Yes, yes, childish humor, I know. But Dev and I both agreed that our novice attempt at being creative with chocolate frosting slightly resembled dog poo. You’ve seen, I’m sure, those lovely photos of cupcakes with the perfect, thick swirls of frosting crowning each? These are close, no? The cupcakes […]
Handy is not my middle name
I have bigger aspirations for things than what my actual talents can provide. But that didn’t stop me – and Dev – from tackling a build-your-own-shelves project. The first part was fairly easy. Buy the stuff. Sand the boards. Put the brackets together. Prime and spray paint them. Stain the boards. (Stinky!) Then […]
What did you do for Valentine’s Day?
We got a cat. Probably the least-romantic thing to ever happen to my husband. But the little rascal sure is cute. Sadly, the only reason we were able to bring this fluff ball home is because we had an empty space. We lost Finn just a couple of weeks ago. He was such […]
Let’s make a cake!
My kid has this thing about cakes. A couple of months ago he asked me to buy a yellow cake mix. “Let’s make a cake, Mom!” Yeah. Sure. OK. Fine. It wasn’t bad. But the baking fan in me struggled a bit with the fact that it came from a […]
Is it possible to have too many cookies?
Some people would say yes. I might have said yes at the end of the sessions. And yet it’s nice to have a lot of tasty gingerbread people cooling their heels in my freezer. If you can believe this, I’ve never made gingerbread people before. So this wasn’t just an adventure […]
Playing catch-up (as I always am)
So most of my September posts actually featured photos and events from August. The delay is not something the very anal part of my brain appreciates. I used to snap photos and blog about my day on the SAME DAY things happened. Obviously things have changed a bit. To appease my […]
It’s the dog’s turn!
Not my dog, in this case. The one featured here is my mom’s tiny but mighty canine. Her adorable self is named Abby. Of course I think my kid is fairly adorable too. So included some photos of him in the mix. He and Abby are BFFs. Â Â
A cat and some breadsticks
Cats. I love them. Sometimes, though, they can be incredibly frustrating (as any human or other animal can be, I’m sure). Such as this morning when I was walking around in the dark looking for my gym bag and stepped on Finn. He has far better eyesight in the dark than I do. […]
The second Chicago visit
Ok, this is really not the second one. It’s actually the fourth! It’s just that I had two visits within the space of one week, which isn’t normal. Four visits in one year isn’t normal either. But I’ll take any chance I can get to head back to my “other […]
Chicago visit #1
Because, yes, there was a visit #2 in the same week. This one was a day trip with friends. Two of my crazy friends from work. (They look crazy, don’t they?) They were awesome travel companions, I must say. They talked the entire drive there (and back…and while we were […]
The coffee ice cream that took a week to make
Yes, the headline is true. One week. But that’s only if you’re me and you’ve only made ice cream once before, years ago. And you make a mistake that seems entirely silly later on. Let’s start with why I decided to make this particular ice cream. It goes back to […]