Monthly Archives: February 2010

Book Review and 5 Giveaway Copies: Offbeat Bride

I love this book. I love it for the Dr. Strangelove reference in the Table of Contents. I love it for the cover art. I love it for the countless tips that are actually incredibly useful and not just more of the same ol’ same ol’. But most of all I love it because I [...]

Daring Bakers’ February Challenge- Tiramisu!

Like a lot of the other Daring Baker’s challenges, I found myself second guessing myself during the process. With this challenge, I was extremely worried (even calling it a fail at one point) but when I tasted it . . . when I tasted it I couldn’t stop eating it and I normally have some [...]

Tinkering

When Andrew isn’t spending countless hours playing “sockmeister” (yesterday) he likes to do activities that include building, thinking, etc. We invested all our money into his Lego collection so we do not have Tinkertoys although I have been wishing for some time that he had some. I might invest in some, but first I wanted [...]

Maple Nut Goodie Bars

I wanted to make something special for my mother-in-law’s 25th wedding anniversary this weekend. She loves Snickers so I wanted to make something similar. A few weeks ago my mother and I ate at Yum! Bakery in St Louis Park and had what they call a “Nut Goodly Bar”. It was very rich but very [...]

A Winter Oasis- Willmar, Minnesota??!!

We traveled an hour west of here this weekend to my husband’s home town of Willmar, Minnesota. Willmar isn’t the most exciting town in Minnesota but they do have a hotel with a pool and slide and we thought the kids would enjoy that. However, Andrew was extremely frightened of the water. He hasn’t been [...]

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