I toss a few eggs in some water in the beginning of the week, and then whenever I need a quick snack all I have to do is peel a shell. I try to keep a few hardboiled eggs on…
Candy Bar Cheesecake
I think I might have married an evil genius. After years of pestering him to get a hobby, he takes up baking. Out of all the baking he’s tried his favorite thing to make is cheesecake. And now he decides…
Year of Pleasures: Fuzzy Pants
A Christmas present from my inlaws that was a total slam dunk. My love for lounge pants is well documented, but these ones are fuzzy, inside and out. Miraculous.
Summer Parasol
The sun has broken through our late Spring rain, and it’s now the time when Atti starts begging to be outside at all times. But this also presents a problem because I gave birth to a little vampire baby, and…
Glasses
I got contacts in 2010, and I hardly ever wear them. Basically I just wear them to conferences when I need to recognize people from across the room. Otherwise they sit in their case, slowly drying out until I remember…
Recipe: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Other than my own chocolate cake, I’m not really big on them. For my birthday I usually request a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. Those crunchy bits, with the chocolate caramel…..excuse me. I wandered off for a second. For snacking,…
Year of Pleasures – Swag
Most of these conferences I go to offer swag bags full of sponsor goodies. Most of the time it’s random stuff that I end up giving away. But that’s another great thing about going to a conference focused on creative…
Tutorial: Spring Birdhouse Centerpiece
I’m not a great seasonal crafter. I guess I kind of get all my seasonal festivity worn out with my over the top Christmas, and then I’m spent. But when Elmer’s sent me a box of goodies to make something…
Mormon Pundit
So my plans for this week went completely kerflooey, and I think that might be happening more and more this year. Here’s what my day was like today: 7:00 Wake up7:45 Bus comes for Atti8:00 Get Boo fed and tended…
Incorporate Color
For this month’s Life Well Lived question, they asked us: “How do you incorporate color into your look?” I went through my closet to get an idea of my approach, and I noticed a distinct trend. I wear a LOT…