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weekend baking/faking
so about the treats that aren't really homemade but they look homemade and taste
delicious. You need one package of these
and you need a small heart shaped cookie cutter that's it !
you cut out the already prepared oreocakester into a heart shape. eat all the excess cake. place them on a platter and you have a adorable valentine dessert. bring a plate to a friend, or a neighbor, share the love, or eat them all yourself.










I also made these, they are simple and they were a big hit.

snickerdoodles.

2 sticks butter softened
1 1/4 C sugar
2 eggs
2 C flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c sugar mixed with 4 tsp cinnamon for dredging

mix butter and sugar until creamy, add eggs, then remaining ingredients mix until all incorporated.
roll into small balls roll into cinnamon sugar mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
these will be gone in a flash.

happy valentine week.

laugh....

when you are celebrating your 7th birthday you toast with a champagne glass of milk in your new leotard wrapped up in your boa
this little one always makes us smile..she sure has some funny lines. sophisticated beyond her years, just look. Happy Birthday !!!!















so as always the weekend flew by. i did get some of what i wanted done but there is always more to do. i wish i was laying in this field of heart shaped trees looking up at this heart shaped cloud....





will be back later. i have a fun simple valentine treat idea that will make you look like you baked. you can be a hero in 10 minutes....shhhhh.....

give.write.love.

today i plan to get a lot of things done on the to do list. i always start off with great intentions and sometimes i fizzle out mid stream. but today is suppose to be warm (50) a heat wave in fact, and sunny, so i want to get out and about. visit a few people, deliver a little love, and hopefully enjoy it all. i will check back later and let you know. in the meantime i am leaving you some inspiration to motivate you to make your valentine's day (next saturday) special for those you love.

make a card ...
make some soap


























a small wish in a little brown bag, a piece of their favorite candy, a handwritten love note.




a little picnic lunch with a bottle of wine.






i sent my first valentine earlier this week and was rewarded with the biggest thank you ever. tell me this little one is not overjoyed with her new little valentine shirt? love you xoxo

hello and happy friday

this weekend i hope to craft up a valentine or two. after all we are coming up on valentine week. make your loved ones feel special , make something, bake something, create something, when you put your heart into it - it shows. i might even have to bake up a treat or two. this week just flew by i hope the weekend lingers. i am also hearing we are in for a 50 degree day or two - just a tease to show us that spring really isn't far behind.


















picture from bakedandwired.com

freedom...........

today was a BIG day. i woke you up this morning for school and asked you if you were ready - ready for another big milestone in your unfolding life? afterall it would be later today that we would find out if you would become a licensed driver. how could it be ? wasn't it just yesterday that i was wheeling you around in a carriage? well it sure seems that way to me. you've been preparing for this over the past few months. you have such confidence, i know your ready. you're doing a great job. it's me ... i'm not ready. i'll never be ready. as lunch ended i felt my nerves unravel and spill out my sides. i called home not knowing it was already over they took you early. you did it !!!!!! congratulations!

i felt so helpless when i watched you drive away. be safe.

seriously.....

mother nature has once again blanketed us with an obscene amount of snow. (seriously!) make the best of it by turning the cleanest patch you can find into a frosty alcoholic treat.






but today is WEDNESDAY so...


adult beverage sno-cones

what you’ll need:
- freshly fallen snow of the powder variety
- ice cream scooper
- disposable cups, preferably cone-shaped paper ones
- 2-3 oz. liqueur of choice (st-germain is bright and tropical, or try heering’s cherry or rothman & winter’s orchard apricot)

1. find clean patch of snow.

2. place 2-3 scoops of fluffy snow into cup.

3. drizzle snow with liqueur of choice to taste.

4. enjoy midstorm, immediately thereafter, or until the godforsaken stuff melts.

ENJOY

today...

wake up – hit the snooze button - 3 times
1. make coffee – screw it up - way to WEAK - i bought beans instead of already ground and i don't have the grind consistency figured out. note to self - leave well enough alone.
2. try again – another screw up – cup fills with coffee grinds what the @#$%
3. give up – go to dunkins
why do some days start like this?
instead … i will bring myself back to the weekend where things were awesome. we had a wonderful time. every place you go in this inn there is the aroma of something amazing cooking. i guess that is what happens at a culinary institute.
do NOT go there if you plan to be on a diet. the weekend was filled with fun. fun . fun. and a lot of laughs for a lot of reasons. we had a little issue with no heat in one of our rooms - ok – maybe a big issue with no heat. but honestly, every now and again if you can have a hot flash it's all good. things just have a way of working themselves out…..and my friends who happened to be in that room are such good sports - and seeing as one of them is single it was ok to have some manly plumber show up every hour. not that anyone noticed the manly man. what happens in vermont stays in vermont. somehow what happens in vegas stays in vegas sounds so much more edgy than vermont. sue c is actually working on being more edgy…sue n is working on a fitness video.

goodie bags for the trip

sue showing us her fitness moves






downtown burlington






downtown burlington 2 hours later in a blizzard

girls just want to have fun....

well i better run i have a new boss and i don’t want to be late ..