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4 Easy Home Spruce-Ups (That I Hadn’t Thought Of)

November 17, 2016

Totally lit a fire last night (and yes it is 65F in Cali but I couldn't wait)

You know how most people (or, rather "most people on Pinterest"; not "most real people") do an annual spring cleaning? I always forget to do that because I'm so excited about actually doing spring-type things (like being outside as opposed to on my couch). Trying to get my house under control in preparation for the colder months simply makes more sense to me: winter - even in not-so-wintry California - is when we spend tons of time at home...so shouldn't we make that home as cozy and pleasant-to-be-in as possible?

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Soul Food

November 11, 2016

Soup never solved anyone's problems, but sometimes it can help. This is the meal I make when I need the food equivalent of a hug, so I'm making it tonight, and eating it under a blanket, my phone and computer turned off and something Disney on the TV.

SWEETS

Morning Muffin

November 1, 2016

easy recipe for breakfast pumpkin muffins

Noritake Sandefjord China

First, on the topic of baking, my friend Alisa - you know, the one who taught me how to make a fondant cake - and I are having a major problem at the moment. The problem is that she saw my video about Jell-O Worms, and decided to try making them herself, and instead of ending up with a single sad, limp (and blue) half-maggot, she ended up with this:

Entertaining

Bloody Slugs

October 28, 2016

"Would you like a bloody slug?"

Come on, how cute are these guys?! I'm aware that the name "Bloody Slug" is mildly unappetizing, but let me assure you: these are suuuuuper delicious and will be consumed within seconds by the children in attendance - so if you want one, trust me and move quickly. (And yeah, they're essentially sugar bombs, but whatever, Halloween is like a Defcon 1 high-fructose disaster anyway. Might as well not fight it.)

So what these are, essentially, are cake pops made with extra frosting so that they sort of collapse on themselves and don't hold on to the exterior coating as well (thereby letting the color of the cake show through). And when the color that's showing through is red and the overall effect is that of a melty, ghost-ish, vaguely slug-like creature, there you go:

Entertaining

The Creepiest Party On The Block

October 27, 2016

Easy skeleton costume for Halloween with only makeup

Oh hey, come on in.

Here we are again: Halloween weekend. (Or, pre-Halloween weekend. Could we please all agree that Halloween should fall on a Saturday one hundred percent of the time so that none of us have to deal with convincing four year olds high on Sugar Babies and mini Snickers that no seriously, it's time to go to bed?)

Aaaanyway, if you're having a Halloween party you're probably having it this weekend, so I wanted to share some shots of my son's (spooky) 5th birthday party, along with a few activity and recipe ideas.

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