I’m busy with schooling and getting ready for Easter dinner, which will be similar to last year’s meal but with different desserts and maybe a few changes in the veggies. This week is Spring Break for most of this town, but we’re taking our school break later, when the Grandparents come for Tartlet 1’s [...]
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Ha! After coming across all snooty about pudding mix and Cool Whip desserts, I’m back with pudding mix, Cool Whip, *and* cake mix!
I’ve never been fond of the traditional St. Patrick’s corned beef and cabbage, green-dyed foods, or the drunken rowdiness that is typically associated with the celebrations. It’s also my [...]
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I seem to be on a Daring Baker rerun kick, but ever since I made the December Challenge and had such success with the mushrooms, I wanted to make snowmen. I had hoped to make little gum paste carrot noses, but my overbaked meringue was so fragile, I didn’t think I could pull it [...]
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Today The Husband marked another year. The kids have been quite anxious to help him celebrate. Tartlet 1 and Tartlet 2 made and decorated most of the cake themselves. After some disagreement, I had a moment of genius. I pulled out a box of Funfetti cake mix and a box of Devil’s Food cake mix [...]
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Last Thursday Thing 2 turned 8. We took a friend out to dinner at Chili’s instead of having a big party. The plan was to come back and have the ice cream filled flowers, but it was late and we were all so stuffed that we decided to do it Friday night, instead.
She [...]
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