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Molten Lava Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frozen Custard
If you’re at all like me and just can’t choose, this dessert is a perfect way to celebrate the joy of indecision.
It's probably also a fantastic way to (belatedly) celebrate National Frozen Custard Day, which was yesterday! If you have no idea what that means, we're still semi-hosting a collaborative challenge in this community to make and post ( Read more... ) -
(Crazy) Summer Goals
I have just decided that this summer will be an epic event, for the following reasons:
1. 100 Children's Books/Works: My goal is to finish 100 works in order to brush up on my classic and contemporary knowledge of children's stories. For a working list of my to-reads, or if you want to submit suggestions, take a look at the list under the cut
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So Pottermore has taken over my life...
...and I just got my wand from Ollivander's. Silver lime with unicorn core, ten inches, slightly yielding!
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Children's Literature Conference--Check!
I'm typing this as I sit in my suite in Vancouver--yes, Canada!
I arrived here yesterday afternoon for a conference that took place all day today. In fact, it was a big weekend for firsts...not only was it my first time traveling alone (and even internationally!), it was also my first time presenting at a conference! Actually, it was my first time ( Read more... ) -
Simply Scrumptdiddlyumptious and Cat in the Hat Cakes
I've been abysmally missing (although I can't say missed!) from LJ lately, I thought I might as well do a brief post about what's actually been going on.
Last month, I started a food blog! It's updated daily and you can read it here:
http://simplyscrumdiddly.blogspot.com/
The idea behind it is basically that I'm posting once a day, every day, with a ( Read more... ) -
After Nearly Five Years...
Notebooks, Not Love Notes is finally, finally finished!
You can find it at ffnet via my page, http://www.fanfiction.net/~alaverity . Just click on the nice "Completed" (I can't get enough of saying it) story at the top there.
All of the supportable surfaces in my house have basically been danced or jigged upon at some point during the past 12 hours. ( Read more... ) -
A Flurry of Foodie Pics...Because Apparently I'm Too Busy To Post, But Not Too Busy to Bake...
I really need to get on top of these things. Fortunately, as made clear by the following content of this post, while I haven't had much time to spend on either LJ or my extracurricular writing recently, the oven has not gone neglected...
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New Year's I-Resolve-To-Actually-Revisit-This-List-On-12/31/12 Resolutions
I should probably have the goodwill to read through my flist about all of your fantastic new year's resolutions, but--er, well, one of my resolutions is to stay more on track (har har--see below), so I think I'll post here and just ask what you guys have in mind for this brand new 365-day span :D
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Happy New Year (Belated)!
As in all things, I'm terribly spastic and belated, but here it is ( Read more... )
