Blog Frog Friday 7-30-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about day camp:-)

Impatiens

My impatiens are looking great this year!! It's amazing what a frequent application of fertilizer will do!!

I Did It!

Check out my skater girl! She has mastered her skates and proud of it:-)

Rock You Like a Hurricane Cupcakes

Last week, I competed in the Iron Cupcake: Milwaukee Extreme Cupcake Challenge. Here was my entry:

They were:


If you can read the signs from my stellar photography, they read:

Rock You Like a Hurricane Cupcakes
Lime Cupcakes with
Passion-fruit Curd Filling
Topped with Rum Brown Sugar Meringue Frosting

Just like the hurricane cocktails they serve in New Orleans. I especially liked the frosting. The brown sugar really brought out the rum flavor; more than regular sugar:-)

The display included a boarded up window with a spinning turn-table (which was the eye of the storm), a fan under some fabric to look like waves and those battery votive candles under cotton to look like lighting. I didn't win but I sure loved creating this extreme weather and flavored cupcakes:-)

Next month...tailgating cupcakes...hmmmm....what to do....what to do?

Taking Time Off

Well, it finally happened. My life is too busy for me to keep up. Uncle! I surrender! I give up! I am taking a bloggie break until next week. By then, day camp will be over and my sanity will be back:-)

Fancy Mailboxes

Part of the outdoor landscape includes hardscaping like stones and patios and things like that. But, it also includes your Mailbox. Now, here in Wisconsin, our mail boxes take a licking. Every winter, the snowplows come out and leave a battlefield of Mailbox carnage in their wake. Many homeowners take this opportunity to upgrade their formerly erect pillars of correspondence receptacles. And there are many options!

You can go from this:

To this:

Or show some personality with this:
Or go all ostentatious like this (my personal favorite):

No matter which way you chose to go, make sure that the design you choose fails under the guidelines of your particular area. Some subdivisions have very specific restrictions on creativity when it comes to the curbside appeal of your home.

And, if that darned snow plow threatens your mail box again, you can always do this:

Making Muffins

My youngest found the recipe on line, made the shopping list, went shopping for items on said list, mixed the ingredients and filled the cupcake liners. This is the result.



She is six years old.
Whose kid is she?

Blog Frog Friday 7-9-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about the lazy days of summer:-)

Hostas!

They are doing so well this year:-)

Laptop Girls

We are definitely a computer family by evidence of this picture of my girls:-)

Catching Some Z's

Did I mention that I LOVE summer. This is what I am tackling this week:

Blog Frog Friday 7-2-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Last week, I teamed up with CSN Stores to bring you a wonderful giveaway. Many of you went to my community or commented here in the hopes to win this:

Rachael Ray “Bubble & Brown” 2-Piece Stoneware Baker Set in Yellow

And the winner is:

mangiabella said:
i absolutely adore this cookware!

Congratulations! And thank you again CSN for this opportunity to giveaway this GREAT cookware !

And for today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about the 4th of July:-)

Future Spaghetti Sauce

The basil is ready but...


...the tomatoes are just starting.

Soon there will be sauce:-)