Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting
For years my brother and I competed for the honor of “Best Carrot Cake.” Eventually I gave in and told him “You win! You make the Thanksgiving carrot cake from now to eternity.” He tried to get me to take on that task after a few years, but I declined. I must say, I...
First Born Children Are Soooo Well Photographed!
[imagebrowser id=5] And Gigi is a first born! So, I thought to collect some photographic documentation of her first months in one place.
Sleepy Claw
Aren't smart phones like the iPhone or Droid neat? Kevin sends us the "Picture of the Day" from his iPhone several times a week. When we were up in Birmingham last week we noticed that Genevieve works hard to free her hands before she settles in to sleep. Hence, "The...
Mary Potatoes
These might be called "scalloped hash brown potatoes". What fun would that be? The initial recipe came from my nextdoor neighbor of close to 30 years. I changed it up from her use of frozen hash brown patties to Simply Potatoes. When the local Publix decided not to...
Four Generations
I hope Genevieve will know all four generations: Martha (great-grandmother), me (grandmother, Martha's oldest), Marie (mother and my daughter) and of course, Genevieve. My grandmother (Martha's mother) was really big on multigenerational photos -- so we are carrying...
Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress
For a project we hope to get, I have been researching extending WordPress. With WordPress 3 at Release Candidate 1 status, the new features included will be helpful... custom menus, custom post types, etc. So, I found this great tutorial on creating custom write...