Truffling With Your Affections

Today was the farewell for Mrs. V. The astute reader may remember there was a farewell last fall but only Mr. V. left us for TX at that time. Now their house has finally sold and they will be reunited (*yay!*) but we are sad to see them leave (*boo!*). Once again [...]

Dipping With The Daring Bakers

Once again it’s time to see what the Daring Bakers have been whipping up. This month our hostesses, Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah of Taste and Tell, selected Cheesecake Pops from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O’Connor.  There were mixed results among the Daring Bakers and mine weren’t among the best [...]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a good night to end 2007 and ring in 2008, whether that meant going to bed early, watching Dick Clark in your bathrobe, or partying ’til dawn. We had our annual New Year’s Eve Party/Open House event.
We never know from year to year exactly how [...]

On The Lighter Side

Tonight we hosted the group party for The Husband’s lab and I made a few appetizers, veggie tray, fruit platter, and Christmas cookies. Since some are vegetarians, I wanted to find something to make that would balance the meat skewers besides the veggie tray and goat cheese with crackers. Weight Watchers came [...]

I Scream Birthday!

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 [...]