Happy August! Well things around here are about to change. Our summers are so quiet as many people leave to head to cooler climates. But school is starting up soon, so back to more traffic on the roads, crowded restaurants and life in the big city. I truly love the slower pace of our town…
When I tell people I make my own nut milk, they are often surprised. Making nut milk is SO EASY!!!! After realizing some mass-produced nut milk includes additives, including carrageenan and soybean oil, I decide to make my own. It literally takes a few minutes to make fresh nut milk and you get to control the…
If you entertain a great deal, then inevitably you will spill candle wax on a tablecloth. Like this time. It’s my own fault. After hastily removing candles from a table, the warm wax spilled all over my tablecloth. This is one of my “special” tablecloths. It was purchased during our first trip to Italy over…
Happy Saturday to you! I’m a little late getting out today’s post but all for good reasons. My son and girlfriend are in town visiting for a wedding, so the latter part of this week is full of those celebrations. Since this will be the first time in 26 years that our son hasn’t been…
Making cupcakes is a relatively easy task. Decorating them with a Halloween theme should be simple, right? With all good intentions, I set upon making Halloween cupcakes thinking this is a 1-2 hour project. However, there are so many unexpected twists and turns, I feel like a witch on a broom playing quidditch on a…