Don't these cupcakes make you want a friend to get pregnant- just so you can throw them a shower? From Martha Stewart- I love it! And it doesn't look like you'd need to be a pro for them to turn out professional looking!Don't these cupcakes make you want a friend to get pregnant- just so you can throw them a shower? From Martha Stewart- I love it! And it doesn't look like you'd need to be a pro for them to turn out professional looking!
I am loving these polk a dotted cup cake liners! Aren't they great? From Confectionary House- as is the cake pan below- I think I could maybe make a Herbie car with this- what do you think?
My son's birthday is coming up and he wants a Herbie party- so I have been looking around for cup cake ideas- this cake is beyond my abilities- and the location is beyond my boarders- but isn't it amazing! From Lise's Bakery.
…and he’s worth every bit of the 3400 miles, 4 travel days and 58 hours of driving. Gryphon traveled great! He seems happy, although the cats don’t - more on that and the trip in another post. Here are his 1st pics at his new casa and a view of and from his daytime air conditioned palace. NO! He's not spoiled ;)~
Gryphon's door!
Kennel is to the right in the above pic and I've partitioned off a third of the shop space for him
Gryphon's view
We are feverishly busy getting ready for his arrival – in between thunderstorms that seem to be threatening our sanity. Since the acreage here isn’t completely fenced yet (a work in progress that has only been completed around the pasture) we needed to provide a safe place for Gryphon to be during the day. So, we are building a huge kennel that abuts the shop and there’ll be a dog door to the interior that is air conditioned. The shop has been puppy-proofed with latches on all the cabinets and coverings on all the shelves – basically removing access to things that look chewable. Since he’s 11 months that is still an issue and it’s going to take a while to figure out his little canine interest. When we are home he’ll be with us, but during the day while we are working he’ll have his puppy palace – out of sight from the road.
Here is the site that I’m clearing for the kennel and the dog door will be through the wall of the shop beneath the window. What a lot of rock to dig out and what you are seeing is only a third of what’s been removed already! Sod will go down tomorrow and the kennel will go up tomorrow afternoon.
Meanwhile it is round after round of vet visits for the cats for their annuals, servicing the Explorer for the trip, getting the house ready for the new Buffledog! We are remembering about the infamous “tail sweep”, fur bunnies everywhere and simply space for him to move easily about. He probably won’t be quite as large as
So, I’ve stocked up on book tapes for the 3400 mile trip and I’m really looking forward to being away from the office for a few days. Fortunately it looks like great weather for the 5 or 6 days that I’m going to be on the road.
Soon there will be our own photos of the boy!
NOW…………..
You also get to meet Felix, our now frequent ring tailed cat. The shot is a little out of focus since the auto-focus was ineffective in the dark and I just had to guess at the distance – ‘twas a few feet short, but you get the idea. These little guys are just off-the-chart cute.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Nominado mejor fanzine español del 2008 en el Salón Internacional de Cómic de Barcelona
Colaboraciones de: Noga Rauch, Santos Callisaya y Rolando Valdez (supercholita), Miguel Brieva, Kioskerman, Brais Rodríguez, Powerpaola, Ernán Cirianni, Xabier, Marco Guzmán, Diego Blanco, Jorge Pérez, Roque Romero, Alejandro Salazar, Anxo Cuba, Teté Leguía y Alberto Vázquez.
When D3 was born I insisted that I was going to raise her as a vegetarian. For the first few months no one gave me much trouble, except in theory. I suppose it is possible that the lack of conflict was due to the fact that her life was sustained by milk alone for those first few months.
However, as she grew, we naturally starting adding solids to her diet. And the pressure from my family to let her decide whether or not to be a vegetarian for herself increased. I argued that I could raise her to smoke cigarettes too and when she is older, let her decide for herself if she wanted to be a smoker or not. That logic, to me seemed perfectly sane, and yet the reasoning escaped DH and my childrens' thought processes entirely.
When D3 was 1 year-old, DH "accidentally" fed her a chicken nugget. When I found out I was furious. However, with increased pressure, I soon relented and let them feed her animal flesh. Her diet has increasingly deteriorated from there.
However, I had not realized to what degree the deterioration had occurred until I went to fill a prescription at Rite Aid via the drive through. Or at least I attempted to fill the prescription.
D3 was settled comfrotably in the back seat of the car, when we pull up in the covered drive-thru lane. I believe it was the shade for the overhead cover that first alerted her to something a little abnormal in our errand running afternoon. Then she heard me roll down the window as the outside traffic noise became more apparant.
"I wan fwen fwies!" she yelled.
"Hello?" the paharmiscist asked.
"I wan fwen fwies!" she repeated.
"Hi," I began, "I'd like-"
"I wan fwen fwies!!"
"Sorry. I'm needing to-"
"I wan fwen fwies!!!"
"I came from the doctor's office and I have a -"
"Fwen fwies!!!!" "I wan fwen fwies!!!!"
"Um..." I briefly contemplated my limited options.
"I WAN FWEN FWIES!"
"You know what? I'll come back, in a few minutes-"
"FWEN FWIES! I WAN FWEN FWIES!!!!" She continued. All the way to McDonald's.
A great idea from Good Housekeeping:
Step 1
Take a solid-colored square napkin, and starch it for optimal workability. Thinner napkins work better, so choose a linen napkin over a thick cotton one.
Step 2
Fold the napkin in half.
Step 3
Fold the napkin in half again, to form a long rectangle
Step 4
Fold the right and left sides up to meet in the center, forming a point at one end.
Step 5
Repeat with the opposite corners
Step 6
Fold the side corners in so they meet in the center, but don't fold exactly straight. Pull up above the center point, and you'll start to see the ears shape up. The napkin will form a kite shape.
