Monday, February 11, 2013

EASY COCONUT CAKE

1-Box yellow or white cake mix
1-Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1-12 oz. Cool Whip
Coconut

Prepare cake mix as directed on box.  Bake in a 9" x 13" pan.
After baking, punch holes in the top of the cake with a wooden spoon handle.  Allow to cool for a little before pouring the sweetened condensed milk over the top of the cake.  Allow to cool completely.  Top with Cool Whip, then sprinkle with coconut.  Store in refrigerator.  The cake is better if made the day before serving.  

Sunday, February 10, 2013

KATIE'S 95

Today my mom turned 95.  We had a little party for her this afternoon and she had a ball.

She has seen a lot of changes in her lifetime, from living in rural Georgia as a share cropper's child with only a wagon and mule for transportation, raising all their own food, living through the depression, and WWII to the present.  She is certainly part of the greatest generation and is a tough lady.  She has outlived all of her four siblings, even though she is the second oldest.  She says she's going to live to be 100.