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the cake & the wave

The cake. DD13 helped with the flowers. Cute, eh?

And the birthday princess waving to the minions.

cupcakes

Youngest daughter’s 11th birthday is on Saturday. These are the cupcakes we made to take to her class on Friday afternoon.
Her birthday party/slumber party is Friday night, since niece17’s high school graduation is on Saturday afternoon.
We’ve got a busy weekend ahead!

Mexican Wedding Cakes

For work, we had a pot luck lunch to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I made Mexican Wedding Cakes. They’re small cookies and remind me of Pecan Sandies. I used flour, shortening, sugar and vanilla, then added walnuts. I rolled them into small balls, walnut size, then placed them on a [...]

The mermaid cake

Chrissie made a mermaid cake for DD4’s birthday. She loves coming up with creative cake ideas & is so good at it. They always look great.
She’s got a couple of photos on her blog. Go see how great the cake was!

100 Library Legends

This is Oklahoma’s centennial year. The Oklahoma Library Association has compiled a list of the top 100 contributors to Oklahoma libraries for the first century.
Here’s a link to the page. When you click on the words The Oklahoma Library Legends List, you will go to a list of 100 people/groups. My mom is one of [...]

countdown tickers

Many people find their way to my blog looking for the weight loss ticker that I put on my blog in 2005. It has been removed. However, I’ve made a few samples tickers for you to see.
Visit ticker factory dot com to make your own tickers for all occasions. [...]

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!Happy Birthday Dear Chrissie–
Happy Birthday to you!
Today is my dear sister’s birthday. She’s not a day over… er… 29!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

This morning, I made green eggs & green biscuits for the kids - not green sausage, though. I had gotten them a few little things - green beaded necklaces with shamrocks on them, St. Pat’s temporary tattoos, clover pins, little things like that - and had them out on the table when the kids [...]

Happy 50th birthday

Cat in the Hat!
For a good article about Dr. Seuss’s beloved classic, look here.

birthday party

Youngest daughter is at a birthday party right now. I’ll pick her up in 2 hours. It’s her first party since her diagnosis. I’ve been nervous about how it will work with her wanting to eat with her friends - since we all know kids want to constantly eat & not have [...]