I'm totally liking these posters:
I'd love to have all four.
all images from Brainstorm Print + Design
Friday, June 3, 2011
256
I love Snickerdoodles
and this blog post made me want some.
“Snickerdoodles?” God, just the way she pronounced the word: chilling. “I just can’t let you do that. Too emasculating.”
I’m not going to get too deep into the subtext here, or any latent impressions Jenny may or may not have about men who bake — let alone bake snickerdoodles – but let’s just say it felt a little like the person I love very much and with whom I have had two children, was calling my sh#t out. Like, seriously? A guy wants to do something fun with the kids on a sleepy Saturday morning, and he gets hazed by his wife? The thing is, there’s a lot you do as a parent — or, okay, as a father of two daughters — that carries an unmistakable whiff of the surrender-monkey to it. Printing out and memorizing the lyrics to Lady Gaga’s new single: that would definitely be one of those things. Enduring Ryan Seacrest in silence: yup. Nursing a lifelong grudge against musical theater and yet pretending, without complaint, to be Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music when it is called for*. Getting a (small, cute) dog and naming it Iris. Applying toenail polish (no smudges!) in rainbow colors on one tiny foot, and then doing the other tiny foot in the opposite color progression. Over the past several years, I’ve done all those things and so, so much worse and — apologies in advance to all the bros out there who may be reading this — the truth is, I never really gave any of it a second thought. Don’t you kind of check your manly bona fides at the door when you have kids? I mean, isn’t that part of the point?
Given all this, was making a batch of cookies so bad?“Yeah, I don’t know,” she said. “I don’t think I can be married to a guy who makes snickerdoodles.”
She is now married to a guy who makes snickerdoodles.
I love what he says
about being the dad of two daughters.
I wonder if my dad felt that way
with five daughters running around...
255
I've decided I need to get popsicle molds.
Then I can make these:
Limber de Coco (Coconut Cream)
Don't they look so fun?
all pictures from the respective recipe sites
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
247
Pictures from the National Geographic Society photography contest 2010.
Check out some others at Gipsy Palace.
246
I've seen this clip a couple times,
and this little girl is horrifically spoiled.
But it's so hilarious at the same time.
Friday, May 20, 2011
245
We eat a lot of quesadillas in our house.
This one looks delicious.
Add the guacamole and I'm sure it's perfect.
Yum!
Monday, May 16, 2011
242
Since my GOLDEN* birthday is this year
I need GOLDEN shoes.
And probably some gold on a dress too.
So here are some lovely GOLDEN shoes,
* for those who aren't aware,
according to wikipedia,
a golden birthday is:
"A person's Golden or Grand Birthday,
also referred to as their
'Lucky Birthday',
'Champagne Birthday' or
'Star Birthday',
occurs when they turn the age of their birth day
(e.g., when someone born on the 25th of the month turns 25)"
all pictures from Seychelles.
also, be prepared for more gold.
My birthday is about six weeks away...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
239
I need strawberries.
Lots of strawberries.
And cream.
And then I will make this cake:
And I will be strawberried out.
And probably a little food coma'd out.
But probably very satisfied.
from I am Baker via Pioneer Woman
238
Ok, this might be the most
sinful
looking
french toast
ever.
picture from The Girl Who Ate Everything via Pioneer Woman
Friday, May 6, 2011
233
Royal Wedding stuff is still popping up on the internet.
And I LOVED this description about the dress.
detail of the exquisite wedding gown, put together by hand by sarah burton of alexander mcqueen, it is a perfect intermingling of tradition and modernity, with a bodice of ivory satin made of hand-cut english lace and french chantilly lace, over ivory and white satin gazar {a sheer, lightweight silk organza with a glaze-like sheen and moderate stiffness}; individual flowers were hand cut from lace and hand-engineered onto the ivory silk tulle to create the design, which features rose, thistle, daffodil, and shamrocks, the national flowers of england, ireland, scotland, and wales; 58 gazar & organza covered buttons ran up the back
Thursday, May 5, 2011
231
Pretty sure I'd love this
It just looks like perfect comfort food.
picture and recipe at Sugar Crafter
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
229
"Pretty isn't in a dress, a lipstick, or a perfect body. Pretty radiates from a confident, feminine, comfortable soul. Dress your soul in these qualities first, and you will look beautiful no matter how simply you are dressed."
-Stephanie Nielson
via Cardigan Empire
227
I'm not a huge fan of pasta.
I don't think, "You know what I want? PASTA!"
But I'm totally thinking that with the description given to this pasta dish.
I don't think, "You know what I want? PASTA!"
But I'm totally thinking that with the description given to this pasta dish.
226
I'm making Peanut Butter Cookies
for an open house for our new church building.
(PBC's were the assigned cookie)
so now I'm looking for fun and interesting versions.
Option 1:
 |
| I really like marshmallow for some reason. |
Option 2:
 |
| The browned butter makes them different, but they don't look different. |
Option 3:
Option 4:
Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
Just a few of the option.
all pictures from the respective blogs that contain the recipe
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
224
I like this quote:
"whatever comes,"
she said, "cannot alter one thing.
If I am a princess in rags and tatters,
i can be a princess inside. I
t would be easy to be a princess
if I were dressed in cloth of gold,
but it is a great deal more of a triumph
to be one all the time when no one knows it."
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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