Isn’t that a cute cake? Foxes are Omega’s favorite animal. She has lots of stuffed foxes, books about foxes, clothes with fox pictures. This cute cake was the latest in decorated cakes from our kitchen. Involve the kids This was supposed to be a sheet cake. Instead, it didn’t come out of the pan neatly. Those boulders are giant cake…
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Fancy Cakes from a Box! So Easy!
procrastination, perserverance and piddling: practical advice
Procrastionation is putting off. Perserverance is don’t give in. It is to keep on keeping on. Perfection is the enemy of preserverance. Piddling can be a coping mechanism to avoid, to put off the hard or to allow thoughts to rest or wander. Piddling may be the opposite of self discipline. Sometimes it is actually a healthy move. Sometimes it…
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Summer Red, White and Blue for Memorial Day
Summer red, white and blue for Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer. Never mind that the calendar says summer solstice is June 20!. We’ll be grilling with some of our kids and their families. There is even a birthday cake in store for our dessert! How about you? summer begins It’s a red, white and blue summer holiday,…
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Falling In Love Chicken Salad
Source I made cranberry muffins and chicken salad this morning. Then I remembered… my story of falling in love started on the Rhine It started with muffins…
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Special Lunch on a Rainy Saturday
It was a dreary rainy Saturday but that didn’t stop us having a wonderful time together. It was a special day to celebrate Mother’s Day but the truth is we get together often but today, this particular day it was just the four of us; my three daughters and me. We dressed up a bit for the lunch. We went to…
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