About a month ago we had our family pictures taken. Despite my propensity for making unfortunate faces in front of a camera, they turned out fantastic. I’m just so pleased with them. See that smile? That’s the face of a happier Jen. After paying closer attention to my moods, I noticed that my brand of crazy is more related to… View Post
I made a chocolate pound cake. I was hoping for something as magical as my vanilla pound cake experience. The lemon curd haunts my dreams. I really need to run to TJ’s and pick some up soon. And maybe some peppermint joe-joe’s while I’m there. I’m all about multitasking, you know. Sorry. As I was saying, I made a chocolate… View Post
Amelia: 132 weeks This morning I caught her carefully unlacing all three pairs of my chucks. That’s gonna be fun to deal with next time I want to wear any of them. Little stinker. Margot: 34 weeks I call this Coy Baby on an Unmade Bed. I’m going through a Rubenesque period with my photography, you know. You may also… View Post
I was going to write a post (mostly for Chrissy) about baking bread, but the bread I intended to bake on Monday kept getting put off and now it’s Friday and I still haven’t made it. So…next week? Seems like this is the ongoing saga of my life. “I meant to do ____ but then I didn’t so…maybe later?” Ugh…. View Post
The recipe I used for this calls it a sheet cake, which I suppose is true but it seemed misleading. When I think of sheet cake, I think of Texas sheet cake. It’s made in a jelly roll pan, so it’s big and comparatively thin. This one is baked in your standard 9×13 pan. It’s not a layer cake or… View Post