By request…and since it was crazy amazing…here’s the link:  Hot Chocolate!!And here’s the recipe: Ingredients 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 cup white sugar 1 pinch salt 1/3 cup boiling water 3 1/2 cups milk 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup half-and-half cream *(I actually used whole milk) Directions Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch […]

Outside my window…it’s warm today. balmy, even (almost 40. 😉 ). but threatening to get colder. And very slippery. I am thinking..…that a mortgage payment sounds…good.   I am thankful for… my children. even on the toughest days, i treasure them.  I am wearing…dark wash skinny jeans, a 3/4 sleeve white and lavender striped cardigan, a white […]

At 9:30 this morning, the doorbell rang.  I had already dragged my couldn’t-fall-asleep-and-when-I-finally-did-was-awoken-2-hours-later-by-a-boy-with-a-bad-dream-who-stayed-in-bed-with-me-until-4:15-so-I-never-really-did-sleep self through the shower, breakfast (and skipped my workout…slacker-butt), a trip to the grocery store for last minute cake supplies, and a batch of peanut butter frosting, but I opened the door with anticipation.  Let the next stage of the transition begin. […]

Last night, Studio 180 held their Holiday Open House, and invited me along for the celebration…(check out the studio here, and his website here)(if you need a photographer, seriously…he’s your man)…or rather, they invited SweetCakes along for it’s first professional exposure experience.  I baked up a storm, decorated like a maniac, prepared and brainstormed and […]

So.  Finding housing.  Not Fun. Not that I’ve done a hardcore search in the area at this point.  But.  The research I’ve done, on craigslist, in the newspapers, the penny saver, real estate listings, in general conversation…has pointed to something I already knew: housing is expensive.  Blame it on the booming gas industry, lack of […]

This week, I’m staring insanity in the face. No, not just my workout, though I’m there too, but every facet of life this week.  On the agenda?  Three birthday cakes, meeting the little one I’ll start watching in a couple of weeks, makingabout 200 cheesecake truffles, a wedding cake with cupcake sized petit fours, and […]

A few weeks ago, I explained a bit about my new normal…the chaos that is life in the midst of separation and divorce.  With that, I probably should have included a warning…that posts would be few and far between, and likely…not always pretty.  Please consider yourself warned tonight, friends.  This one isn’t going to be […]