dear glorious Oreos,

How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
1. Dipped in milk so you get a little soggy.
2. Crushed and smushed and formed into truffles.
3. In a neat little stack next to me as I eat you one by one twisted gently apart.
4. Secretly snuck and stuffed in my mouth as I pass the pantry after a child leaves the room.


Four ways!  You lucky little things.
Though I count myself the lucky one to have had you in my life lo, these many months.
However, I fear we must say good bye in a short while as the weather warms and I try to slough the deliciously added insulating extra holiday poundage.
So until my next good excuse comes along to sweep you off the grocery shelf and onto my pantry shelf...
I bid you a regretful Adieu.


You will forever be in my thoughts.  But hopefully not forever on my gut.  
No offense.


Love always,
Corrie

heirlooms and cool stuff

My momma is a tatter.  Oh yes indeed!  And this last visit my sisters and I made requests.  I wanted more snowflakes for my Christmas tree and Cally thinks mom could sell her tatting on Etsy pretty easily.
So mom brought stacks and stacks of tatting for us to divide up amongst each other.
Look what I did with some of my pieces!!!

I've got some more and just need frames.  I'm not sure if I'm going to leave them there on the mantle or put them on a wall somewhere...I have decorating issues.  But Pretty!  right?!

In further news...
I am almost through five days of being a jaunty 35 years old.  Felling pretty good so far.  My hearing is going and my vision blurring a little but that's to be expected, right?  I do think however my cranky old lady persona could have waited a few more years before manifesting itself.

So here are some of the wonderful things I got for my birthday.  It was a very good year for me.

A beautiful bejewled ring from Miss Erin.  Very lovely.

Do I even need to say anything about this one?  They know what momma likes!

We have a few favorite movie posters in the basement so this one was a must.

Heidi and Eden brought me over these two things of beauty.  A scarf to keep my neck warm and a pie to keep my belly warm.  Miss Eden insisted on the owl.  She knows I love owls.

Those two keep my heart warm.  Awwwww.  I know.  I'm good with words.

I made creme brulee for my sister and had to use my husbands huge propane torch to crystalize the top.  It was a little unstable and would flare randomly thus sometimes burning the sugar a little too much.  She found me the torch pictured above.  And a great book of a bunch of different creme brulee recipes.  Perfect!

From my youngest sister.  She found these on Etsy.  I love them!  Owls are my favorite.

Whooo's thankful?

I am.

mac momma

Momma's got her a new toy!

As a wise old brand new 35 year old I was given by my man a Macbook.  In my old age it is taking me longer than usual to get this thing figured out and all ready to go.  I don't have any pictures loaded on here yet.  But I am on the soft couch in front of the fireplace on this cold cold morning instead of in the chilly den on a hard wooden chair.  So, yea!  This thing is fun.  And my own.

AND as a wise old 35 year old...I still have to do laundry.

the dryer chime beckons

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