So a few weeks ago when I found my Grandma’s handwritten cookbook of recipes she either liked or wanted to try, I ran across this chocolate cake. I’m not a huge fan of chocolate, but at the same time your taste buds change every 7 years and I’m growing to like it more and more. …
Last year, just before the 4th of July sometime hubby bought an ice cream maker off eBay. We’d been wanting one for a while and this was the wooden barrel kind that had an electric motor. Truthfully, I can’t say I was all too thrilled with his purchase. Especially after he lent it to a…
For Mother’s Day this year, my {step}daughter & husband gave me both of Trisha Yearwood’s cookbooks. Lately I’ve been watching her on her Food Network show, in fact since she started, this was the first weekend she was re-runs. Ok so I can’t lie, my favorite between her and Pioneer Woman is still Ree Drummond,…
Do you remember being a little kid and eating fruity Popsicles? They were great, weren’t they? Mmmmm! Well with summer coming upon us, we were at the store a few weekends ago and found the little kits to make your own Popsicles. You know the ones where you add your juice, stick the lid on…
So today, my father has worked for this company for 40 years. Wow, that’s a really long time! My mom is out of town for work so we celebrated this milestone last week before she left town with lunch with his co-workers & mom, hubby and me too :). ignore the blurry phone photo! So…
I would like to wish my Momma, Have I ever told you how much she hates having her photo taken? My Mother-in-law,
As you may or may not know, I have a {step}daughter. Having a stepchild is a bit of a challenge {just because she isn’t there every day}, but so far she and I have a good relationship. It may change someday, I hope not, but at this point, who knows. Last Friday my {step}daughter’s school…
Do you ever just have days, you almost wish, you hadn’t gotten out of bed? A few weekends ago we were going to throw my father-in-law a retirement party. My mom, bless her heart, volunteered to do our portion of the food, but a few years ago I took cake decorating classes and I actually…
A few weeks ago I went to Atwoods and they have their bulk candy bin. Yes, who knew a farm store would have bulk candy? Well, I did :). Anyway, I bought individually wrapped caramels. I saw this recipe in the new PW cookbook and wanted to try it, plus she had it on her…
Today is my Father-in-law’s last day of work. After today he will officially be retired. I think he’s a little excited. So hubby and his sister decided to throw him a surprise retirement party Sunday. I volunteered to make the cake. Things have been crazy busy around our house; hubs & his sis decided on…