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Is Simplicity Best? Or Simply the Easiest…

August 20, 2012 by Peabody · 13 Comments

I am a girly girl even though to see me most days you would not really get that impression (I mean I’m wearing a hoodie that says “I Like Naps” right now) so it was a bit of a surprise to me when I married the picky eater that I didn’t really care about the dress or so I thought. I had picked one out in a magazine. I found where they sold it locally and went and tried it on. And told them okay, I’ll take it. The girl was like, don’t you want to try others on? I said no. She said but you need the bride experience. Um, okay. So I tried on 10 dresses. Left with the one I came for. That all turned out like I thought. What didn’t turn out how I thought was when I started going for fittings and then the actual day I got to wear that dress…I loved that dress. And not even that dress as a general rule, the wedding dress. So this time around I know that the dress is very, very important to me. Yes, I know you that you only wear it once. And my last dress was rather costly … [Read more...]

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Anything you can do….

July 12, 2012 by Peabody · 19 Comments

I have a habit, not a good one, not a bad one…just a habit of seeing something or tasting something and knowing that I can make it better…or at least for cheaper. Case in point: the other day I walked by ice cream isle in search of these non-dairy bon bon type things that I like and I saw a tiny, tiny jar of Black Raspberry and Chocolate ice cream and saw the price tag of almost $7 and nearly fell over. The flavor sounded awesome the price tag on the other hand was ridiculous. I’m sure it’s yummy ice cream but wow. I knew I could make about 5 times that amount for the same price and so I set out to do it. I had to use a combo of black raspberries and tayberries as I ate too many of the black raspberries without thinking. :) They work just as good. Needless to say I made the batch which makes 1 quart for around $2.20. So clearly I made more for less. And let me tell you that if this taste ANYTHING like the original. OMG. My jeans are thanking me so much for being allergic to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: frozen, fruit, ice cream · Tagged With: Black Raspberry, Chocolate Chunk, ice cream

How the peach crumbles…

July 4, 2012 by Peabody · 11 Comments

Just want to say how excited I am that people were touched by my own version of the birthday project. I really hope it inspires you to pay it forward a little. Feel free to email me with stories of your own good doing. As most of you know the 4th is not my favorite of holidays. MDP took his kiddos to see Spiderman today while I hydrated as my teammates tried to see how quickly they could get this girl drunk. The answer is quite quickly. The good thing is that with age comes the wisdom to hydrate the heck out of yourself before you go to bed so as to wake up without a hangover…which I did. We are currently doing laundry (be jealous) and making a little gluten-free, cow’s dairy free sloppy joe mac and cheese. Turns out that we are 99% sure that MDP is gluten intolerant and we are both allergic to cow’s dairy so we have been having to make a few changes around here as of late. He goes later on this month to confirm what the elimination diet has been showing. I still get to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, dessert, fruit · Tagged With: Crumble, Peach

Since you’re not doing anything…

May 23, 2012 by Peabody · 28 Comments

One of the worst things about having to work from home (most of mine are) is all the things that people presume. Many people dream of this and always want to know what it’s like. So here are some pros and cons of working from home: Cons: Almost everyone thinks you are just sitting at home doing nothing. I must be doing something as I keep getting pay checks for it. I get asked to watch people’s kids because I’m home and just baking and writing so that doesn’t take much concentration. Oh sure. People want me to run errands for them again if I am just sitting at home watching the Lifetime Channel or something. People want to stop by and chat. People want you to come by and chat with them. Or meet for coffee (which is fine once and awhile). People are shocked if your place is not spotless and I get the “but you are home all day…what are you doing?” I’m working that’s what I am doing. People are shocked that you aren’t making full blown gourmet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: dessert, fruit · Tagged With: Donuts, Strawberry Shortcake