Push a barrel of rum under a cherry tree. Do it! You’ll be so happy. I’m not sure if that’s how the Orasella Tiki Cocktail Cherries were invented, but I’m glad someone thought to combine rum and cherries and sell them at a farmers market that Nate and I visited last weekend. While there, we… Continue reading Rumming Wild: Rum and Cherry Cola with Rum-Soaked Cherries
Craft Alert: Mandala Mayhem
Watch out. One of Willie Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstoppers got stuck inside an angry, red sand worm, and it’s about to be gloriously regurgitated onto the Universe. Or, it’s a cabbage. Or, it’s a wild, wild flower, its petals caught in a gusty breeze, all the springs sprung. However you look at it, whatever I’ve made/unleashed… Continue reading Craft Alert: Mandala Mayhem
How Much Oatmeal Can You Bench?
Release the weightlifting belt from the trunk of the car. Oatmeal has arrived, and it’s swole. Protein-packed oatmeal that promises strength and a delightful chocolate chip cookie recipe found its way into the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks kitchen, and I mistakenly believed there was actual chocolate in the oatmeal. The chocolate chip recipe on the… Continue reading How Much Oatmeal Can You Bench?
Cincerely, Cinnamon
Dear Breadheads, I know what you knead. The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks kitchen smelled sinfully cinnamony the other day, and I say sinfully because it’s not fair that I tried out a brand-new recipe the day before Nate’s colonoscopy, when he was on a clear liquid diet. But: I did leave plenty behind. In any… Continue reading Cincerely, Cinnamon
Conversation Piece
Quick Question: Is there a laminator big enough for puzzles? Asking for a friend/me ‘cause I’m hankering for the most honkin’, humongous laminator I can find. (The answer is yes, according to the internet. Laminating puzzles is a great way to make place mats and such. Oooh! I smell a bonus project! (which smells like… Continue reading Conversation Piece
Giddy-Up, Horsetails!
I can’t find my way out of the cheese aisle at Freddy’s, but I think I just found the forest moon Endor. As you can see from the feature photo for this post, I’ve accidentally stumbled upon it. Here’s how to get there: walk aimlessly through my neighborhood, take a sharp right, and then a… Continue reading Giddy-Up, Horsetails!
Is It Cake, Or…?
Is it cake or my dream vacation home? I could live in the Land of Vanilla, where gentle waves of frosting lap yellow cake shores. Also, this cake sort of kind of looks like a giant doughnut, and I don’t hate that idea, either. Here’s the thing: I didn’t really make it myself. It just… Continue reading Is It Cake, Or…?
A LEGO Rose by Any Other Name…
A LEGO rose by any other name would smell like victory—and sounds like this: thwip, thwip, thwip, as the plastic stems and shoots just slide together and take shape. So I’ll break out the gold stars and take a whiff of sweet, sweet success. LEGO horticulture is growing on me for sure. I also have… Continue reading A LEGO Rose by Any Other Name…
Bee Spicy
If a bee falls in a chili pepper-patch forest, does anyone hear? I suspect the makers of Mike’s Hot Honey do. I’ll bet their headquarters are equipped with special police hive scanners that alert workers when bees have crossed into chili pepper territory. Those on the ground probably whisper into microphones, “warm, warm, getting warmer,… Continue reading Bee Spicy
Gettin’ Handy: Handprint Lilies
Turkeys are tired of your hands all over their bodies. The Turkey Association Against Fowl Play recently released a statement asserting that “turkey feathers are not to be used as a costume for fingers, and thumbs are no place to stick a waddle.” Besides, it’s spring. The turkeys want you to handle some lilies, instead.… Continue reading Gettin’ Handy: Handprint Lilies
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