It is May – right? I thought so, however our warm, spring like weather has turned unseasonably cold and wet. Temperatures the last two days have been in the 40’s and that is just not like May in Texas. We desperately needed the rain, the water companies have already mailed out their water rationing dates, […]
Today we begin a new era in my home – Miss T officially passed her driving test and was awarded with a drivers license. She was warned by the nice, white haired lady, sporting two pair of glasses, one on her nose and one propped upon her head, that she would not be allowed to […]
I was craving chocolate cake. I do not know why but I was. It could be because I spotted this recipe in a magazine while I was waiting for a slow leaking tire to be repaired. I was hungry, the worst time to grocery shop or peruse recipes. Everything looks good when you’re hungry. All […]
I slept like a baby last night. This is because on Monday I made a batch of “bittersweet chocolate pudding”. Are you wondering how sleeping like a baby and making pudding are associated? I’ll get to that in a minute. It all started when I was checking to see what was in the pantry and […]
If you are not from Texas you may laugh at us Texans’ totally shutting down every time we get ice and or snow. Laugh all you want but apparently we are not equipped to handle too much of the white stuff so we close our schools to the joy of all students, deplete our grocery […]
Comfort cookies…again! These cookies border on healthy – not what usually comes out of my oven. I was in the mood for oatmeal cookies but was craving chocolate and cranberries. Don’t ask me why, because I haven’t an answer. After mulling this over for a few hours I decided to throw them all together […]
