Pardon my upcoming rant of sorts. Many of you out there in blogger land will remember a time, back in the day, when Girl Scouts sold a cookie called the Samoa. Today, this cookie is called a Caramel Delight. I assume they changed the name because some person of Samoan decent complained, or filed a […]
Today was one. I feel like I have been awake for more than a day…not to say I am tired, because I’m not…I’ve just done so much today. I started out early with Seven joining Mom and my nephews at the Bob Pond Blueberry Farm this morning. We didn’t really pick what i would say […]
Imagine my shock when I opened my email today to find that Mara, one of the BEST, MOST CREATIVE bloggers, gave me the Arte y Pico Award, which is translated as Peak of Art.. Me. As in, the girl who struggles daily to find domesticity. And what is the award for, you ask? (no, it […]
I don’t like scones. Um, ever. I make them for the Cafe, but never eat them. They are bland, not a texture I enjoy, and not sweet…and to me, baked goods are supposed to be sweet. So I thought about opting out this week – not to mention, I still have a big portion of […]
Yeah! My first “official” Daring Baker’s Challenge..and what a challenge it was!! I was up until 2:30 in the morning rolling and rerolling this dough (of course, perhaps I should have started it before 9 at night, you think?) Was the lack of sleep worth it? Oh Lord…you bet it was! This is a beautiful […]
Truth is, I’ve lost it, people. With the kitchen being in disarray due to the water leak, Jon being out of town still, the baby teething, family reunions, and staying at my folks, cooking and baking have been literally put on the back burner. However, I did make a batch of “box variety” cuppys for […]
Why am I having to learn so many lessons at once? Yesterday I noticed a couple of brown spots on the ceiling – water leak. It wasn’t much, so we decided I just wouldn’t use any water upstairs until we could tear open a “small” hole in the soffit to take a look at where […]
Probably ought to be my last, too. That is, unless I can find a Wilton Class and in a hurry. Today was my grandmothers birthday, and I really wanted to make her a cake. I don’t do well with cakes, that’s why I stick to cupcakes. In the past, it never failed that I would […]
…and surviving it. Poor Seven has had a rough couple days of it. He can’t seem to nap, his mouth hurts, and it hurts for him to use his sippy cup. But he loves blueberries…and thank God we have a few bushes of them growing in the garden. I went up there today with the […]
Let’s just say that after reading the TWD comments on the P&Q section of the blog, I was This Close to not making the cobbler. This Close. I thought about making the Snickery Squares, since I missed that one. But as you can see, I didn’t want to give in that easily…and here we have […]
