About Tricia

I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Bombpop inspired cupcakes

By on July 16, 2011 in Holidays, Recipes
Can any cupcake be more perfect for the 4th than a bomb pop inspired cupcake?  

 root beer chocolate cupcakes topped off with a white chocolate buttercream frosting (recipes coming soon).

Do you remember running after the ice cream truck to get one of these? The ice cold popsicle to quench your thrist after a brisk sprint to catch the ice cream man and sticky melted juice dripping down your arm till it reached your elbow?  I stained many a play outfit because of these popsicles (the outfits were most probably already stained from everything else we got into back then).

 To me, these are retro pops since no one under the age of 20 got the joke about making cupcakes look like bombpops.  They scarfed them down all the same and I caught a few adults quietly cherishing a cupcake.

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I took a blog vacation

By on July 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

I’m back from my on purpose by mistake blog vacation.  Do you ever have so much to do that you can’t do anything?  Well, that would account for the first week of my disappearing act. The other 10 days that I disappeared were the mistake part.  One of my children spilled a cup of  juice on my laptop keyboard while I took a much needed nap.  I woke up to a very sorry, very tearful child who had convinced himself that he was living his last day on Earth after his confession of the spill.  I am not going to say that I was not upset but I did my best to show him that our relationships with each other are definitely more important than a laptop. Once he was convinced of my continuing love for him, I went into another room and cried (a little, not a lot). Yesterday a friend came to visit and took my laptop apart, cleaned it up and here I am again.  There are still some keys which are tempermental but its workable.  Keep reading….the next three posts are all crafts I did for our annual 4th celebration but are usable for any party.

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