I won’t promise to be diligent with this journal. I am a known slacker and am entirely too old to change. However, I’m going to make an effort here to keep up with this thing a little better. There are so many beautiful things out there and I’d love to be able to perhaps inspire […]
Last week, for the release of the MAC Venomous Villains collection, Mimi and I took the afternoon off work to go play in makeup. Then, we did a bit of halloween shopping. This is the time of year when I find most of the decor for my house. While we were at Michael’s, I saw […]
We went to a bbq this weekend with lots of Sparks’ old (and my not so old) friends. We took a bean salad as a side dish – it got rave reviews from the darling Robin. This is just something I made up once upon a time and it’s always a work in progress or […]
I’d been meaning to post pictures of this project for quite some time – it is finally finished. Me being me, I jumped right in and didn’t take a before photo. Luckily, the lamp I “upgraded” was one of a pair – Dad has the other. So I was able to pop by his place […]
Looky, looky! A finished project! There haven’t been many of those around here for a while. Moving really threw my crafting into a standstill, then working too many hours made getting the house together take even longer. But now the house is together enough to live with and I can get back to making things. […]
I am probably the only person I know who will make soup with filet mignon. Several months ago, I bought a whole beef tenderloin. I trimmed the chain off and cut it into small bits and put it into a baggie in the freezer. I also cut several small steaks and put them in the […]
For the last few weeks, Tastespotting has been filled with Rainbow Cakes (google them, you’ll find a lot of images with great explanations). The colors call to me. I wanted to make my own, especially when I saw someone else make them into cupcakes. Besides, I needed to test out my oven, y’know. I mixed […]
My poppakins, he lurves the bread pudding. I lurves to experiment in the kitchen. I had a half loaf of challah and a desire to be nice to the daddoo, so it was time to embark upon an adventure. Paula Dean would have spit it out with a patoo, not enough butter or sugar. I […]
I love that my dad is a cabinet maker. Oh sure, he’d probably still have the know how and carpentry skills to help me with projects. But as a cabinet maker, he also has access to the big shiny power tools that we couldn’t play with otherwise. At least not without spending loads of money. […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, Whackos and Darklings, it is my greatest pleasure to introduce unto you… La Petite Bob.