When I was a kid, I loved Winnie the Pooh. I named my childhood cat Tigger when we got her (I was around 5 or 6), and she wasn’t even orange! I just loved Winnie the Pooh that much. I still have to say, the vintage old school Pooh art is just adorable, and it [...]
Some people call Valentine’s Day “Single’s Awareness Day.” I don’t really know why single people would get bent out of shape over Valentine’s Day- it’s about love. Not just romantic love, but familial love, love of friends, and love of yourself. If you’re single on Valentine’s Day instead of feeling bad, go buy yourself something! [...]
My mom mentioned that this year for Christmas she might make her shortbread. She used to make it every Christmas, but hasn’t in a long time. It sorta put a bee in my bonnet (or a bug up my ass, if we’re being blunt) to try making it myself. I’ve never made it before, but [...]
A couple of months ago, my dear friend Lyns sent me a bottle of Rose Water in a package of liners, etc. Ever since I got it, I’ve been trying to decide what to make with it (it came with a recipe for Vanilla Rose Rice Pudding, which I will make someday, I just wanted [...]
Hearing: Weezer – “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
I’m sure most of you have seen Shrek. Regardless of having children or not, it’s a movie that by now most of the world I think has either seen, read about, or heard enough about to know about Gingy. There’s even been a Broadway play version [...]
I wanted to say before I started this… Vic Mizzy, the writer of the Addams Family theme, passed away earlier this month on October 17th at the age of 93. So R.I.P., Vic! Your music will live on forever. “So get your witches shawl on, a broomstick you can crawl on, we’re gonna make a [...]
Before I go ANY further with this post, I have to show you all a gift I received from my friend Yoyo (You remember her? She runs topstitch.org and has an Artfire store? Hayley Williams from Paramore got some of her handmade stuff at a meet & greet? She’s totally awesome and has her own [...]
I love chocolate pudding. As a kid, I loved butterscotch the best, and I still like it, but this here post is about chocolate. That is, I should say, I like it when I actually have the opportunity to eat pudding, which is rare. I don’t eat store bought pudding nor do I buy it, [...]
My giveaway is officially over now. Sorry to everyone who didn’t make it in time to post an entry, but thank you to everyone who did! Go look at the awesome entries right now. As far as picking a winner, we’re gonna get on that ASAP (yes I said “we’re“, I’m gonna have some help). [...]
It just so happens that while I’m a cupcake (and brownie) person, my boyfriend is a cookie person. Me? I’d rather have a cupcake than a cookie. That’s not to say I don’t like cookies, I do… but if you give me a choice I’m picking a big, fat, vanilla cupcake with thick vanilla buttercream [...]
What? Yes, donuts made of biscuits. In the words of Homer Simpson: “Mmm… donuts.” Does it matter what kind? No. Glazed, chocolate, Boston Cream, cinnamon, powdered sugar, who cares. Everything is better with doughnuts. Or donuts if you prefer to spell it that way.
One of my favorite ladies in the world and one of my [...]
I was going to name this post “Put-the-lime-in-the-coconut cupcakes” but decided that was most likely way overdone. Somewhere on the web, there are probably like 213,493 posts for cupcakes like these with titles like that. So I didn’t use it. But yes- I thought about it.
If you look closely, you can see they glow with [...]
Well happy birthday to me! Yesterday was my 28th birthday. And I know I said I wouldn’t be back until August, but Tania mentioned the other day on Twitter that she was making blondies, and well.. they sounded so damn good, I had to make some myself. So here we are with some Debbie Harry [...]
**I temporarily, just for this week suspended my Military Monday post, because two posts in one day would negate the solitary & somber purpose of the MM posts, and the Daring Baker’s posts have to be posted on the 27th. The Military Monday posts will resume next Monday! For now, view the archives. Also, this [...]
Every Christmas since I can remember and probably long before that, my mother has made 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars, and now I do as well. Those are more of a wintery, cold weather treat because they’re heavy, with the condensed milk and all, and sticky so eating them in warm weather would be very irritating [...]
