Dad used to call us on Father’s Day to say “Hello, Happy Children’s Day!” LOL! We weren’t really mean, and he only ever did it once, and we were all busy working girls at the time. You know how it is, the older you get, the more you take little things like that for granted.  [...]

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WTH? It is my second night in Milwaukee and my second dream in a Scholastican uniform. Now there is nothing wrong with being dressed in my highschool uniform, but I’m strangely curious as to why I’ve been dreaming dreams sleeping on my nephews bed when I’ve been dreamless for months, a year, almost. The night [...]

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MAGNOLIA BAKERY CUPCAKE RECIPE http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2008/10/cupcake-recipes-from-magnolia-bakery.html AMY SEDARIS VANILLA CUPCAKE http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2006/07/amy-sedaris-vanilla-cupcake-recipe.html MARTHA STEWARTS BEST CUPCAKES http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/our-best-cupcakes YELLOW BUTTERCUPCAKES http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/yellow-butter-cupcakes?comments_page=1&showComments=true&#conversation-container FROZEN BRAZO http://bernardosworld.blogspot.com/2007/08/frozen-brazo-de-mercedes.html BAKERELLAS MOIST BUTTER CAKE http://www.bakerella.com/finally-i-found-it/ MARSHMALLOW FONDANT http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-marshmallow-fondant SWISS BUTTERCREAM http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-swiss-buttercream/ ROOTBEER CUPCAKE http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/06/root-beer-float-cupcakes/ MERINGUE HEARTS (made these a while back) http://www.joyofbaking.com/MeringueHearts.html Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]

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Aside from a new album, Jason Mraz has a book out on his polaroids! Part of the book’s writeup, Mraz compares music performance to photography: “The way a live performance is to the studio performance, so is Polaroid Instant to the Digital Format. I know I only get one shot at the subject and after [...]

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If you’ve ever watched Harry Potter, you’d know that Butterbeer is the preferred drink of the students from Hogwarts. Ever been curious what goes in there? Recipe for Butterbeer! Ingredients: * 1 cup (8 oz) club soda or cream soda * ½ cup (4 oz) butterscotch syrup (ice cream topping) * ½ tablespoon butter Directions: [...]

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