Or not. Usually, I go into typical Betty Crocker/ Martha Stewart mode… and start decorating the house, and creating the recipes for Christmas dinner and whatever various baked goods seem like a good companion (to said dinner) This year though, not only has Dec crept up on me, but it’s moving faster then I’m prepared for. However…. the funny thing is to all this, I JUST got smacked in the head with the holiday spirit, and it came about by way of stumbling on to someone’s recipe for Chocolate Kahlua Buttercream Cupcakes. I started thinking about the way she used the Kahlua Buttercream mix for a glaze/icing and wondered if I did a gingerbread cupcake- would an eggnog glaze work the same? Would the eggnog hold up in consistency or would … Read entire article »

What we have here…… Is a failure to communicate. ha.. Speaking of communication, a friend of mine decided to give me my own proverbial soap box by way of setting up this blog-site for me. It’s pretty exciting…. and pretty funny, since here I was, thinking that my tangents were so chock full of rambles and hit/miss wit…. that no one could possibly be interested (or follow said tangent- haha) but I guess that’s not the case. With the happy surprise firmly in place and a rousting cry of “go forth young tangent-neer……. and blog in peace” – here I am… haha.. anyways… been working alot lately. Between the paper and the bar, my free time is completely non-existent. Which is fine… since down time seemed to follow in the path … Read entire article »