Today's Baking

Pecan Muffins (with a touch of cinnamon)

I thought they would look more commercial with a pat of butter on one. They were yummy.

B Positive

The Red Cross calls about once a week and asks me to donate blood. I don't take them up on it very often because I prefer to go to blood drives that give you something for your troubles (t-shirts, coffee mugs, cds, free lunch, etc.) and those are few and far between. They called this past weekend to recruit me to give at the drive tomorrow at Jacob's Field. I couldn't make that one, but I made an appointment for today at the downtown donation center.

And guess what?

They got a full pint! My veins are know for being blood-teases so I'm glad the phlebotomist was adept. Take that all you crappy blood-drawers at other drives!

Baked Goods

Star-shaped stained glass cookies

Chocolate cupcake with lavender and sage colored frosting

(not baked or decorated by me, but isn't it pretty?)

Drinky Drinks

Articles like this are why one of my New Year's resolutions was to drink more alcoholic beverages.

NEWSNET5

One of my favorite websites is nine years old. Happy anniversary NewsNet5!

Here are a few reasons I love NN5.

A) They send me two newsletters everyday-- one at noon with the day's headlines and one at 1 o'clock with the entertainment headlines. I also get the weekly Vegas newsletter and breaking news updates.

2) They always post interesting stories worthy of forwarding. Today's forward was about the nut fry in Wisconsin.

C) You later

4) The Weird Chronicles. I know the column isn't unique to NN5, but I read it there.

E) I met my friend Thom via NewsNet5. He was mentioned in a story about his appearance on the morning show. Unfortunately, I've never been mentioned on the site. I posted a picture once, but I can't find a link to it.

6) I've won a few contests.

And one thing I hate about the site is the searchability of it. Try it. It sucks.

You Know I'm No Good

The current song that's playing in my head:

Amy Winehouse

And this cover is pretty good too:

Arctic Monkeys

I'm not that jazzed about Amy Winehouse's other songs, but she's got a unique sound.

Thanks Easter Bunny!

I love coming home at 11:30pm after a day spent eating too much sugar* to find a foot(?) of snow surrounding my house. I shoveled enough to get my car in the driveway and a path to my front door (pictured). The freezing rain/snow falling on me as I worked was annoying yet refreshing.

*Here are the sweets I ate today: Hot Cross Muffins, Carrot Cake (both baked my me!), Capirotada, Cheesecake and some candy from my Easter Basket.