It’s difficult to remember it’s Valentine’s Day when there isn’t any of it out there in our head-covered, sand-in-your-shoes world. But we got some great packages to keep us in the spirit–thank you Aunt Valerie and Grammie! Now the kitchen floor is crunchy with hearts and sprinkles.
My new dress is made of african fabric, the tailor copied a Boden dress of mine that I love, now I candy heart the new one. It was perfect to wear while beating on Stefan with a wooden spoon before we started baking.
Highly recommended for a frosting with no butter: the Royal Frosting recipe in Joy of Cooking. It’s halfway between a meringue and a marshmallow, shiny and perfect. Here’s how to make it: 1 egg white, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar if you have it, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1/3 cup boiling water. Beat for eight minutes, don’t give up hope, for seven minutes it looks like nothing, then it’s fabulous.
If you were our neighbor we’d be knocking on your door with a cupcake!
twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?" 
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