Step 7
Gently turn your napkin over.
Step 8
Fold the bottom point up, so that it is roughly 1” above the center of the napkin.
Step 9
Carefully, turn the napkin over again.
Step 10
Roll the left side over, slightly past the center of the napkin.
Step 11
Fold the right side over, tucking the end into the pocket you created on the left side, holding your napkin together.
Step 12
Turn the napkin upright, separating the bottom to form a base. Fluff your bunny’s ears.
Step 13
Cut three pieces of string; knot together in the middle. Slide a safety pin through the back of the folded napkin, through the center of the knot, through the button's opening, then back into the napkin; clasp.
Step 1
Take a solid-colored square napkin, and starch it for optimal workability. Thinner napkins work better, so choose a linen napkin over a thick cotton one.
Step 2Fold the napkin in half.
Step 3Fold the napkin in half again, to form a long rectangle
Step 4
Fold the right and left sides up to meet in the center, forming a point at one end.
Step 5
Repeat with the opposite corners
Step 6
Fold the side corners in so they meet in the center, but don't fold exactly straight. Pull up above the center point, and you'll start to see the ears shape up. The napkin will form a kite shape.
Step 7
Gently turn your napkin over.
Step 8Fold the bottom point up, so that it is roughly 1” above the center of the napkin.
Step 9Carefully, turn the napkin over again.
Step 10
Roll the left side over, slightly past the center of the napkin.
Step 11
Fold the right side over, tucking the end into the pocket you created on the left side, holding your napkin together.
Step 12Turn the napkin upright, separating the bottom to form a base. Fluff your bunny’s ears.
Step 13Cut three pieces of string; knot together in the middle. Slide a safety pin through the back of the folded napkin, through the center of the knot, through the button's opening, then back into the napkin; clasp.
bellman banter
"May I be of service, sir?"
"No, I'm waiting."
"On what, sir?"
"On who."
"Who, sir?"
"I'm not sure."
"I'm sorry, sir?"
"I'm not."
Seamus
It’s been two years today. I’ve been waiting.
I frankly have had little heart to be here. Perhaps it’s that I’ve been waiting.
I sit silently on the porch in the early morning hours; my hands warm around the coffee mug and watch our menagerie venture out into the wee first light. I often talk to the Buffledog in these lone moments – these were our times in the pre-dawn and we only missed our walks when one or the other of us was down with injury or sickness. These walks were magical, mysterious, sometimes guarded, sometimes filled with discovery and always full of greetings for our fellow early risers. I sometimes hear my neighbor walk his old Lab, but cannot see them on the road. I sit silently on the porch and wait.
The chores here are endless and often solitary. More than once I’ve turned, hoping to catch a glimpse of my friend and companion. I feel his presence. I wish I could feel his fur. Still I wait.
On what, sir?
On who.
April Fool’s Day. The phone rings and a familiar name pops up on the screen. I smile and answer, stepping outside to the building front and sit on the steps. We catch up as old friends do after a long absence. Then I listen for 10 minutes.
“Talk it over” she says, “and call me later this evening.” I already knew the answer.
His AKC name is Giorgio.
We haven’t named him yet – soon - he's all Buffledog though!!!
He’s 11 months old.
He’s gorgeous.
He’s a goofball … purrrrrrrrrfect!
He’s Taylor’s nephew.
I’m driving to Idaho on April 21st to pick him up.
I’m waiting, but I’m smiling.
Here’s his pic from 2 weeks ago.
I frankly have had little heart to be here. Perhaps it’s that I’ve been waiting.
I sit silently on the porch in the early morning hours; my hands warm around the coffee mug and watch our menagerie venture out into the wee first light. I often talk to the Buffledog in these lone moments – these were our times in the pre-dawn and we only missed our walks when one or the other of us was down with injury or sickness. These walks were magical, mysterious, sometimes guarded, sometimes filled with discovery and always full of greetings for our fellow early risers. I sometimes hear my neighbor walk his old Lab, but cannot see them on the road. I sit silently on the porch and wait.
The chores here are endless and often solitary. More than once I’ve turned, hoping to catch a glimpse of my friend and companion. I feel his presence. I wish I could feel his fur. Still I wait.
On what, sir?
On who.
April Fool’s Day. The phone rings and a familiar name pops up on the screen. I smile and answer, stepping outside to the building front and sit on the steps. We catch up as old friends do after a long absence. Then I listen for 10 minutes.
“Talk it over” she says, “and call me later this evening.” I already knew the answer.
His AKC name is Giorgio.
We haven’t named him yet – soon - he's all Buffledog though!!!
He’s 11 months old.
He’s gorgeous.
He’s a goofball … purrrrrrrrrfect!
He’s Taylor’s nephew.
I’m driving to Idaho on April 21st to pick him up.
I’m waiting, but I’m smiling.
Here’s his pic from 2 weeks ago.
Tennis star and sensation Ana Ivanovic won the 2008 French Open, reach the finals of the 2008 Australian and 2007 French Opens, and the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007.
SheGrowing up in Yugosalvia, Ana’s training was blighted by NATO bombings, and she was forced to train in an abandoned swimming pool as there were no tennis facilities.
Ana Ivanovic star studies finance in her hometown of Belgrade, and also enjoys basketball, shopping and sudoku.
SheGrowing up in Yugosalvia, Ana’s training was blighted by NATO bombings, and she was forced to train in an abandoned swimming pool as there were no tennis facilities.
Ana Ivanovic star studies finance in her hometown of Belgrade, and also enjoys basketball, shopping and sudoku.
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