always make me think of Africa. Which is ironic, really, because when I lived there, it hardly ever rained. Like, severe drought for a year and a half, but still... Maybe it's the way rain brings relief from the Mississippi heat or the way it builds up, heavy with humidity until it pours out hard and fast and then disappears completely. I don't know, but.... I really love nothing more ...
Five Minute Friday: Expectation
When you haven't blogged much in months, sometimes that only thing you can do is just jump in....like into the deep end of a cold swimming pool...just get it over with already, you know? And, it occurred to me that the best way to do that today is to join The Gypsy Mama on Five Minute Friday. So here goes: Expectation I’ve been married nine years to a man I never expected to marry. I mean, ...
So….I’ve completely forgotten how to bake.
Seriously. Granted, I have done almost no cooking for the past three months, but this cake was a disaster. I wanted to make my husband a cake for his birthday. He's easy. His favorite cake is yellow cake with chocolate frosting. And, he likes it just as well from a box mix and a can of frosting. But, no, I couldn't do that. I had to make it all myself. After months of letting other people ...
Day Out with Thomas!
Okay, so I know how much my boys LOVE Thomas the Tank Engine…so much that that is the only birthday cake I’ve made and it’s still being requested, so much that it is the only toy aisle we meander through, and so much that my 20 month old’s first clear phrase may have been ‘Day of the Diesels.” But, even so, I never would have expected the reaction I got when my boys walked down that street in ...