Temporary? Insanity

Yes, we’re continuing with the sugar theme, I’m afraid. Special of the day? Spice cake with caramel frosting. Mmm…many thanks to Neil for having a birthday and for being a brown sugar addict, as it gave me an excuse to indulge.

I confess with pride that I only ate one tablespoon of frosting that was not attached to a piece of cake. And that was immediately following a bout of random shrieking on the part of my beautiful but exasperating little girls this afternoon. Oh how I wish stress and sugar cancelled each other out since so often the one precedes the other. Then again I suppose most of us would be paper thin if that were the case. Best not to defy the laws of physics if you can possibly help it, eh?

And now for a link that may cause you to alternately curse and adore me: Caramel Frosting

So. Easy. You may notice that I don’t often post recipes. This is because while I usually produce edible foodstuffs, I have a knack for misunderstanding recipes and simple culinary processes. And I just can’t bring myself to share a recipe that took me half a dozen tries before I got it right. This one however was a first timer, and every subsequent attempt has gone oh so smoothly.

Bon appetit!

Keeping again with the cuisine theme, you may have noticed a wee addition to my new sidebar. TasteBook has a fabulous contest going on and since I think their service is one of the coolest things going (and is going to help me out hugely with Christmas shopping this year), I’m giving them a bit of a plug. I suggest peeking on over and giving them a try.

Now please stop wincing. I’m not going to become a Give-away-a-day sort of site, it’s just that giving unsolicited advice is so much fun!

Speaking of Give Aways though, check in Friday for something truly lovely. I got a free giftie in the mail last week from Erin at The Vintage Pearl. Erin is a sweetheart and her products are simply enchanting. To help get the word out I’ll be shining the ole spotlight on her this weekend and giving away one of her beautiful necklaces.

Don’t wrinkle your nose in disgust, boys. Christmas is only a few months away.

Ooo, look! I wrote a whole post without writing anything even remotely meaningful! I’m completely addlepated by lack of sleep and a rapidly wearing off sugar high, so deep profundity will have to wait till the morrow.

I will say this though, for the first time in the entirety of our marriage Neil’s birthday wasn’t an anti-climactic event. I went all out. Long backrub first thing this morning, hot breakfast, house scoured clean and balloons everywhere, a huge crowd over for cake and ice cream, his favourite cake&frosting combo, some chores he’s been putting off doing done for him, the garbage taken out, and last but not least, not having to deal with any diapers tonight. Oh, and some supremely lovely gifts courtesy of Amazon.ca.

I am absolutely weary now. My legs are screaming in protest and I literally started to nod off a few minutes ago and it’s not even 10pm yet. Still, two hours of birthday left. I wonder what more I can do before I crawl into bed.

It feels good to get outside of my own head every once in awhile. My the air is fresh out here.