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Book Update: In positive psychology, we studied well-being again in reference to our life-span. Apparently, there really is a mid-life crisis according to experts and women typically have one around their mid-forties and men in their late forties. I found it interesting that generally (everything is general in these studies!) women grow happier until age …
Book Update: Spring break is here! I am sad in a way because the temperature for this week hovers around freezing for a high. Personally, I was hoping to take the kids to the zoo, museum, etc. Instead… I’m not so sure. Even the beach looks pathetic — their high temperature is only 60. Unfortunately, …
Book Update: Middle School Language Arts test is done!!! Woo hoo!! I thought it was pretty easy except for a couple of novels I had never read. I would post them… but afraid that ETS would hunt me down. We have to sign over and over again that we won’t reveal any questions or any answers …
I auditioned for “Oklahoma” yesterday, so soon I will post something very happy or very sad… we shall see. In other news, my homework in Positive Psychology discussed “savoring” and that this concept actually increases well-being. Maybe that is why so many moms get frustrated… when do we have time to savor when the kids …
Happy Valentine’s Day! I made these cookies yesterday to hand out for Valentine’s day. They were outstanding! Of course, how can anyone go wrong with a recipe based on oeey gooey butter cake? I’ve made gooey butter cake and gooey chocolate cookies and ooey gooey butter cookies. So, why not some red ones for Valentine’s …
** I WON ** Actually, I won 3 times! “Top Secret Recipes” had a photo contest. I happened to have made several recipes from Todd Wilbur’s Top Secret Recipe collection and sent 3 of them in and they WON! Now I have 4 “Top Secret Recipes” books. I’m very excited as you can tell 🙂 …
With the Girl Scouts starting their rounds, I thought I would try a take on the most popular cookie ever – Thin Mints. Personally, I think they are best when they are in the freezer. So, I tried to make these chocolate peppermint snaps which were surprisingly close to a thin mint. There are semi-chocolate …
I finished “Holes” by Louis Sachar yesterday. What a fast read! I liked it better than the movie. But that is almost always the case, isn’t it? Except for “Lord of the Rings” – those movies were pretty good. The recipe: I’ve made shortbread for about 10 years and used the method that came with …
Leave it to America’s Test Kitchen to make the quintessential sugar cookie. These remind me of the sugar cookies you buy in bakeries – buttery, sweet and chewy in the center with a little crunch on the outsides. Sugar Cookies yield 2 dozen 2 cups sugar 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking …
It all started when we went to Panera (St. Louis Bread Co.) and they did a cookie decorating table. It was really cool since all the proceeds go to a foundation for hunger. The cookie glaze the kids used was delicious and went so smoothly on the cookie. So, I did some experimenting to …
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