Monthly Archives: April 2008

Apr 16

Stars From Nico’s Kitchen

I love Stars, I make bracelets with Star shaped beads, and Thade loves Star shaped Grilled Cheese sandwiches for lunch. I thought I would get out my cookie cutters and see what else I could make Star Shaped.

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I had my heart set on baking a Cherry Pie, but I didn’t want to make a traditional crust. I decided to roll out the dough, and cut it with a small Star shaped cookie cutter. I loved the way that this Pie turned out. It was so pretty and tasty too.

I needed to fill the cookie jar, and I thought some Star Shaped Sugar Cookies would do the trick.

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I topped a few of the cookies with Icing and Sprinkles (Thade’s favorite), and the rest were covered in Melted Hershey Kisses (my favorite). Sugar Cookies are another cookie that I’m not a fan of making, the dough is so sticky, but the work was worth it. I had a batch of delicious cookies that would rival any Bakery cookies.

 

Do you have a favorite cookie cutter in your collection?

 

 

Apr 15

Happy Tax Day!

Happy Tax Day, if you are happy about tax day 😉

We don’t have too much planned for today, I’m still catching up on the mountain of dishes in my kitchen. Thade has a make up Soccer Game this evening, so I’m hoping for some warmer temps today. I think it is supposed to be 60 today and 70 tomorrow 🙂 Maybe Spring is finally here!

Apr 14

Poor Tulips

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I was hoping that the freezing weather wouldn’t happen, but last night we had a hard freeze. I’m glad that I snapped a few pics of the Tulips before the freezing weather got to them. I hope that we will see some warmer weather soon, it would sure help out with the Gas Bill 😉

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Our little Robin has been very busy in her nest, and we also have a little Sparrow living in the back-yard too. Thade still enjoys watching the busy bird, and everyday he asks about the eggs. I don’t know if there are any little eggs in the nest just yet,  so we’ll keep watching.

Apr 13

Grocery Day and Other Stuff

I have to go grocery shopping today, and I’m just not in the mood to go. I dread going and seeing another price hike, anybody else feel like this? We are also under a freeze warning, and it might snow today too, so the dreary weather is adding to my blah mood. I hope Spring gets here in a hurry!

On a happier note…I’ve been rediscovering one of my favorite hobbies, and I’m taking a little bit of time daily to Cross-Stitch. I love to Cross-Stitch. My Mother and my Grandmother taught me how to Stitch when I was a little girl, and it is one hobby that has stuck with me through the years. After I had Thade, it was hard to find the time to get back into sewing. Now I sneak in 15-20 minutes when Dylan is taking a nap, and Thade is happily playing. It seems to cheer me up, and it is fun to stitch those little projects. Yesterday I finished a Feng Shui piece for my Mom, it was a lot of fun to stitch. It took me a little over a week to get it finally finished.
Locally we have a food drive today, and Thade helped out finding some Food items to donate. I hope that the weather improves for everybody that will be out helping out with the Food Drive today, it is bitterly cold at the moment.

Apr 12

City Wide Yard Sales

Today is the Annual City Wide Yard Sale, and we awoke to a freeze warning. Winter has returned once more. We didn’t get any on the snow that was in the forecast, but the Soccer Game was canceled due to the nasty weather. Maybe if it warms up just a bit we’ll get out and check out some of the sales. I would love to find some vintage fabrics, and a small bedside table for Thade’s room.

Have you shopped any great Spring-time Yard Sales yet?