cold weather and baking

the cold weather is upon us. all i want to do is pull out my mixer, bowls and baking pans. at the moment i have a hankering for sticky buns, rolled in pecans. turning the oven on, filling the home with inviting smells and a warmth that only an oven can make.

turning on the crock pot and slowly cooking some stew or roast, mmm. the winter months are full of warming food, both for your tummy and your heart.

here is to the next few months being long and cold so we keep our kitchens' hopping with warming foods!

the days go bye. . .

yes, i meant to put the word bye up there. all the days just seem to fly by. no matter what i do or how i try they cannot and will not come back to me. you can beg and plead with the universe to give you back just one day, but it will not happen.

today i am thankful for all i have, and all i have lost in my life. the reason i am thankful for the things i have lost is because with out losing them i would not know, or understand, all the things i do have. relationships come and go in your life, and sometimes, the best thing to do is just let it go . . .

that being said i can say i am very thankful this year for all my family and friends. all the ones i have are the ones i want. nothing in life is ever easy!

growing up i remember wishing my family would care for me, as i only had a mother and step father and no one else. than as i got older i realized that it was my mother and step father that kept out everyone else, cut that tie and haven't looked back. i love celebrating the holidays and this year will be a special one as it is Kiran's first Thanksgiving, and first Christmas! i love all these firsts, just as i did with Tiffany.

so here is to hoping that we all have a great holiday season, and maybe some firsts for the rest of ya :-) i will try and share :-P

life moves all to fast. . .

kiran is five months old now. she is trying so hard to sit up, and wants to eat. every time we go to eat she is there with her little mouth drooling over whatever is on our plate.
it is amazing to see her finding her place in the world. she looks around and tries to figure things out. for instance, she has a pink giraffe my great cousins sent her and if you turn this little metal nob it makes noise and the head moves around. well, kiran has figured out how to make it work. she will lay there and play with that little metal nob. she looks up at us as if to ask us to turn it on. it is awesome.
tiffany is trying to be a kid while trying to be an adult, and the two do not mix. she wants to be in adult conversations, but she is a kid. it is so hard to be the age she is at.
her soccer season is almost over and she will be in the play-off's this up coming sunday. so proud of her and all the effort she put in this season, compaired to last seasons.

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