A FRIDGE FULL OF FOOD...

Home-Made "Hostess" Cupcakes--Worth Every Minute!

 

Being in charge of our monthly work (night shift) birthday parties, I have way too much fun making up the food themes and cooking. This month was no exception.  The theme I foisted upon my fellow coworkers for February was "White Trash/Trailer Park" where we feasted on Pigs-in-a-Blanket, Sloppy Joes, Cheese-in-a-Can, and junk food like these mock-Hostess-cupcakes. Okay, junk food that's good for you.  Okay, junk food that's not chemical-laden and bad for you.  Yeah, I can live with that definition for these.

Well worth every minute it takes to make them from scratch, they're also simple to decorate even for a novice decorator armed with a pastry bag and two basic tips.  They're even more fun to eat. Of course!

There are three parts:  The Cupcake, The Filling, and The Chocolate Frosting

Birthday and Valentine's Day Rolled into One

 
What a great day today! 

We all know that Valentine's Day was this past Monday. Gene told me Monday that he had a gift for me but it would be late because of a delivering snafu. Hey, we're old and have been married since God was young, so no big.  We had a great dinner with our friends, Corbin and Jenn Monday night and I was a happy girl. I had all but forgotten him mentioning a gift. 

Then today, I had a wonderful French Onion Soup and Salad lunch with my cousin/friend Ann at Jimm's Steakhouse where she gave me my birthday present from a couple of weeks ago.  Not that she had forgotten or anything, it's just that we kept having to reschedule because of the snow storms. 

Not only did Ann give me a basket of my favorite scent of Bath & Body, White Citrus (heavenly), she gave me the funniest, cutest little gift ever, the inside joke being that I'm a Scrabble addict.  It's my favorite board game. So this was perfect!  I'm still smiling. Check this out and look carefully at the box.

 

Knitting for the NICU: SUPERBOWL!

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