Tiny

Why do I love Bakerella.
In true rhetorical fashion I shall now answer.

She likes TINY.

These are little teeny tiny Pioneer Woman cookbooks attached to cake balls.
LOVE IT!These are tiny pies... with tiny bows.
LOVE IT!
Next Christmas for sure.

ANd these are tiny trees with tiny presents...
I am more than just the teeniest bit in love with it.

On a side note... I think I shall need to purchase this Cookie Craft book at some future point...
And on another side note...
a bathroom with a corner vanity is pure bliss.

Christmas Baking

This aisle at Ben Franklin makes me giddy...

The possibilities for a plain wooden box are ENDLESS!

Decorating those cookies was SO FUN.

Definitely worth the back ache.

Points of Interest:

• Royal icing is THE BEST! I will never go back.
• Meringue powder costs real money.
• Gel Paste food colorings are the only way to go.

Yesterday I helped Jill make her neighbor gifts.

We made these babies...

SO FABULOUS!

They are Aunt Lisa's Best Ever Cinnamon Rolls.

Recipe HERE.

Only slight collateral damage...

Christmas Treats

Soft Perfect Sugar Cookies
Penny's Peanut Butter Balls
Martha Stewart.com for Marbleized Peppermint-candy frosting

A not-so-bad very good day

i have come to realize that I should never EVER post on a not-so-good very bad day.
I have also come to realize that I should never EVER have a box of oreos sitting around on a not-so-good very bad day.
I have also come to realize that "It's the Most WOnderful Time of the Year" is a GREAT Hallmark movie.
IHACTR that no matter how not-so-good and very bad my day was Bryan will inevitably make it better.
IHACTR that an entire box of oreos has approximately 2400 calories in it.
IHACTR that I must own a private jet so I can fly down to St. G to attend my best good friends' Christmas Soup Party.
IHACTR that if I do my pony tail with my left hand, the poof goes in front and it looks invariably better.
IHACTR that as hard as 3 kids seems I will most likely have 2 or 3 more.... or 1.
IHACTR that mother's who are responible for multiple children get sick, too.
I have also experienced first hand that 5 pounds can be lost in 2 weeks on the Flat Belly Diet. (this does not include oreos)
IHACTR that with more time I would write down many more things that IHCTR.
At this moment my pants are snot-free.

It is a not-so-bad very good day.

Dear Santa

Any of these things would be great additions for under the tree this year...

America's Test Kitchen Baking Book


Beneath the Honeysuckle Vine by Marcia Lynn McClure


Kiss in the Dark e-book by Marcia Lynn McClure


Hypotrochoid Art setLotions lotions lotions
A Contigo water bottle
And while I'm at it...

A house would be nice
The complete manuscript of Midnight Sun
A very early showing of Eclipse
A mild sedative for my children
BOSE sound dock
Cake decorating classes... in NYC
A session with Nuttall Photography
$15,000 in unmarked bills... in a cute little briefcase

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Just thought I'd ramble and publish it

When my friends stop blogging I silently get mad at them.
Now I'm the one who has stopped publishing my life.
I think that subconsciously I'm simplifying.
I wish.
It's more like... had a 3rd baby, bye bye bloggy.

I'm not sure I'm really up for this 3 kid thing. I love how I say that when James is what?... 5 months? It's not getting any easier. I take that back. It did get easier, but it's still a constant.... hard! I keep waiting for that moment when I'm going to say "ok, ya, it's working like a machine now. I could have 6 kids". That's not happening. It's more like.. "let's go back to two, please". ( :

Bryan's at the Pro Rodeo tonight in Vegas. You can call me Jealous. He's there for 'work'. Ya? Well, I'm at home still in my workout clothes with 4 day old hair cleaning poo out of the hallway... for 'work'. Just kidding. I love Bryan and I love that he loves his job. I love his job, too. I just wish mine involved a Pro Rodeo.

What else can I possibly say except for that right at this moment I am staring at a huge snot smear on the knee of my pants? I'll leave it at that.