Mickey Mouse Cake

I’ll start this by saying, I am NOT a baker.  I’m not even close.  I love to cook, but I just haven’t mastered baking.  Perhaps it is because exact measurements are not needed in cooking.  Often I make a recipe my own by playing with the measurements and sometimes I add an ingredient or two…

Margaritas

Call off the search parties – I’m here.  I know it’s been a bit since my last post.  I’ve been basking in the Summer sun working on material.  Seriously.  We have been entertaining up a storm this Summer and I’ve been loving every minute.  Coincidentally the weather has been outstanding, which means we have been doing…

Breaking Up the Bad Luck Blues

In 1961 the Shirelles were really onto something when they sang, “Mama said there’ll be days like this.”  The song’s immediate skyrocket up the Billboard charts clearly showed people could relate to the lyrics.  The one thing Mama failed to mention is sometimes days like this are consecutively strung together for weeks on end.  Yep,…