Thanksgiving is almost upon us! In preparation for the big day, I wanted to share our full Thanksgiving menu, along with a timeline and a few tips on how I’m going to pull everything together.
I'm *so* organized…
This is another post where I admit just how ridiculous I am. You see that calendar up there? That’s a magnetic dry-erase calendar on the front of our refrigerator. You see, I like things to be organized. I didn’t say things in my life *are* organized, just that I *like* for them to be. Well,…
Pecan Pie Cookies
I’m always looking for a little something different to serve at our holiday meals. Pie is such a traditional dessert — you can’t have Thanksgiving without pie. But pie-ish cookies? Now *that’s* something I’d like to try! The Nerd is not a huge fan of pecan pie. But he really liked these cookies. I think…
The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
As you probably already know, I am a *huge* fan of dystopian fiction. So when I first heard about The Unidentified by Rae Mariz, I was excited for a different kind of dystopian. It sounded like such an interesting premise, I couldn’t wait to read it. “Kid knows her school’s corporate sponsors not-so-secretly monitor her…
Cake Pops! Winner
I had so much fun with this contest you guys! There were 66 entrants and 247 entries. I used the super-awesome web program my brother developed for my contest to calculate the winner. It is ah-mazing. And the winner of the *signed* copy of Cake Pops! by Bakerella is… Lydia! I’ve e-mailed Lydia and she…