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Monday Morsels
Good morning everyone!! How was your weekend?? Mine was particularly cold. It has been rather chilly here in the East for the past 10 days. We are supposed to get some snow and sleet today as well. Snow, yay! Sleet, boo! I mean don’t get me wrong, I love snow. I am not afraid to drive in it, but when it becomes freezing rain?? No fun, plus people here in the Northeast don’t know how to drive in it. It is amazing, how on earth do people who were born and raised here not know how to drive in this weather better? Unreal to me. Anyways, I promised you all…
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Pumpkin Pie Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
OK, so first off this day has been like the day from absolute hell. GAH! Work is driving me absolutely bonkers. I feel like I keep spinning my tires and doing all this work for people and then I get trampled on. Ever have those weeks? Can’t seem to get anything done, or do anything the way people want to see it. I am one of those people that NEVER half asses anything. I don’t have the ability to. It must be in my blood or something, because I will literally not be able to sleep at night if I don’t do something to my full ability. Anyways, I am…
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Apple Upside Down Cake
I did it!! I completed my first race! WOOO!! The race I participated in was called the Tavern Trot and all the proceeds went to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which I just love. Anything I can do to help out kids with cancer, or anyone with cancer I am all about it. It was actually a 3.5 mile race. I thought it was a 5k, but apparently it was a little farther. So here were my results: Ran 3.5 miles in 33:06 (9:28 pace) 16th out of 81 in my age group 66th out of 409 for females I am so proud of myself!!!!! This is the one time that I…
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Cake Batter Blondies
Hello new week! Almost the end of August already can you believe it? I can hardly. Seems like this summer is FLYING by. Every week seems to come and go quicker and quicker. I am looking forward to the Fall though. I love the weather and the leaves and all that. The temperature in the Fall is my favorite. Where you can wear shorts and a sweater. Love it. Today I am going to the dentist again about my teeth and I have to admit I am a little nervous. I hope that everything goes smoothly and that there aren’t anymore hiccups. I have had enough excitement with my teeth…
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C is for Chocolate Cake?
Is anyone else amazed that we are almost half way through January?? I am! I From October to present I feel like the duration of time has been about 2 weeks. I am flabbergasted at how fast the days are going! Today is one of my best friends birthday’s. We are exactly one week apart! (that’s right I have a birthday coming up haha). Lots of January babies in my family. She is such an amazing person and I absolutely love her to death! I have known Miss Alana (now Mrs.) since I was about 5 years old. We went to elementary school together and part of middle school as…
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The Cupcakery in St. Louis
When I was in St. Louis during the Christmas holiday I was introduced to The Cupcakery/Crave The Cup. Patrick’s sister, Kari, and her friends seem to have made going to this particular bakery a tradition whenever they are in town visiting from college. I think I rather like that tradition and I will tell you why… Normally when I go to bakery, I am very disappointed in the cupcakes. Come on, admit it…you have been there. You feel my pain. They look sooooo pretty and then it is such a let down when you take your first bite. I normally end up yelling with yuckie pieces of dry cupcake falling…
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Weekends go by too fast. It is just a fact of life. Every time the weekend comes I am so ecstatic and then it seems in the blink of an eye it is gone and I am stuck behind my desk at work again. This weekend WAS a lot of fun though which I am sure is why it seemed to go even faster than I wanted it to. I was able to meet up with one of my old friends John in Mystic CT. Not only did I get to see a lot of history at the Mystic Seaport but I also got to catch up with one of…
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Marble Cake with Chocolate Frosting
The bake sale was a complete success!! The girls and I were able to raise over $700!! Which is so incredible! Thank you all sooooo much for donating and being so unbelievably generous. We are all so overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. Some more fun that the girls and I are taking part in is doing a fundraiser through Pampered Chef. Yup that’s right!! All sorts of AWESOME stuff that you can get it is amazing. Check out this link—> Support Ravie through Pampered Chef. If you click on that link it will take you to the rep’s personal page that is sponsoring the event for us. If you would like…
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Funfetti Cake Pops
Happy day after Easter! Although it isn’t too happy for me…I am sick at home with the flu :-(. YUCK!! I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that I was stuffing my face with all sorts of glllorrrious sweets! I cannot tell you how much I missed having those sweet treats. I don’t eat a ton of horribly unhealthy things for me but when it comes to sweets. I just will not cannot control myself! I think it is because my mom has always made such amazing goodies ever since I can remember and now that I enjoy it so much, it was SO hard to…
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Water Cake
Dear New England Drivers, It is not necessary to drive 12 mph to work when there is a little precipitation on the ground. It is also not safe to SLAM on your brakes as often as you do in slippery conditions. If you just use the pedal on the right to make the car accelerate…you should be good to go. Sincerely, A fellow New England Commuter Holy cow, heeellllooo ice storm! I drove in this morning and it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get into work. It normally takes me about 35 minutes haha. WOW! Thanks Mother New England! Thank goodness I am inside now, for all…
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Beer & Cake, yes please!
I know what you are thinking…”Raven, beer & cake? Those just really don’t go together!” ….. ^that is a cake plate btdubs. Just in case you were’a’wonderings. Oh, but they do! I promise you they do! Especially when the cake has nuts on it. I mean isn’t that the age old thing to do when you drink beer? Eat some nuts? Anyways…my guy is what you would call a beer man. He loooooves beer. Last year for Christmas I got him the “Beer of the Month” club, which is where Amazing Clubs sends you different beers each month (depending on how many months you purchase). They have all sorts of…
