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Cool new iPad app
I found a new iPad app to test editing photos with over the holidays. For anyone who knows me, I am not a photoshop savvy kind of guy (which is why the girl is much more skilled in that arena!) and so that is why when I found this app I thought I would give it the ol’ college try and I think I did ok! Just don’t look too closely at the yellow crumbs.
I used a simple picture of the birthday cake I made for the girl this past week. Overall it’s a pretty cool app that I’ll be trying on some other pictures later so stay tuned…
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It never fails, within five minutes of being home at my parent’s house Marley finds the best seat in the house and makes herself comfortable. Crazy dog.
little turkeys
Pre-Thanksgiving preparations at our house include baking cookies. The turkey cookie cutter waits all year for this moment to shine.
Instead of doing different colors of frosting for the turkey tail, we smashed some candy corns flat, and used them as tail feather decoration. What beautiful little turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving!
a new kind of pie
I am not super adventurous with pies. I like the apple/peach variety. Pumpkin of course. Lemon meringue, but without the meringue part. Just the basics.
A friend suggested a strawberry rhubarb pie. I have never tried one. I am not really even sure what rhubarb is, but I do know that the leaves are poisonous (thank you, Martha Stewart). Rhubarb to me equals pink celery.
But guess what? Strawberry rhubarb pies are yummy. Just the right amount of not too sweet. If you are still in need of a Thanksgiving dessert, and for some reason don’t want to go classic, I would recommend this delicious strawberry/pink celery combo. (I used this recipe from smitten kitchen.)
birthday(s)
I am pretty sure that each person is allotted one birth day, as well as one birth weekend. Mine was last weekend, and it was wonderful. Lots of desserts, a Christmas bazaar, food truck lunch, a very handsome birthday date, donut making, presents in bed, greasy cheeseburgers, and time to sew. It was perfect.
playing santa
I was looking at the Christmas angel tree for the Salvation Army, and there is one little boy who stole my heart. He is near 5 years old, and likes Spiderman and toy trucks. These little trucks are adorable. If the boy is still on the tree tomorrow, I think he should be ours!
dessert time: chocolate pecan pie bars
I got the baking itch the other day. I saw these german chocolate pecan pie bars on pinterest. I thought: I like german chocolate cake. I almost like pecan pie. I like desserts cut in bars. Might as well give them a try.
1. I have never toasted pecans before. Yay me. 2. Is that enough butter?
These bars are super rich. Yummy, but they will definitely kill you. I cut mine into tiny pieces, because I don’t want all my friends to get fat.
Happy national pickle day to my favorite girl in the world!
pumpkin seeds: two ways
We decided to toast up some pumpkin seeds the other day as a snack.
The first kind we made was sweet and spicy from this recipe here. We left out the extra sugar at the end, and just sprinkled them with a little salt, and scout’s honor, they tasted just like kettle corn. It was like pumpkin seed crack.
The second kind was just the classic: little oil, salt, and pepper. Simple goodness.
Naked seeds get some sugar or salt clothes.
Thanksgiving means more pumpkins, and that means more pumpkin seeds that will need to be eaten. Oh darn.
guy and his girl 