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The World Bird Sanctuary

is a great place to spend the afternoon.

We went there today and saw all of the wonderful birds that they have there, along with a wild eagle who was flying above and stressing out the captive eagles. They also have a hilarious talking raven

and a Eurasian Eagle Owl that Jon can always get to hoot for him. The eyes on that owl are so amazing.

I hope that y’all had a good Sunday.

Indecision

is where I am. Pioneer Woman is coming to town today. I sort of want to go, and I sort of don’t want to go. Hmmmmm.

The cupcakes from a few days ago turned out really well. The recipe for the coconut ones is straight from Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa, and can be found here. There might not be a point in EVER trying a new recipe. These were awesome. The only change I made was to make the cupcakes smaller. I like small cupcakes — don’t know why. Maybe so I can justify eating another?

I’m going to also share the recipe for the Irish Coffee cupcakes. But, I have to wait until I have a picture of it to share. Because, it is a cupcake with a secret, a really yummy secret, and I think that an image is needed. That’s a problem since we already ate them all. Oh well. Time to make more!

Okay…my laundry is calling. The ironing, too. Also, the kitchen and my dog who is still unfed at 9:43 am. Poor dog.

I’m going to get on this Saturday stuff, y’all. Hope that your day is great!

Indecision

is where I am. Pioneer Woman is coming to town today. I sort of want to go, and I sort of don’t want to go. Hmmmmm.

The cupcakes from a few days ago turned out really well. The recipe for the coconut ones is straight from Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa, and can be found here. There might not be a point in EVER trying a new recipe. These were awesome. The only change I made was to make the cupcakes smaller. I like small cupcakes — don’t know why. Maybe so I can justify eating another?

I’m going to also share the recipe for the Irish Coffee cupcakes. But, I have to wait until I have a picture of it to share. Because, it is a cupcake with a secret, a really yummy secret, and I think that an image is needed. That’s a problem since we already ate them all. Oh well. Time to make more!

Okay…my laundry is calling. The ironing, too. Also, the kitchen and my dog who is still unfed at 9:43 am. Poor dog.

I’m going to get on this Saturday stuff, y’all. Hope that your day is great!

Indecision

is where I am. Pioneer Woman is coming to town today. I sort of want to go, and I sort of don’t want to go. Hmmmmm.

The cupcakes from a few days ago turned out really well. The recipe for the coconut ones is straight from Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa, and can be found here. There might not be a point in EVER trying a new recipe. These were awesome. The only change I made was to make the cupcakes smaller. I like small cupcakes — don’t know why. Maybe so I can justify eating another?

I’m going to also share the recipe for the Irish Coffee cupcakes. But, I have to wait until I have a picture of it to share. Because, it is a cupcake with a secret, a really yummy secret, and I think that an image is needed. That’s a problem since we already ate them all. Oh well. Time to make more!

Okay…my laundry is calling. The ironing, too. Also, the kitchen and my dog who is still unfed at 9:43 am. Poor dog.

I’m going to get on this Saturday stuff, y’all. Hope that your day is great!

Fun Little Video

I just love this cute little video. It is a stop action video of a bookshelf arranging and then re-arranging. The music reminds me of a Wes Anderson movie, for some reason.

On several of the design blogs that I read, people have debated (and debated and debated) over whether arranging books by color is desirable or not. I have to admit to really liking organizing books by color, though I’ve not yet attempted it. It’s sort of all I can do to keep books on the shelf. I’m not yet to the Weasley point of stacking books three deep on the mantle piece, but, you never know. Of course, I’d first have to get a mantle first — someday, I hope.

Watch the video to the end for credits of books used. You might even see a title that you’d like to check out.

Happy Friday!

Fun Little Video

I just love this cute little video. It is a stop action video of a bookshelf arranging and then re-arranging. The music reminds me of a Wes Anderson movie, for some reason.

On several of the design blogs that I read, people have debated (and debated and debated) over whether arranging books by color is desirable or not. I have to admit to really liking organizing books by color, though I’ve not yet attempted it. It’s sort of all I can do to keep books on the shelf. I’m not yet to the Weasley point of stacking books three deep on the mantle piece, but, you never know. Of course, I’d first have to get a mantle first — someday, I hope.

Watch the video to the end for credits of books used. You might even see a title that you’d like to check out.

Happy Friday!

Fun Little Video

I just love this cute little video. It is a stop action video of a bookshelf arranging and then re-arranging. The music reminds me of a Wes Anderson movie, for some reason.

On several of the design blogs that I read, people have debated (and debated and debated) over whether arranging books by color is desirable or not. I have to admit to really liking organizing books by color, though I’ve not yet attempted it. It’s sort of all I can do to keep books on the shelf. I’m not yet to the Weasley point of stacking books three deep on the mantle piece, but, you never know. Of course, I’d first have to get a mantle first — someday, I hope.

Watch the video to the end for credits of books used. You might even see a title that you’d like to check out.

Happy Friday!

Cupcakes

are what I’m up to today. I’m baking for the school auction. This year, I decided to do cupcakes instead of full sized layer cakes. But, I had to find ones that didn’t require fussy, pretty, decorative frosting because I know that is not a talent of mine. So, I settled on making a batch of these

coconut cupcakes and a batch of Irish Coffee cupcakes.

I’ll share recipes tomorrow.

Happy Thursday, y’all!

Cupcakes

are what I’m up to today. I’m baking for the school auction. This year, I decided to do cupcakes instead of full sized layer cakes. But, I had to find ones that didn’t require fussy, pretty, decorative frosting because I know that is not a talent of mine. So, I settled on making a batch of these

coconut cupcakes and a batch of Irish Coffee cupcakes.

I’ll share recipes tomorrow.

Happy Thursday, y’all!

Cupcakes

are what I’m up to today. I’m baking for the school auction. This year, I decided to do cupcakes instead of full sized layer cakes. But, I had to find ones that didn’t require fussy, pretty, decorative frosting because I know that is not a talent of mine. So, I settled on making a batch of these

coconut cupcakes and a batch of Irish Coffee cupcakes.

I’ll share recipes tomorrow.

Happy Thursday, y’all!