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Posts Tagged ‘Mayhew’

This moment of complete slack brought to you by Snickers

I promise that there are new post a’coming!
I’ll be giving my hubs the spotlight sometime soon as he has something special to share with you.
I have posts bouncing off my brain, but have been in a complete STATE this week.
I’m also still grieving the passing of my wonderful camera.
No end-of-chemo-day pictures.
No Halloween pictures.
Curse you, mystery [...]

A haiku: Bad way to wake up

Cancer camp Friday
Anticipation
We are full of excitement
Tall buildings, new paint
Wraparound decks greet the eye
White rockers beckon
A crystalline lake
Alligators are sleepy
The children are not
First day has flown by
Beds welcome tired campers
A toilet is clogged
My child wakens first
She attacks the day, I snooze
I become alert
What is that smell, Pete?
No answer comes, yet I know
Unmistakable
Windows thrown open
Door propped [...]

Turtles, Hips and Chocolate Cake

**Updated: Thank you to MaryLynn, without whom the “Bill Knapps Chocolate Cake” recipe would not have passed into my email…and Peter wouldn’t be able to enthusiastically pester me with “Do you think that’s the real cake recipe?” until I am FORCED to try it. **
My dear hubby Peter has a thing for chocolate cake.  He [...]