Making some lemon bars tonight, a fun twist on the family recipe. Baking has always been a therapeutic family activity for me and us, and the icy snow outside is prompting my urge to nest.

I’ll post pics later when they’re done, wish me luck!!

So folks? Since food is one of my favorite topics (a close runner up after photography and my dogs), what is YOUR favorite recipe?

Somewhere near the middle of the long list of things I get from my mother, the love of sending and receiving mail. Okay, okay… so getting mail is slightly more enjoyable than heading to the post office, but I digress. Since I was a child, my very kind and very thoughtful mother, has gone out of her way to browse the card aisle for any and every occasion and milestone in my life. She is the queen of the, just thinking of you card, so proud of you card, and the ever so sappy, so glad you’re my daughter card. At times I questioned why she would lay down the $3.95 for a card, when she could just say it (as she often did and still does) to me in person. Only later, after stumbling upon a stack of greeting cards I had kept over the years, did I really the importance of putting it in writing, and sending thoughtful things in the mail. The love that I felt thumbing through those cards, the sparkly unicorns, the big purple flowers, the short prose of pride and endearment… priceless.

Now that I’m all growed up getting things to promote and market my business is almost as exciting. The feel of a WHCC linen paper between my fingers… **sigh** is so GOOD!

Yes, I was totally doing a puzzle when the package came…