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Mini-Caramel Apples
Picture courtesy of Sunset MagazineI’m checking things off my list of intentions for the Fall!… Read MoreWe ventured to a pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for all six of us (Matt, Henry, Hoss, and our two chickens, Clem and Hop-Sing). Henry had a grand ol’ time eating grass.
I also made some caramel apples for a potluck with friends. I found a recipe in Sunset Magazine for mini-caramel apples. So cute!
I tried to follow this easier recipe, and the whole thing was pretty much a failure. The caramel slid right off. After rereading the Sunset recipe, I’m wondering if it’s because I turned the mini-apple
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Book Recommendations
I have been on a hiatus from fiction reading for too long! Like, um, two years? Is that right? I think so. Two years ago in October, I attended the Houston B.I.R.T.H fair and then picked up a bunch of free books about conception and pregnancy from the public library sale. Since then, I’ve pretty much been reading only non-fiction.… Read MoreWhen I put out a request for recommendations, I really appreciated your responses! Now I’m looking for a more permanent solution to finding new books. I want to join a social networking site related to book sharing. So far, I’ve heard about Good Reads and Shelfari (from you all,
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A Resolution
My friend Jamie at my Random Acts of Kindness Birthday PartySeveral years ago (like ten?) I used to be kind of a fanatic about telling people all the nice things I thought about them behind their backs. I would get bothered any time I was with a group of people and they would say something like, “Our server is so nice!” I would respond with, “So why not tell her?” I would follow up with a mini-lecture about how frustrating it is that we think all kinds of nice things about people behind their backs but then don’t say it to their faces. (I know, I can be an… Read More
