Now that my computer is up and running again (HOORAY!), I was able to retrieve a few more patriotic cookie pictures to share for the upcoming weekend. It’s easy to get into the red, white and blue scheme this time of year, and I didn’t want to make a typical flag or star cookie, so […]
Being uber dependent on your computer is a scary thing. No more so do you realize this until you attempt a software update one night and get a spinning wheel of death the next morning when you try and turn it on. Terrifying. My photos! My email! My calendar! Where the heck am I supposed […]
Summer is in full swing here! It’s been hot and sunny and busy. In the two weeks since the kids finished school, we’ve travelled across the state and back, done a major landscape overhaul, and the eldest will be completing his first camp of the season today. Lazy days of summer? It doesn’t seem so, […]
How do these holidays always sneak up on me?! I felt fully prepared when I bought my husband a lounge chair for Father’s Day four weeks ago. I brought it home only to find out it was broken and wouldn’t open up all the way. Back it went, since forgotten, and now I have nothing. Not […]
Last summer in Wisco we had a serious drought and this spring it seems it just won’t stop raining. For quite a while it’s been either rainy or grey, bringing us a wallop of cold air every so often just to keep us guessing as to what season it’s actually supposed to be. Ugh. Therefore, […]
When I first asked my youngest, who turned 8 years old a few weeks ago, what kind of cookies he wanted to take for his class treat, he said, “Do I have to take cookies?”. Sheesh. With out pushing, I swear, he changed his mind and chose a design that was easy to do and super […]
We just spent a wonderful vacation with my parents and siblings. It was a week filled with too much food, a bit of drink, dance parties, go karts, dice games, old stories and lots of laughter. Needless to say, we are happily exhausted. A great way to spend time together, especially for our Mom, right […]
I remember making small May Day baskets one year in elementary school…maybe it was the first grade? Little containers filled with flowers, brought home to adorn my neighbor’s door, secretly of course. The anxiety over not getting caught as I slipped the ribbon over the door knob of my unsuspecting recipient was quite exhilarating. At […]
You’d never guess it was a month with no major cookie holiday. It seemed as though I was in the kitchen non-stop this April, and now looking back on the photos, perhaps I had been. Holy cookies Batman! Here’s a sampling… Dreaming of summer for a silent auction at my boy’s school. My Grandparent’s Anniversary, […]
These may be my most favorite cookies I’ve ever done. For this week anyway. They were definitely a labor of love. Let me tell you something, decorating sugar cookies is not so easy peasy. It takes a long time, a steady hand, and a bunch of patience. But I love it. It’s been borderline obsession lately. […]
Melissa Joy Cookies 