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our Happy November Kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun seasonal adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) it's our favorite tradition :) We love gathering, and sharing lots of smiles with spirited baking friday cheer :) Sweet Fall season with the month of November here, and Thanksgiving season coming up :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) they're great helpers :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) we're very proud of the kids, and all that they have learned about baking, and cooking :) They love to help Holly and i in the kitchen :) We love helping teach the kids how to bake and cook goodies and foods :) we're so happy the kids love to help pick the baking friday menu :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for all of our November baking friday's, and counting down to Thanksgiving time :)


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 The kids love to make funny faces :) hehe! :) 


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Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) The kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking goodies, our first adventure of the month of November :) it's a really nice and wholesome time in the fall season, with all of the seasonal times, festivities, and traditions :) We love the spirit of the season, sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)
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hi angel friends, nice day :) i'm keeping friends updated, also checking my emails often for any new updates from Team DS/support, and also looking forward to the weekend, sharing more pictures, including our halloween pictures in my saturday journal :) 

Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad, you Holly and your family are doing well enjoying a nice baking Friday. Happy to hear you've enjoyed being back on the site and catching up with friends The pretzels and brownies came out great Glad the boys had fun I know you're looking forward to a fun weekend with movies shopping and football Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie Your kitchen decorations look so mice with a Fall theme too
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Glad to have you back on DS!!

So much baking fun!!

Love you guys:)
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Welcome back, I missed the baking Fri adventures. Looks like Hunter and Colby had fun baking today. Have a great movie Sat and enjoy your trip to the dollar Tree.
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

It's so good to see you again, I;m glad that you all had fun with your baking and I;m sure you all enjoyed earing those goodies. The pretzels and brownie both look yummy, :-)
Enjoy your shopping and movies today......hugs
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great to see that you guys had fun baking yesterday! Hunter always looks genuinely happy to be there. I predict he'll become a chef someday. : ) Your fall decorations in the kitchen look really nice, as do the brownies and pretzels. Hope you have a great Shopping Saturday and enjoy your popcorn/movies party! Love and hugs.
Squarley
Squarley

Hello football and baking little wonderful baking day. Glad you’re here and glad to see your pictures. Thank you for sharing this with us. It’s such a joy. Everything looked delicious. Kids look mad there at one point I don’t know what that was about. They have a wonderful day tell everyone hello we love you all.