I heart Cake Wrecks

Thank you to my friend Becca who sent this blog over to me! Such a funny blog about professional cakes gone bad and the writer is hilarious. She needs no publicity - this blog gets major hits but in the event you were missing it like me..... go check it now, it's good stuff Cake Wrecks!

PS Can someone tell Mr. KB this dashing young man in the speedo on the bear skin/stay puff marshmellow man frosting rug HAS to be my 40th bday cake!!!! xo, Brie

Rainy Day Blues

I'm cold, it's pouring, and everything is encapsulated in 2 inches of ice. I made these this afternoon and they cheered me up (sorry about the bright burn your retinas flash, but like I said it's dark and photography isn't listed in my skills set). I made these with strips of fabric and the amounts I have are limited so I am going to list them in my etsy shop! xo, Brie

PS referring back to my famous "Marco Polo" martinis - I hope you haven't ordered one out. It has been brought to my attention (by my sister who gave me the recipe) they are called Marco ISLAND martinis which actually makes a whole lotta more sense.

Always proof read the 2nd grade spelling sentences.....

A penny is worth one cent.


Except he didn't spell cent right. Instead of the "e" another vowel was used. I'll let you figure out the rest..... always, always, always proof read! See you next Tuesday (sorry couldn't resist) xo, Brie

ebay Tuesday

Who had this record? It was one of my all time faves along with the humongous hard cover purple book that accompanied it! I know every word to every song and poem :) Don't dress your cat in an apron just cause he's learning to bake :) I bought the whole album off i tunes last year and it's just as good you remember! xo, Brie

http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-TO-BE-YOU-AND-ME-MARLO-THOMAS-CD-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ380079421092QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item380079421092&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

bonus bonus bonus - I have never seen this... mooncystal on youtube has ALL 17 installments of this! Love it!

Menu Planning in 2009

I am working away on my "to do" list here and one of those things includes careful meal planning and shopping. This is not a strength of mine but I found this great blog here that is full of tips to get you started. I am making my menu plans (3 weeks worth already thank you very much) along with separate shopping lists here to keep me a little less A.D.D. in the supermarket and will also be nice to have on a file backup when I plan on working the weeks into repeat.

It is also going to require me going grocery shopping once a week which I seriously hate to do!! I am hoping since I am going to be approaching this trip in such an organized fashion that it won't be a painful for me :)

So here's week one

Sunday Asian Pork Tenderloin (never made this before but it's a Southern living recipe I found on the Organizing Junkie site- really easy so I hope it's good!)

Monday Spaghetti and Meatballs

Tuesday - sandwich night (Tuesdays are busy with activities and I also refuse to cook when the cleaning lady comes every other week)

Wednesday - hamburgers

Thursday - Chicken cutlets

Friday - make your own pizza

Saturday - we're having friends over for dinner so that's a whole separate trip to the store - a party requires my undivided attention and I can't mix the 2 :)

Of course there will be some sides mixed in there too... which usually means at least a salad so don't worry, we are getting our veggies :D
So there you have it! What's for dinner? xo, Brie

Stori Telling.... a giveaway

A few months ago One Fabulous Mom had a giveaway for the book Stori Telling by Tori Spelling and then Life on the Other Coast chipped in another copy on the offering block. Lucky me won!! I am only slightly embarrassed to tell you that I while I had the book in my possession for 3+ months I never had an opportunity to sit down and read it.

I am pleased to report that I finally finished the book!! It is a quick, easy, light read and I actually enjoyed it very much. I think it's the "inquiring mind" in me :)
In the spirit of paying it forward, I am happy to ship this to you if you would like to read it. Maybe you can give it away to another lucky reader on your blog when you are done. Leave me a comment if you are interested and I will randomly select someone next week. I am hitting the Twilight series next - another 2009 resolution involves more reading!! xo, Brie

Happy 2009!!

I usually get used to writing 2009 on checks etc sometime in July - resistive to change I guess! Here's to clean slates and fresh starts all over the world!

I found another year in review video. It's not as good as last years' but it was the best one I could find. xo, Brie



2008 Year In Review - The most popular videos are a click away