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I made these Parmesan and Caramelized Onion Scones last Saturday. They are so good, and easy to make. You won't be able to stop eating them. Parmesan scones (little ones) Don and I were going to have a glass of wine and some snacks and gasp! we were pretty much out of everything but cheese. We have lots of cheese. So I decided I would make something that we could eat using some of our cheese. I could have zipped over to the store. But lately I have been like a hermit at home. Once I'm home I don't want to go out again, even to the store which is 2 minutes away. One reason is that I'm trying not to spend any money. So if I can figure something out with what I have than that's what I do. The other is pure old-fashioned laziness. I just don't want to go. Sometimes this backfires though. While I was making the scones (because I didn't want to leave the house) Don left the house. He came home with a bag from Whole Foods . He bought some chicken shish...

Do you need chairs? We have 2 really, really comfy black chairs and we don't need them anymore. They are in perfect condition. You can come and get them now!!!!! My mom always says we should give to the needy. So if you need chairs you can have ours for free. You can have our soap too. We live in the house with the big u driveway. My mom plays tennis at 11 o'clock so that would be a good time to stop by. ok. See you later. PS. If you see my mom's station wagon in the driveway don't stop! PSS. Or my dad's car. -Kris, age 9 The seats on our chairs are black. This is the ad I would have written if they had Craig's List back in 1973. Yeah, right. I was way too chicken for that. But the thought would have crossed my mind as I sat in one of the chairs. I would daydream about selling those chairs for sure. That, I know. I hated those chairs when I was a kid. Mainly because I spent hours sitting in them. They were the orig...

Lots of stuff to update. Last Sunday Don and I went up to Healdsburg to pick up wine and cheese at Williamson Wines . They have a great little thing going up there once a quarter. They present a spread of food and cheeses that are all paired with that month's wines. It's free. It's always packed. And the food is always really yummy. Even Elli likes to sample the goods. You do have to be a wine club member to enjoy all this fun. You can learn all about it here . They had two yummy recipes that I'll be making soon. One was Shrimp Bisque. The other a breaded chicken. Both were winners with the Mulkey's. Elli had two helpings of the bisque. I thought for sure she would prefer the chicken. Go figure. Chicken Cutlet with a Tomato/Red Pepper Sauce - pair with Merlot Their wines are only available at the winery. But don't despair! You can order them. And you can probably find these cheeses at your local gourmet store, or even Whole Foods. It's amazing how...

 Introducing Sweetwiches. Elli has been bugging me for weeks to make a recipe out of her American Girl Recipe Calendar. I finally remembered to take a look and see what we needed to make something. The recipe for February looked fun (and easy) so I picked up the ingredients we needed to make these sandwich cookies. The cookie recipe is similar to one my mom used to make. You use a cake mix as the base. I have to admit, I liked them better when I was a kid. They're pretty sweet. Of course Elli and her friend loved them. We made home-made frosting to go in the middle instead of the ready made stuff. I thought cream cheese frosting would taste good so that's what I had them make. They didn't like it at first. Uh oh. But I convinced them it was delicious and suddenly it was. They pretty much licked the bowl, spoon and beater clean when they were done. Elli's friend is a fifth grader. They hang out together in the after-school program o...

We usually make pancakes from a mix. I mean really, who makes pancakes from scratch? Martha, yes. The average Joe. Probably not. Elli wanted to make heart shaped pancakes for Don for Valentine's day. But we were out of mix and I was too lazy to go to the store. So I made the batter from scratch. And guess what? It's not THAT much harder than using a mix and tastes fantastic. Most recipes have you add a few things to the dry ingredients anyway and this is the same. Elli was in charge of the pancake production and I'm happy to report that most of the pancakes actually did resemble a heart. Let's just say they were her artistic interpretation of what a heart looks like. I had to do a little bit of finessing so they didn't look like Mickey Mouse. The recipe and pipe bag instructions are straight from Martha herself.    Happy Valentine's Day Daddy! Buttermilk Pancakes 1 cup flour 2T sugar 2 t. baking powder 1/2 t. salt 1 egg 1 cu...

