one thousand one hundred eleven

As of 20 minutes ago I finished my one thousand one hundred and eleventh truffle.  That is 95 1/2 dozen. Or 127 pistachio, 304 candy cane, 160 chili, 146 raspberry, 180 mocha and 194 dark chocolate.  I lost about 9 dark chocolate in a freak hot burner incident and nearly set myself on fire with [...]

The science of chocolate

I should be in my kitchen finishing up the last 3 batches of truffles, but I need a mental break at the moment.  I am behind.  Sitting here doesn’t help me catch up at all.  At the start of last week I was all too excited that I had a bit of a jump on [...]

The art of the hunt

Today was Christmas Tree Day.  Yes, there are accompanying photos, but I’m not exactly sure where my camera is at this point.  You should see my house.  It looks like Christmas threw up all over and decided not to do laundry.
Of course the trusty husband scheduled eye appointments for us this morning.  With a new [...]

“Have you thought of your future education plan?”

First, for those of you curious about our weather around here let me assure you that in our particular town life is normal.  We keep hearing about widespread damage in our area, but in Tacoma there is no physical evidence that the governor declared Washington in a state of emergency.  However, if you check out [...]

The mother to a boy

Scene:  Our bathroom
Elle: getting ready for the day
Boy: playing with a matroyska
Boy: That’s ma-go-to-ta’s owee (the red cheeks), that’s ma-go-to-ta’s eye, that’s ma-go-to-ta’s mouth…Mom, what’s that?
Elle: I don’t know honey, you tell me
Boy: That’s ma-go-to-ta’s butt.
Elle:  Oh really?
Boy: Yeah.  You say it.  You say it mom.
Elle: Say what?
Boy: Butt.

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