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    T Tuesday: still full edition

    November 27, 2017 - By 

    I swear I’m still full from Thanksgiving dinner! Ok…that’s a bit of a stretch but geesh. Too much leftovers and too many days off. Making me soft(er).

    I’ll start with a little catch-up on my Photo a day challenge. I got several days behind but have gotten caught up now.

    13. Letters….just one important one. UMD acceptance letter for J.

    14. For me….just a little treat of apples in caramel dip. YUM!!

    15. Hot + Cold…sometimes I’m a two-fisted drinker. 🙂

    16. After…after a long day at work it’s nice to put my feet up a bit.

    17. Cooking…I unexpectedly cooked Thanksgiving dinner this year.

    18. I love this…Grandma’s dishes.

    19. Whole….it was a whole pie….a whole lotta yummy. 🙂

    20. Bright….the setting sun through my window.

    21. Shoes….I have a love/hate relationship with these. I love them (so cute) but my feet hate me when I wear them all day at work.

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    I discovered mt latest obsession craft on Pinterest yesterday. 

    Fabric star ornaments. I found the link to the original tutorial but it was in Dutch I believe. It had great photos but I was missing something in my understanding. Then I found the tutorial by Betz White that finally cleared things up for me.

    I’m considering putting a button on both sides with either hot glue or tied through with embroidery thread.  Not sure but I do know I’ll be making more.

    The school I work at is having a holiday boutique for staff so I’ll be bringing my crafts in. I’m so excited both to make a little Christmas cash and to see what crafts my coworkers like to do.

    My baby girl starts drivers ed Tuesday…I can hardly fathom it. She’ll get her classroom instruction done just before her 15th birthday but she’ll have to wait until the New Year to take her permit test. That girl is ready to get behind the wheel….me, not so much.

    Tuesday holds work of course and a choir concert…at my school. Mini-me’s choir is singing at the middle school. I think they send the high school choirs to perform periodically to keep the younger ones interested in continuing through their school career.

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
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    T Tuesday: rum cake edition

    January 2, 2017 - By 

    This year for Christmas we changed things up a bit.  In the past several years we’ve had a Christmas brunch and it worked out very well since the kiddos weren’t too great at waiting to open presents. In those days I think they would have preferred everyone spend the night and get up at 6am.  Since they are older now, we decided moving back to a more traditional time for our family was best. That meant we’d need a dessert.

    I decided to make a rum cake. I’d made this one before and it was so yummy. The recipe comes from a cookbook called Booze Cakes that I checked out from the library.  The first time I made it I used a vintage Nordic Ware bundt pan in the classic bundt shape. This time I decided to get a little adventurous and use my fancy bundt pan since it looks a bit like Christmas trees.

    rum cake

    As it was baking, I was realizing that the tree pan was smaller than the classic pan…I kept watching it in fear that it would run over as it baked. I was lucky…

    rum cake

    Look how beautifully it came out of the pan! I took a lot of time preparing the pan in hopes that it would work.  So cute!

    rum cake

    Remember I mentioned this was from a cookbook called Booze Cakes…yeah…that bottle was full when I started and I wasn’t sampling. I don’t even like rum in drinks…but I sure do in cake!!!

    Just before serving I dusted the entire cake with powdered sugar giving it the appearance of snow. I totally forgot to snap a photo though. You’ll just have to take my word for it. It was yummy and boozy.

    The kids head back to school after winter break so I’ll be all by myself for a change…well I’ll still have Marvin to keep me company.

    Marvin

    What are you doing today?

    T stands for Tuesday
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    T Tuesday: treat shop edition

    December 12, 2016 - By 

    I’m not really starting up a treat shop…it just feels like it. Every year I give plates of cookies and sweet treats to the neighbors but the list seems to be growing and therefore the amount of goodies is getting crazy! But still fun. I get to have a little of this and that without having to keep all of it around.

    treats

    I’ve also made a double batch of spritz, pretzel hugs and Rolo pretzel turtles….unfortunately all the turtles have been eaten or maybe that’s fortunate since I couldn’t seem to leave them alone.

    winter-tea

    It’s super, duper cold here and will be all week so there is lots and lots of hot tea being consumed.

    tall-marvin

    I just had to share this photo of Marvin….when I tell people he’s a big cat they really don’t have the concept of just how big.

    Grocery shopping and ortho appt are on the list for Tuesday…oh and trying to stay warm!!

    What are you doing today?

    T stands for Tuesday