My husband’s alarm goes off around 530am every weekday morning so he can get ready for PT. “P.T.” which stands for Physical Training, usually last an hour, sometimes more. Then he is home to shower, eat breakfast, and be back in time for a 9am formation. Which leads me to our conversation the other day [...]

Remember the other day when I was tweeting, pinning, and therefore understandably craving Shamrock Shakes? Here’s the problem. McDonald’s in Germany? Yeah, they don’t make Shamrock Shakes in March over here. WHAT?!??!!? Now don’t get me wrong. I looooove me some McDonalds in Germany… Chilli seasoned fries… and Nutella Crossants… and their Lattes to go… [...]

So the other day a friend of mine left me a lovely link on facebook to a Nutella Recipe. YAY! Which led me to a website stating that yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day. WAIT. just. a second. Did someone forget to send me the Memo?!?! (or is it under the stack of papers [...]

Confession #1 This amazing cake was a product of only two things. The beautiful marriage between a box of Spice Cake mix and half a can of Pumpkin Puree. Confession #2 Instead of using a proper Bundt Cake pan to make a proper Bundt Cake… (Because proper King Cakes are supposed to be an oval.) [...]

The materials for the experiment… the helper… the first and second attempt… cookie sheet = fail. cupcake sheet = fail. will report back tomorrow after I go to the commissary for more supplies… Household6 Out.

I’ve been hearing here and there about pumpkin muffins made simply with cake mix and puree pumpkin. So I set about an experiment the other day with Ms Betty and Mr Duncan as contestants. Each performed beautifully in the taste category. However I thought Ms Betty (left) did much better in the beauty pageant category. [...]

Today is Thanksgiving Grocery day… $213.38 later I have everything but the cheeseball… Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Pie Baking day… {this is a cranberry apple} Wednesday is Thanksgiving Prep-everything-possible-ahead-of-time day… And Thursday… We will eat like kings! So since my “partner in crime” “dishwasher”  ”help with the chillins”  ”handsome man in uniform” wonderful hubster is deployed [...]

oh. my. goodness. What is your favorite fast food obsession?

When my husband is deployed, I am always looking for ways to prepare quick easy meals. One of my favorite methods is throwing together things from my freezer to make soup. (ahem. please don’t look at the dates.) YOU LOOKED!!! I SAW YOU!!!! Don’t worry – I forgive you… Frozen Carrots… Frozen Broccoli… Frozen leftover [...]

Becoming a mother has been one of the most challenging occupations in my life. It has encouraged me to be more patient that I ever imagined… To push my endurance on long nights with feverish little ones… And expand my creativity to include pie crust masterpieces… And there is a lot more where that came from… [...]