Life Gets in the Way, OR, my latest excuse(s) for NOT truly getting this project moving...

 

1. Kids just headed back to school after Spring Break - hurray!  Somehow even tho they're now both teenagers, and thus tend to go off on their own, I find myself NOT going about my day as I would when they ARE in school.
2. I have spent vast amounts of time organizing my craft room so it is uber efficient for being able to pull out an artistic endeavor at any given time, including prepping pages already for the Alaska, Washington, and Oregon vacation we'll be taking in the future, along with - and yes, you may think we're crazy with this amount of travel to come, 'cuz I most certainly do - also Hawaii.
3. Along that note of travel, there are now books on states, national parks, cities, AND wineries, along w/maps covering more than one table's surface, tho by the end of this week, everything's going back from whence it came.
4. Recycled hundreds of pounds of paper/magazines - really, why DO we hold on to the things we do?  It's not as tho I couldn't find a recipe or wine info on line or in a library book, so there seems no need to keep years of back issues of Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, or Saveur.  My only mags I intend on keeping are Food Network, and they're now nicely held in wire mesh or (p)leather holders.
5. Shutterfly offered a free book (uh oh!), so there went one week on Photoshopping pics from the numerous visits we made to Sesame Place when our girls were little and compiling them into a cute little remembrance.  Time flies SO quickly...

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   Ice Cream, Soups, Healthy/Vegetarian, Breakfast, Wine

   
   

   Over this past weekend, I decided that since I can no longer put this pursuit off, and it was FAR time I post another entry, I wanted to refine the reorganization I made on my cookbooks when I initiated this project.  So, here are photos of the majority of my cookbooks, in a slightly more logical arrangement.  Please enjoy, AND, Pick one out for me to try - PLEASE!  Get me moving!
   

   

   Cupcakes, Mexican, Asian, Italian

   
   
   

   

   Desserts, Cookies, Cakes

   
   

   
   

   
   

   

   Cookies, Cakes, Baking Manuals

   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   
   



Noted Chefs, Professional Baking + Culinary Manuals


 



Slow OR Pressure Cooker, Grill, Meats, Bread, Pizza








Molecular Gastronomy, or
Fun Food Science Experimentation

 



Culinary Lives in Europe, and most importantly,
CHOCOLATE!!!