German Glass glitter eggs

Using this:

I made these eggs with German Glass Glitter:

I am all about Spring. And Easter { + Easter candy}. I have 2 more colors to do for the eggs. I bought the German Glass Glitter on etsy. I heart etsy.

Creative Weekend

It has been a creative theme here this weekend! Avery had a school project to complete for the month of February. We were given a green heart to decorate with photographs, drawings, etc. I made Avery a few cut outs since she loves to glue and pat the paper on. All the hearts will be displayed at the Malvern School for the month of February. Avery is such an artist! We went to Michaels yesterday and bought a few new art items for her to use in her art bin! Ofcourse she picked silver glitter to shake (I am groaning just thinking about THAT cleanup). At least we'll be busy while we are inside this chilly winter.

I was also busy working on one of my new year's resolutions. I made a layer cake. Yes, it was a box mix but I did use homemade buttercream frosting (yum). I told Scott I'd bake him a nice cake for his birthday (May); he's always dreaming about cake for a midnight snack. This was a trial run. Real one will include a homemade cake batter. I got some help from my latest Williams Sonoma purchase: Tools and Techniques. I also have to give kudos to Alicia who introduced me to the angled icing utensil. I love this item! The suggestion to bake the cake at 325 instead of 350 was also a hit! The cake is tonight's dessert following a family tradition recipe for veal parmesan. I'll post that later this week!

The Alchemist

My favorite book of all time. I have re-read it so many times. Note, the forelorn look is not from me, thankyouverymuch. It's been from much borrowing, ahem, you know who you are. If you are ever wondering about your personal path in life, your goals, what you believe in and the search for who you are, this book is for you!

On a personal note, thank you for all your concerns lately. I am on the mend finally. After battling much the past month with sinus infection, bronchitis, I had a sulfa allergy to the bactrim antibiotic and in the stages of recovering from that. The prednisone therapy has been going well. Slow, but well. Hopefully in the next 10 days I'll make a full recovery, as long as it will take to get out of my system. The hives seem to be gone, the rash on it's way out, swollen lymph nodes also on their way out, and the burns well lingering or at least they keep coming back. In the meantime, as I am relaxing (too much heat causes flare ups) I am thinking of re-reading. I think it's time for some new personal goals. Always evolving.

Transcending . . .

I had the greatest pleasure reading The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan ~ "that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap." Prepare to laugh out loud, cry with a lump in your throat, nod your head in agreement, shake your head in amazement and take a deep breath by taking it all in! Thanks Elise for this fabulous recommendation! If you have ever had a moment in your life, in Kelly's own words "We will transcend ladies, we will transcend."