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Snickerdoodle muffins

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These were so yummy that I had to share - if I would not make myself sick from eating them, I would eat all 12. Snickerdoodle muffins by Oopsey Daisy The only thing that would make them better would be to maybe put some of the topping mixture in the muffin.

Mongolian Dancers

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When we moved to our new home last year, I got brave and we got involved with the city International Dance Festival.  Last year we hosted two dancers from Poland (boys).  It was their first experience with America. They said that we had big roads and cars here.  One of them spoke English so it was fairly easy to know what they needed to eat and whatnot. This year we hosted a dancer and a singer (girls) from the Inner Grasslands of Mongolia.  They have been a dance company for about 50 years but this is the first time they have come to America.  They have been in movies and on television as a company in China.  They even had to travel with a government official - let's see if you can find that official in the above photo. The group as a whole spoken no English other than Go, Home, Eat, Dance.  Google Translate became our best friend for the week but even that did not translate everything correctly and we had some blank stares trying to figure out what they were trying to say and