Hi everyone! I’ll post the cake recipe as soon as I get a chance. Have a sledload of things to do so it might not be until after the holidays. So, the party yesterday was supposed to be a HOLIDAY party — but — unknown to me — Jason told everyone it was my birthday. […]
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Things that don’t fit in any other category!
The cake.
Here it is, all ready for the party. I only make this cake once or twice a year — this is the first time for 2006. It’s got chocolate fudge, mini chocolate chips, and baking chocolate inside. The mini chips all melt into the batter and create tiny pockets of chocolate. Melted white and semi-sweet […]
O Christmas Tree
We got our tree last weekend — an Eastern Red Cedar — finally got a tree stand last night — an elf must have taken our old one, because we couldn’t find it. We’ll be putting it up today — yay! Eastern Red Cedars are prairie invaders around here. A friend cut ours from a […]
Starbucks gossip
Woo hoo, I sent a question to Starbucks Gossip blog and it made it on! How cool is that? I read the book The Starbucks Experience by Joseph A Michelli on the plane — that’s where I found out about the blog. If anyone reading this posts there, let me know! Isn’t blogging fun? Oh, […]
Back from Ohio!
Howdy everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I’m back from our Thanksgiving trip to Ohio. We had a great time visiting family, friends, and old hangouts. I miss you guys already. This picture was taken at Jason’s Grandma’s house. Love how the leaves are off the trees and the moon. I think I […]
New colors
Howdy all! I took this picture of a possumhaw holly last weekend — I’m planning to use it for my Christmas cards this year. Will keep you posted on the cards — in the meantime I thought I’d update my blog banner and colors to match. Let me know what you think! Had to do […]