I didn’t know the Hubs was a shopper when we met in Alaska. Who would? He was living on and renovating an old wooden boat and working for boat parts.
Now that we’re boring settled, married with kid, homeowners, you can’t miss it. If you ask for a box of cereal, he comes [...]
a little cattywompus, but we call it a home.
Oh, and here’s a picture of the gingerbread house we put together, too.
Ba-da-ching!
You’ll be glad to know that my gingerbread-house-assembling-skills are much improved this year. Lordy, you mean, yours truly might actually learn from her mistakes??
That or actually read the instructions.
Take a [...]
I know, it’s the holidays and that means standing in line at the post office baking delectable goodies for friends and postal workers who’ll let you cut in line family.
But oh, do I have a tip for you! And little Johnny!
Forget the oven, those pain-in-the-a$$ muffin tins and buying more flour.
Make these!
Okay, you can probably [...]
You may have noticed that I’ve done some baking lately.
This means I’ve been using this item fairly regularly:
With the Kid close by every second of every moment while I’m cooking, she always chimes in with “Can I have a taste help?”
Which, translated from kidtalk, usually means “Move over, Rover. I [...]
In keeping with my bake-more-butt-more autumn-arrival, hunker-down philosophy, guess what?
We baked cookies!
Not just any cookies, either, but Halloween cookies!
But, in keeping with my I-don’t-need-no-stinkin-instructions ‘tude, I made a mistake. Again.
You see, I used the same pre-made sugar cookie dough (yes, I am too busy with twitter and facebook domestic upkeep and meaningful attachment [...]
or this cornbread muffin?
or how about these banana nut muffins?
I don’t know why I usually put on weight in the winter….
It’s like the oven is my only heating source. Baked goods are my weakness, so warm, so fluffy, so sweet.
Tell me you are diving into comfort foods, too? Do [...]
“free range chicken broth”??
Is that a nice PR spin to describe spillage?
If so, we constantly have “free range milk” on the tables at chez Let the dog in!, not to mention as well as “free range micro brews” and occasionally “free range syrah” with “free range top half of wine glass.”
What can I say? [...]
