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Book Update: No new books. Evenings are spent with the kids, cleaning up after the kids… and then that is all the time I have left. Other than mindlessly finding more stuff to make on Pinterest. 🙂 Recipe Update: Many people want something that doesn’t require baking during the summer. This treat is cool and …
Book Update: I was fingerprinted today. Yup. Now all those children that I’m not even going to teach will be safe from me. I asked the lady why I had to do it again since I had already been fingerprinted 10 years ago. She said that fingerprints change. Uh, wha??? Anyway, crazy lady took my fingerprints …
Book Update: I started reading “The How of Happiness” by Sonja Lyubormirksy which the higher level Applied Positive Psychology class lists as the primary text. Some of it is redundant of my previous positive psychology text and some is new. A few things that stick out: In order to become happier, you can do acts of …
Book Update: I’ve read more of Sonja Lyusbomirsky’s work on positive psychology on my own. Her conclusions on happiness are really interesting and go against a lot of what we are “taught”. One example that comes to mind is the phrase “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” Because, truthfully, we do sweat the small stuff. The …
Book Update: I just checked out “Storyteller” by Jodi Picoult from the library. I used to LOVE Jodi Picoult, but then you get tired of her formula and you stop reading. But, it has been a year or two so I’m ready for another controversial topic + drama + courtroom + antagonist not really the …
Another moist, tasty treat from our book club last week! I have not been able to post too many recipes because I have been plowing through Bobby Dean’s new book “From Mama’s Table to Mine” and making failure after failure from that book. I’m totally done with it and will never look back! The food …
I’m in a book club where each of us picks a book each month to read. Usually, it is fiction, and if you are Alison you will like it if it has a happy ending. 🙂 My friend this month chose “Eat Cake” by Jeanne Ray which was a really fun read and also …
Book Update: Yeah… still working on that final. Recipe: I grew up with strawberry jell-O poke cake. You know the one where you stick holes in a white cake, pour jello all over it, top it with some Cool Whip and throw it in the fridge? Yeah, that one. It’s yummy. It’s a great cool …
Book Update: I finished reading “The End of Overeating” by Dr. David Kessler and highly recommend it. The book does get technical, but fully explains why we crave food the way we do. Well, for some of us. Not everybody can look at a bowl of M&M’s and go “meh.” So, he discusses the brain chemistry …
I mentioned having to make an egg-free chocolate cake in the last post and here is the recipe. I thought the cupcakes came out easily and domed well. As mentioned in the last post, this recipe came about during World War II when certain items would be rationed – like eggs. So, women would …
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