Some people have children. I have a dog. A rabbit. And well, this blog. Yes, in some ways your blog can be like your baby. Especially, if you are like me and really care about what you put out there into the blog world. Just like if I were to have a tantrum having toddler at a restaurant I would feel embarrassed, I get equally embarrassed when someone makes something on here and it doesn't turn out. Even if it is the person making it's fault, I still feel bad that it didn't turn out for them. I mean, a waste of ingredients is still a waste of ingredients. Just like a child, I have watched my blog grow over the years. A journal of sorts of my life. Sometimes late at night I like to go back and review what I have written through out the years. I've certainly evolved from my blurry, flashy overexposed photos to my signature up close photos that most people comment as “so close it makes me feel like I can reach in a grab it”. My writing has evolved from quick little quips to … [Read more...]
Must have missed the memo…
So the calender says Summer should be coming, but apparently Mother Nature didn't get the memo. As I sit here and type this out I am wearing sweatpants and a long sleeve shirt and am seriously considering getting a sweatshirt to put on as well. It's says it's 61 outside, but it's damp and cold. We had down pouring-sideways rain when I got up early this morning to go to stick and puck (hockey) which I ended up ditching since there was down pouring-sideways rain...and it was 5am. Though don't get me wrong, I am loving that Mother Nature is forgetting about Summer. I'm all for it. I just hope she doesn't make up for it by extending the Summer. :) Now for a bit I tried to embrace the coming Summer. I tried to make a more Summery based dessert and I had an epic fail. I mean epic. I've never even seen food have the texture I got with my baking fail. And so I figured if Mother Nature wasn't ready to move on, then neither should I. I should just pretend it is my favorite time of year, Fall, … [Read more...]
When all else fails, cover it in glaze…
So I am doing my birthday weird this year. See my birthday is in a month (and a day) but I already got my gift, but I don't get to use it until August. This year it's a food gift of sorts. See I'm going to the International Food Bloggers Conference. It's in Seattle, so I don't have that far to travel. :) You should come! And though the conference offers a lot of great things, the one thing I must admit that tipped me over was the people who are going. One in particular in fact. That being Jen of Use Real Butter. I all but jumped from my computer chair when I saw her name on a list of attendees. There are just some bloggers that you have interacted with through the years that you have always wondered what they would be like in person. And considering the fact that every food blogger that I have meet in person has been double awesome than even what they are on their blog, I am sure that Jen (as she would say) is going to rock. I'm a bit chocolated out right now. And so I went … [Read more...]
