Countdown to Heart Day

I adore Valentine's Day! I have always adored Valentine's Day! I never felt all weepy weepy when heart day came around and I had no valentine. I pretty much never had a valentine when heart day came around and having one just gives me another excuse to make more goodies! With the houseguest on her way back home I have a moment to attempt to cram 14 days worth of Heart Day fun into one but what I think I am going to do is post all week so you will have to make stuff all week long for those you lurve. Today's activity is Shortbread Necklaces. Doesn't that look purdy? Shortbread Necklaces are super yummy too and so simple you will want to make them for any and all holidays. Arbor day? Check! May Day? Check! Yell Fudge at the Cobras Day? Check! See, shortbread necklaces are for all holidays and unbirthdays too. Try 'em, you'll be hooked! Oh and pssst...you can see how to make them here and this is the same recipe I use for my famous Lavender Shortbread. I add a tablespoon dried lavender buds and a squeeze of fresh lemon to the dough and then I roll it in more chopped lavender and superfine sugar. I chill the logs in the fridge and slice and bake! This dough keeps wonderfully in the freezer and bakes up from frozen just fine! Trust me, these are good! Just ask Ms. Susan Stars, she'll vouch for me and so will the mastermind behind biggerKrissy, we did a swap and she asked for cookies! And yes, I will swap...

for some more Valentine's lovlies you can take a peek at my Heart Day Kaboodle Page or check out Mary Jo Matsumoto's nifty purdy lipstick bags!

Have you heard of Travis Day?

It was new to me also! We felt that a day was needed to honor white trash desserts and thusly declared February 7th as Travis Day. Dubbed Travis Day in tribute to all those little blonde haired boys with semi mullets or rat tails we whipped up a favorite white trash dessert....Travis Pie! You too can make your own Travis Pie. All you need it chocolate pudding, whipped topping, marshmallows, canned whipped cream and pie crust. We made ours out of shortbread which we later decided was too high brow for a white trash pie. Now, before anyone is offended we must declare that at times we often feel a little white trashy so yes, we are mocking ourselves. So, dig around yer cabinets, pull out that box of chocolate pudding, grab a ready made pie crust and layer yourself some polyhydrogenated sweetnesss. We recommend many dollops of whipped cream and a viewing of COPS to make Travis Day complete.

Don't forget that tomorrow begins Random Acts of Kindness Week. Send some postcards to folks you don't know or write out a bunch and leave them in fun places to be discovered!

photobooth friday: seeing double

What can I say? I like wigs, I like photobooths. I thought at one time to use the same pose in the booth everytime I went. I think I did it this one time, on the same day in two different wigs. I scored the wigs at an after Halloween sale at Target. They were $3 each. Taken in 2004 we have gotten a lot of use out of these wigs.
Tomorrow is an estimated photobooth day. Of course we have much more planned for the day so the booth may get pushed back to Sunday. Long live the booth!

More booth-o-rama:
JesC
acumamakiki
lovegreendog
Bobby Choice
Photobooth Friday

I am a Diner Fiend

I am forever looking for diners to eat at. Last Friday we arrived at LAX quite early so decided to grab a bite before entering the chaos that is the airport. I remembered that there was a Pann's back from when my greatest gal pal lived in the area and so we hunted it down. Pann's does not disappoint. Fabulous diner grub just as you would expect it only tastier and the decor was simply too too. I would highly recommend this place if you are ever in the LAX vicinity. Like I mentioned before, the onion rings are superb.

I had all these grand plans for posting prior to Valentine's Day. I made a list of crafty heart day fun and was going to make one thing a day but having a visiting teenager kinda calls for some unexpected fun. The young lady has been here since friday and is a delight. Other than the teen angst and hullaballooo I had to go through with the young man, everything is just dandy. I sent the kids off on their own so that I could have today to catch up on bad television, bake and post post post away. Let's see if I can get it together enough to attempt something crafty. I nthe meantime you can check out my Kaboodle page on fun Valentine's Day finds for you, me or your loved ones...and yes, this is a shameless hint as my birthday is coming up...you can check out my birthday list too...happy february! Ooh, I almost forgot! Today is "Wave all your fingers at your neighbor" day so make sure you smile and say something cheerful to your neighbors! Or if you are industrious, you could always bake a cake.

the week in review: january 29-february 4

There is too much to write about so I won't write much. It has been super duper busy and I really want a nap. We have a houseguest until the 12th and while it is a delight it throws my rythym off so I'm all behind and sleepy and kerfungled. This weekend we hit the road and traveled to the infamous Cabazon where we walked amongst dinosaurs, flew a kite and took many many pictures! The good news is that the T-rex is now open and you can sit in his mouth and pretend you are a Simone asking Pee-wee about his dreams, the not so good thing is that the group that now organizes the whole shebang is of the "Dinosaurs aren't real" ilk. So there ya go. Today we hit Chinatown and lunched in the hipster hubbub of Silverlake. Tonight is it lazy laziness and ginger soup making. Happy Monday folks!

photobooth friday: i get a bang out of him

Methinks the husbandman has surpassed me in photoboothing. His expressions are just dandy and he always has a great story. Yes, I am superbly jealous. It's a good thing I lurve him so. We have a houseguest for the next 10 days who is just as freaky over the booth as we are. Tiemto hit the bank and get us a stash of ones. We're going boothing!

More Friday booth boothers:

Woof Nanny
acumamakiki
lovegreendog