My mother’s birthday was last Friday. At 76-years-old, she gets around great and still drives which makes her very popular at the senior apartments where she lives. She has a group of friends who play cards a few nights each week and there are always snacks. Because mom and her peer group were teenagers during…
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Thick and Soft Sugar Cookies with Icing
You know the cookies I am talking about, the wonderful Lofthouse sugar cookie with thick luscious icing that costs around $4.99 for nine cookies? That works out to a little more than $.55 cents per cookie. I love the cookies but I do not always love the icing – I’m funny about my icing colors….
Strawberry Chocolate Poke Cake
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Do you like poke cakes as much as my family? They all do and this is a new creation of mine that I’ll be serving on Valentine’s Day – and you can too! It’s easy and does not take any special skill, that’s for sure. This cake is Strawberry Chocolate…
Daube Glace’
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It is so cold here! How about where you live? Tomorrow morning, they tell me it will be about 9F when I leave for work. I hope I don’t have car trouble because I will probably freeze to death. My work clothes are not made for this kind of weather….
Happy New Year!
My goodness! What a holiday season it has been for us. I’m sorry I have not had many posts/recipes but I will get back to it soon. Let me explain: On Christmas Eve, my mother’s best friend – also the lady who made Top Girl’s wedding dress – passed away. She was 88 and while…
3 Outstanding Holiday Leftover Ideas
Casseroles and soups – the staples of holiday leftovers, right? In our family soup is great but casseroles often don’t make the cut for some reason so I am going to show you how we make holiday leftovers shine for weeks to come in our house. Discovered by accident this little trick has become our…
Festivus Winners Have Been Chosen!
The Festivus Winners have been chosen. Check your email to see if you have one from Pineapple and Coconut or Shanna. If so, then you were a winner and have 48 hours to contact her or another winner will be chosen. If you win, let me know – I’m dying to find out!!
Merry Christmas !
Merry Christmas to you and yours! I’ll be back on Thursday with some great leftovers recipes – ones you may not have seen before! Here are some festive cards that I just thought were great! I got them from the Graphics Fairy so you can copy them for your own use (not commercial use). You…
Merry Christmas Peeps!
Good morning friends – if you are resting either before or after shopping or stuck inside because of the weather, I thought I would share my fun with Peeps this year. I hope you enjoy – I had many requests for these after posting my Easter Peeps dioramas – remember those? If you would like…
Candy Cane Cake Roll
There are lots of cake rolls around Pinterest these days and I am no exception. Ever since I found out I can make a roulade, or cake roll from a cake mix I have been trying all different kinds of tastes. That’s when I decided to make something light, pretty and pink just in time…