I hope that I'm not finding out about this too late, but I think Lisa will still let me participate. Find out about One World, One Heart HERE
I am giving away this daffodil box from
Please enter just once (so my random number program gives everyone a fair chance).
Lori is the winner! Congratulations Lori!
We like cupcakes around here (cupcakes taste better than cake)... but we.. actually I sure make a mess making them. How do you get the cupcake batter in the liners without spilling it all over the counter and the pan so you have to soak the pan after to get the burnt on batter off? I also tried to make these with peanut M's in the shape of a heart, which didn't really work out.. I will just put ooooie goooie cinnamon hearts on next time or maybe just one tiny red hot.. that might be cute. 
It's my sister's birthday this week! Happy Birthday Boo!
And, it's C's birthday this week... and you know what... I bought him this really fun present and I hid it really well... and now I can't find it anywhere. We've turned the house upside-down, little c and I, and it's just nowhere to be found. Dang. So, I guess we'll present it when we find it.
But, I know he'll like this PB Heart!
Ireland has a similar culture to Mexico in that their pagan history and their Catholic religion can get all mixed up together. In the Whitethorn woods is a well that is held sacred by many of the towns people. They walk there to pray and to leave small petitions on paper for St. Anne so that she will grant their wishes. 
Our neighborhood has a progressive dinner every year at this time. I always like to volunteer to host because I can do pink and red. It's been so fun putting this table together this morning. I wish the food was going to be something French and spectacular with cream sauce, but with all this frilly foofy stuff.. I'm making Taco Soup.. it's my never (almost never fail) go to recipe. I wish I had 10 of them, but I don't. Someday though, I'm going to set this table and make something fabulously French with cream sauce. :)
This box sold yesterday, but there are more in the works.
I will hopefully have one available in the shop this afternoon.
The quote reads: The Infinite has written its name on the heavens in shining stars, and on the earth in tender flowers... Jean Paul Richter
Natasha has tagged me to list 7 things I love... I can't break all the many things I love down to 7 things, so I will tell you seven things I loved about yesterday.
1. shades of green & thinking of daffodils
I tag (only if you want to)... Shelese, Amy, Allison, Liz and anyone else who wants to play! :)
I was going to write this post and propose the idea of my one day composing a Redneck Cookbook, but what do you know ... it's been done!
sweet and dill relish.. or more, some tomatoe slices and a dash of pepper and sea salt.
I'm still working on them. I haven't given up yet. I like this salad mix, by the way, it's delish. It doesn't have that wierd flavor that bagged salad often has. I don't know what that is, whether it's the platic they package it in, or a soap they wash the salad in... don't know, but this tastes just delish! Have you ever noticed how serving sizes for salad and peas are really big (you have to eat half of this bag for one serving.. a serving of peas is 2/3 cup). And yet, a serving of ice cream is only half of a cup.. bummmer. 
Little c is addicted. She loves Nancy Drew. She goes through one every 2-3 days, which is mostly really great except at bedtime... it's never really a good time to put down a mystery. And, parenting is so confusing. I wonder if I should just be grateful she's reading, or should I encourage her to banch out a bit... we tend to OCD a bit around here? You know there are 175 Nancy Drews the last I checked. But mostly it's great, because Nancy is a good example of someone who is gracious and polite, kind and generous, confident and appropriate. We could use more of that in every kind of children's entertainment.
I recommended this book in a previous post and so I thought I'd better read it again, it's been awhile. Maeve Binchy is at the top of her game here, I think this is her best book, that I've read anyway. I love the funny twins Simon and Maude who take everything anyone says literally. But, listen to it and you'll enjoy it so much more Barbara Caruso will have you speaking with an Irish Brogue in no time.
