The ladyfingers (Savoiardi biscuits)... the mascarpone cheese (I made cheese!)... the vanilla pastry cream and zabaglione... the espresso......

The Tomten is finished, and it looks like the Bee is not wearing pants.   I assure you that she is wearing a dress.  Albeit a short dress.  ...

This is what it's looked like outside my house this week.  It's been blustery and snowy and wet and slushy and windy and cold.  Just...

We're soy milk drinkers. We seldom have "real" milk in the house and when we do, it sits in the fridge and then eventually sp...

I slipped into the Goodwill this afternoon, and I scored a set of four Denby mugs for $4.  They remind me of our living room - the white t...

The Bumblebee has her male counterpart over to play tonight, and crazy noises are coming up the stairs.  They're engaged in a game of Su...

This is the very delicious cake that my husband made for me on Friday for my birthday. Can you believe that the man made a cake, complete w...