In about two weeks, I’ll turn 37. I’m stealing (or is it borrowing) the following idea of a list from one my favorite bloggers. I’ll cross off items as I make progress through the list in the next year. There’s a tab up there towards the top of my blog where you can track my…
Author: Mike
I live in Akron, Ohio with my husband Greg, our dog Ted, and a pantry full of flour and sugar.
diy christmas trees
Last night I was catching up on some Martha Stewart shows from last week. On one of them Martha and one of her company crafters demonstrated the magazine Christmas tree. I was smitten. Some of you might now that I have a bit of a magazine obsession, so there were plenty around to turn into…
a decorated tree and fireplace
Greg was pretty awesome and assembled the Christmas tree and brought in all of the boxes of decorations while I was at work on Saturday. I spent the evening decorating the tree, a little differently this year, and decking the fireplace. Once again, there is glitter everywhere. Back to work this afternoon. When I return…
halls decked…well outside at least
This past week Greg and I got the outside of the house all readied for the Christmas season. Still haven’t put the tree up inside yet. I’m not sure if I want to. We may just deck the mantle and call it a day. I did check out a beautiful array of poinsettia at a…
great balls of red velvet cake
This week’s baking project came about after stumbling upon yet another wonderful food blog. This time it was Bakerella.com. I saw her on the Martha Stewart show some time ago, and forgot about her ingenious creations. Last Christmas our friends Tom & Brett made us some similar cake balls. They were quite delicious and I…
inspiring…from the floor of the NY State Senate
I only hope that this speech inspires people to open their minds and their hearts.
cutest ever…
…well at least until we start to get all of the family photo cards. Those are pretty cute too. Got my cards in the mail today, and received this lovely-looks-good-enough-to-eat-card from our dear friend Michele. Looks like she likes the glitter too. It really made me smile on such a cold and dark and rainy night….
holidayfest fireworks
After a great Thanksgiving visit to Greenfield with Greg’s family, we met friends in downtown Akron Friday night for the kick off to Holidayfest. The show ended with a nice fireworks display. This gave me chance to finally use the fireworks setting on my camera. I could use some more practice with this setting, but…
thanksgiving treats almost finished
Cranberry waldorf salad is done. Pumpkin cookies are baked, this time sandwiched around a dollop of homemade maple frosting. Pumpkin pie is cooling. I’m ready for tomorrow.
more with the pumpkin
I mentioned last week about my pumpkin puree shopping adventure. Now that I’ve got all of this canned pumpkin, I’ve been immersed in all of my cookbooks and cooking magazines trying to find recipes that’ll use it all up. As usually happens, I fell back on an old issue of Everyday Food Magazine. There I…
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