use real butter

After recycling, we dropped by the post office and I got some books in the mail that I had my sights on for the last several years. I think I’m ready for them now:

continuing education, indeed!

I made a torte today with my hexagon ring mold and glazed an extra almond cream torte for some variety. I was telling Nicole when I purchased the ring mold, the cashier said, “Isn’t this an octa something? It has how many sides? one… two… three…” I told him it had 6 sides and that it is a hexagon. “Oh yeah,” he nodded, “you must do math…” Is it that I hang out with science-types almost exclusively or that this person is particularly geometry-dumb?

experimenting with pretty edible decorations

My Donna Hay book arrived and I splurged on early Easter candy at the store because I am an atheist and I like robin eggs…

No, not the house, but for all intents and purposes, the kitchen – she is done. I had been toying with asking my neighbor for some aspen log cuttings so I could build some bookcases to go under the kitchen bar. But the more I looked into the various materials, the more I desired some pre-fab, particle board, DIY kit, cheap thing… my answer came today in the form of a $25 bookcase that ACTUALLY FIT the dimensions I needed, while looking for faux wood touch-up marker at McGuckin’s for my crappy busted particle board bookcases that got dinged yet again… Me and particle board – we go way back. These two bookcases fit to within 1/2 inch of the space needed (b/c there are drawers and cabinet doors to the right).

**Jump for more butter**