Baking

Slightly Coconutty Sugar Cookies

24 December 2010

Whenever the sister tries a cookie that I’ve made, she will recount the tale of my first cookie experience. ALWAYS. I followed a recipe straight out of a book for a peanut butter cookie. The [...]

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Peppermint Bark Chocolate Cookies!

21 December 2010

Yesterday, I posed the question of what I should do with the rest of the peppermint bark, and Jean responded with this terrific Peppermint Bark Chocolate Cookies recipe from Simply Recipes. I had to try [...]

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Bananas!

3 May 2010

There’s a specific time in the banana’s ripening phase in which I will actually eat it. It’s that brief period of yellow when green has faded, and spots have not yet marred the beautiful sleek [...]

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Gin is trouble.

23 April 2010

It’s funny what a bit of gin can do to you. Okay, more than a bit. Quite a bit. Possibly too much. Add to that a sake bomb, and you’ve got trouble. While I was [...]

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Moments of Awesome

13 April 2010

Everyone starts with 24 hours in a day. How the 24 is allocated is where we differ. In order to maximize the ratio of awesome moments to available hours [that's 24 hours less sleep time, [...]

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Where’s my apron?

10 April 2010

By purchasing a Kitchenaid mixer, I was convinced that I will be able to create magic in the kitchen. Well, it wasn’t magic, but at least it got me trying some recipes. RV won’t be [...]

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Early Morning Four + Five

9 April 2010

I think that the key to being successful with the Become An Early Riser in 5 Days challenge is going to bed early, and I haven’t done that at all this week. Yesterday morning, I [...]

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Early Morning Three

7 April 2010

Looks like Sergio is pretty comfortable with the current living situation. Soooo cute! He has a fuzzy face that I want to squish. Can you tell I’m totally loving this cat? I’m surprised that I’ve [...]

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