by Mary Carver | Dec 5, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Remember the snickerdoodle cake? If you haven’t tried it, you should. It is so good that my friend Erin and I have debated whether or not it’s appropriate to eat snickerdoodle cake for breakfast. I know. Of course it isn’t! And if you don’t...
by Mary Carver | Nov 28, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Well, I did it. Per my husband’s request to make cinnamon rolls just like his mom used to, I made cinnamon rolls. Homemade cinnamon rolls. From scratch. As in, I started with flour. It turns out that my mother-in-law didn’t make them quite as “from...
by Mary Carver | Nov 21, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
For nearly 33 years I’ve avoided making cinnamon rolls. I’ve made them from a can a million times. But the kind you make with dough? And yeast? And I don’t even know what else? I have never been brave enough or what’s-the-opposite-of-lazy...
by Mary Carver | Nov 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Was it last year that we experienced the sheer terror of a pumpkin shortage? (Insert scary movie sounds here.) Or was that the year before? Either way, when I saw cans of pumpkin moved to a prominent holiday-ish display at my grocery store, I promptly bought six. Just...
by Mary Carver | Nov 1, 2011 | Home Life
Sometimes things (parties) don’t exactly turn out like you expect . . . When I graduated from high school, Smitty and I had a joint party at my granny’s house. Before the ceremony, we twisted red and white streamers all over Granny’s deck. It was so...
by Mary Carver | Oct 31, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Quick! Before the Halloween candy is gone, go buy a bag of candy corn! I promise, when you mix it up with M&Ms and peanuts, you will not regret it. Unless you hate candy corn. And then you might regret it. I can’t say for sure. You know what I love about...
