Bejeweled Barbie

  Everyone who has had this Pea Salad wants the recipe.  Even people who do NOT like peas like this crunchy salad. It is simple and quick to assemble. If you buy already cooked eggs, you don't even need to boil an egg. Ingredients: 1 package of frozen peas thawed a little, not cooked 3 boiled eggs, chopped 1 onion chopped 1/2 cup mayo (more or less to taste) 1/2 cup sour cream Squirt of pickle relish Salt, pepper and Paprika Instructions: Combine lightly frozen peas with chopped onion, eggs and pickle relish Add Mayo and Sour Cream. If needed, add a touch more mayo. Season with salt, pepper and paprika....top with a sprinkle of paprika for color. I usually sit on counter a minute then serve,  You can make it ahead and chill in fridge if desired,

Once upon a time there was a little gray and brown squirrel .   Nobody knows his name, so we will just call him squirrel for now .   Later in the story, you may hear him referred to as "That stupid squirrel," but he was  actually very  clever indeed.   Squirrel lived in a very cozy  home, inside  the downstairs  hearth  of the 2-story house by the creek. You see, the two little boys who lived there apparently had prepared an exquisite little apartment inside the wood stove insert for squirrel, complete with a cardboard box Bed with nice, soft bed linens.     The  entryway  was a bit steep and precarious, requiring squirrel to climb up on the highest part of the roof to the chimney and slide down two stories.  But,  squirrel was  sure-footed  and he felt very safe when he reached his warm  abode .    He could peak through the grates of the stove and see the  boys  throw...