January 31, 2012

These little confections could easily go by an alternate name of “everything but the kitchen sink” cupcakes. Charged with baking a sweet treat for Drew’s preschool, I stepped into my kitchen Sunday afternoon with an empty pantry, an absent husband and a sleeping toddler. There would be no trip to the grocery store for me. It was time to get creative and I was up for the challenge.
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January 27, 2012

You honestly don’t realize how much you depend on the internet until it’s no longer there. I spent the majority of my day on the phone yesterday doing battle with technical support for one issue after another. You think it’s fixed and then blammo. Out it goes again. I finished up the marathon with my third friendly voice telling me that I’d have to wait until the next afternoon for a certified technician to come out to my house and assess the damage. Bugger.
So what’s an internet addicted blogger to do? I cleaned the bathrooms, swept and mopped the kitchen, made German chocolate cake cookies (A.mazing little specimens), finished the second Hunger Games novel and read my way through the February issue of Southern Living; all before the boys made their way home from school.
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