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• October 29, 2012

  Halloween Party – 2012

  This is what my sink looked like Thursday night when I wasalmost done with my cooking! It’s hard to believe but we just had our 9th Annual Halloween party!  Due to some other conflicts we had to have the party on a Friday night this year, which was a little chaotic.  Wednesday was my cleaning…

• October 14, 2012

  Painting Pumpkins

  It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of year again – time for the beauty of the autumn leaves, the crisp air, cider mills, and of course: pumpkins.  I had some of my own pumpkins grow in my garden this year.  Unfortunately, they came July thru September – a little early for my…

• June 21, 2012

  Summer Vacation Part 3: The Cruise – Ports of Call

   To follow up on my previous posts (read Part 1 here and Part 2 here), I wanted to share with you our experiences at each of the ports we stopped at on our cruise.  It was a “7-Day Western Caribbean” cruise through Carnival, with four stops along the way: Cozumel, Belize, Roatan and Grand Cayman.…

• June 13, 2012

  Summer Vacation Part 2: The Cruise Ship & Life On Board

  If you’ve never been on a cruise, I’ll tell you that it’s a very different sort of vacation than anything else I’ve done.  Last week I went on my second cruise.  The first time I was twelve.  So, needless to say, this experience was a bit different, but every bit as much fun as I…

• May 25, 2012

  Tetris Brownies

  Here’s my first attempt at Tetris shaped brownies! I was charged with an interesting challenge tonight.  Tom somehow stumbled across this picture of brownies that were shaped like Tetris pieces (and appropriately colored/frosted), and asked if I would make him Tetris brownies.  Um, sure.  I mean, why not?  I didn’t really have anything planned for…

• January 6, 2012

  2011: A Year in Review

  It’s a new year, and with that comes a good opportunity to reflect on the past one.  While I don’t typically do New Year’s resolutions, I thought it’d be fun to reminisce a little bit and recap some of my life in 2011.  Last year, we rang the New Year in down in Florida with…

• December 18, 2011

  Christmas Treats – Round One

  I love to make Christmas goodies each year.  It’s just a fun tradition that I’ve had since I was a kid.  There are a few recipes that I make almost every year, and you can read about those from last year’s post.  However, sometimes I decide to make some new things, just to try them…

• December 17, 2011

  I Want a Duck-Billed Platypus for Christmas

  I’m bringing my mascot, Platy, back for this post.  Only, this time, he has a Santa hat!  I thought I’d re-work an old Christmas favorite (or, perhaps one of the most hated songs?).  Here it goes: I want a duck-billed platypus for Christmas Only a duck-billed platypus will doDon’t want a doll, no dinky Tinker…

• December 17, 2011

  Christmas Decorating!

  I was a little late in getting things ready this year, but I finally have some Christmas decorations up, so I thought I’d share!  While the outside of our house remains dark and uninviting (maybe Tom will actually get around to doing lights next year!), the inside is full of holiday cheer!  Let’s start with…

• September 28, 2011

  Halloween Costume Planning

  It’s that time of year again: time to start planning for our annual Halloween costume party!  It’s hard to believe, but this will be the 8th annual Halloween Party that Tom and I have hosted.  The first year, 2004, barely counts, but we put on a last-minute costume party at the guys’ college apartment for…