Our instructions were to wait in the hotel dining room for Jack. We sat at a large table with three other couples. The young servers were pouring coffee and smiling with excitement. They knew what was happening and were so happy for us. Everyone was really chatty eating their breakfast and drinking coffee. Except me. I could barely swallow. I had no appetite. My chest was tight and heavy, I could hardly breathe and I felt like I might throw up or burst into tears at any moment. I'd never felt so much emotion before in my life. Everyone was doing their best to try and calm me. This was supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life. And I was scared to death. This is not how I imagined I would feel. At 8:30am Jack appeared in the dining room and said the magic words "The babies are here. Let's go!" The entire table immediately said to us "Go. Go get your baby. You go first." We jumped from the table and practically ran to the elevator. We got in...

Remember these? I thought so. I don't know about you, but I still love getting a box of these candies. Some of the messages have changed since I was little. TEXT ME HOOK UP But many are the same as I remember: SWEET PEA SOUL MATE ADORE ME SAY YES CALL ME  WINK WINK LOVE HER SWEET ME So guess what? Since Valentine's Day is all about showing how much you love someone I figured I would ask for some love and give something sweet in return. If you make a $100 donation to Team in Training I'll mail you a whole bag of candy hearts. Because I love you and I really want Don to get to his goal so I can relax. I'm sure you want the same. You can make your donation by clicking { HERE } or on the Team in Training link to the right in the sidebar of the blog. Make your donation between February 11th and February 14th and I will mail you a bag of candy hearts. Now that's what I call a sweet treat. Here's how it works. You donate one of...

Elli is in full getting-ready-for Valentine's Day mode. She has made cards for her teachers and for all the kids in her class. And this weekend we are going to make homemade truffles to give to her teachers as gifts. She's a "do your best" kind of gal. It makes me crazy. Where I see mistakes and messiness, she sees beauty. She's way more accepting of life's little imperfections. And obviously not a perfectionist. (I'm the opposite.) I love the way her cards came out anyway. They look like her. I can hardly wait to see what our chocolate truffles look like! A card for one of her teachers. Cards for the kids in her class. A mobile for another teacher. I remember making cards when I was little. I loved playing with the doilies and all the shades of red, white and pink. And now we're about to make homemade CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES. Yuuuuuuum. Can't wait. Here are two truffle recipes in case you want to try to make some this wee...

I was a multi-tasking mommy last night. I planned to lay in bed and write up this post. But Elli remembered at the last minute that she had a geology quiz the next morning. So I became her study buddy. Lucky for me she already had most of the facts she needed to learn memorized. Phew . There were just a few things she had to work on a little more. Thank goodness. I quickly realized that learning these geology facts was going to be much easier than tackling a math quiz. Math quizes = lots of tears and frustration. So as she was reading her study guide I would jump back on the computer and type. Then back to her room to quiz her. Then back to the computer. This went on until she finished at 9pm. And now I'm tired and I haven't really started. And I have a huge list of wines from Wine Spectator (that you've probably never heard of) to share with you. sigh....... That doesn't sound very exciting does it? It would be if someone just sent us me all of these wines t...

This is the view from our house. You can see a sliver of moon! Pretty spectacular, huh? Mt. Tamalpais at Sunset I caught a glimpse of the sunset last Saturday night when I was standing in the kitchen. I grabbed my camera and pointed it towards the sliding glass doors. Thank goodness I'm married to someone smarter than me. Because Don immediately recognized that I needed guidance. "You're not going to take it in here are you?" he asked. "Oh. No. I'm going outside."I said.  And out I ran. In my socks. Sheesh.  (I was just going to try to snag a shot from in the kitchen. I'm eye rolling myself.) What was I thinking? I would have ended up with this..... Instead of this. So pretty. Mill Valley rocks.