Mint-al case…

March 5, 2012 by · 10 Comments
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I’ve decided that my ex-husband and I are going to end up like Rita Wilson and Richard Gere in the movie Runaway Bride. I have that pictured in my head as the type of friendship after marriage we will be having. Speaking of the picky eater he did something so incredibly selfless and amazing there are not words. Can’t tell you what that is, yes, you can hate me, but I can tell you it speaks volumes about his character. I did a rough estimate of my taxes (since I am STILL waiting on one of my W2’s) and cried a little (well maybe a lot). Grrrr… IRS and taxes. But then I passed a fire station and a police station on the way to a public park on a paved road on Saturday morning and was like oh yeah, taxes. Crazy Cocker Spaniel turns 12 next week, I am gearing up for it. Which means absolutely nothing as I don’t actually know how to celebrate that. I guess just make a lot of bacon. So thankful that she is not a kid where I am expected to throw these ridiculous birthday … [Read more...]

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The healing powers of snickerdoodles…

September 27, 2011 by · 25 Comments

Why are some people so awesome and other people bring suck ass to a new level? Seriously I just don’t get it. And what is even sadder is that it seems that the nice people always end up being trampled by the sucky people. Sometimes I really believe no good deed goes unpunished. :( One of the nice people of the world, my mom, is down and out for a little bit as she recovers from her hernia surgery she had on Monday. It got me thinking about her and her favorite thing from my blog. My mom is who I get my love of all things snickerdoodles from. She loves and makes often my snickerdoodle blondies from back in 2009. So I thought I would remake them with a twist. We had a very fall day around here, I’m not sure we got out of the 50’s and we had lots of rain. It screamed bake something and so I did. And since I promised few people I would be doing a lot of pumpkin recipes on the blog I decided to throw in some pumpkin to these babies. Good stuff. They weren’t meant to swirl as … [Read more...]

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A little too fruitful…

June 16, 2011 by · 23 Comments

Not sure why I thought that my roommate and I could eat Costco bananas, a ½ flat of raspberries, and 12 large peaches, but I did. It seemed so reasonable at the time, until of course I get it home. I know, I should freeze the raspberries, and I will, but there is very little space in the freezer so I have to do my best. I out and out ate a whole pint of raspberries yesterday. :) I have zero time to write but wanted something up. These are a take on cream cheese swirl blondies…though I don’t know why you bother to swirl as they are both the same color and you get very little contrast, but oh well. They taste good all the same. Do you fall victim to buying way more produce than you can possible eat before it spoils? Peaches and Cream Blondies 11 tablespoons (1 stick plus 3 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan (divided) 1 2/3 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup packed light-brown … [Read more...]

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Drama Queens of the World…

April 3, 2011 by · 30 Comments

I’m sure you have them in your life, especially if you are on Facebook. I have more of them in my life than I would like. Attention seeking drama queens. These are the people in your lives who leave you messages on your phone that say “the most horrible thing has happened, call me”. But then don’t tell you. And you call them back and you can’t get ahold of them (so you panic) and when you do get ahold of them it turns out to not really be anything. They are the people on Facebook who write,” headed to hospital pray for me”. Then all these people jump on and say OMG what’s wrong…and half the time the person never comes back and tells. The ones who say they “had the worse day ever” and you ask why and they say “I can’t tell”. Really? And then there are the relationship drama queens. My least favorite of them all. I don’t know about you but several of the people who are my friends on Facebook I’ve never met in person or if I did it was briefly, and the … [Read more...]

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