Archive for November, 2014
thanksgiving day
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Food on November 29, 2014
this day did not begin quite as i expected. you know those days when, out of nowhere, you get slammed with a cold you thought you had escaped? welcome to my Thanksgiving morning (because i seriously hope it wasn’t your Thanksgiving morning). it was that weird sore-throat-in-the-back-and-top-of-my-mouth-where-i-couldn’t-swallow-or-clear-my-throat. annoying. but, i needed to finish the cakes, […]
thansgiving prep
Posted by malindar in Cake, Family Life, Food, Life on November 28, 2014
around here, holidays are big time. we have big traditions for our big family: traditional food, traditional ways to do things, traditional traditions. for some reason, the food seems to be my overall focus. go figure. i go into list-mode. lists of recipes i want to try. lists of supplies i need, broken down by store. […]
weekend.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on November 22, 2014
good lord, i’m tired. yesterday, Reasa did science experiments. she smashed ice with a hammer, and calibrated a thermometer with her denatured alcohol burner. it was like…school. i splattered a cake with neon royal icing. then i made ganache. and poured it over boston cream pie. then covered it with fondant. and stacked it with […]
through the suckage.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on November 13, 2014
i am facing some things in my life right now. frankly, they suck. sometimes i feel like i’ve had a heck of a lot of sucky things thrown at me over a pretty short span of my life. some of those “things” are situations. predicaments. attitudes. some of those “things” are people. no matter what […]