It's Time to Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

It is time to Dare to Share!

It's been a really busy week for me.  Each week I play trivia with D and some friends at a local restaurant.  When you win a round, the prize is tickets to our local minor league baseball  team.  We have won a few times, and I went to the game this week with a one of my friends on our trivia team.  It was a pretty good game with several home runs, but in the end we lost. We still had a lot of fun though. 

This weekend, I will be participating in a market at a nearby festival.  I spent the rest of the week working on products to sell. 

I am excited about my giant fake cookies. They were on the  easy side to make, and look pretty realistic.  I will be sharing how I made them in a blog post.  I will definitely be making more of them to sell, and to decorate my house with during the holidays. 

With the opening of Lilo and Stitch movie out this past weekend, I used the Stitch cookie cutter set that I bought at Aldi at Christmas time to make Stitch cookies  The icing was slightly on the thick side, so it did not turn out quite as smooth as I would like.  This was my first time trying a more complicated cookie, so I am happy with how they turned out.  I know a few things I will try to do a little differently the next time. 

I also make some simpler cookies like flower and butterflies.  It does take practice to make iced sugar cookies, but with each batch I make they become easier and easier.  

Now that you know what I have been up to this week, I would love to see what you have been doing.   So let's get this party started! Link up and HAVE FUN! 

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It's Party Time! Let's Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

It is time to Dare to Share! 

I am in Michigan this weekend.  Tonight we celebrated the birthdays of two friends at the dance with lots of cake and ice cream.  It was a fun night, and it was great seeing my Michigan friends. Since it is a long holiday weekend, we have a couple of days to do things we don't normally have time to do on a quick visit to Michigan.  I am not sure what we will do yet, since tend to be spontaneous instead of planning ahead.

  

When I do get back home, I have to work on a few projects for an upcoming market.  I am helping my friend in her bakery make decorated sugar cookies, and I am also making fake baked cookies. I will be sharing them in a blog post soon.  They are kind of hard to see in this picture because they are not painted yet, but I made giant foam cookies.  I am in the process of painting them now. So far I am really liking how they are turning out.

Last weekend we had fun listening to a local 80s band at a nearby festival.  Our weather has been all over the place this past week.  We have been in the high 80s to now only the 50s and 60s.  Unfortunately the forecast for this Memorial Day weekend is rainy and chilly.   How is the weather where you live? 

Well since I am getting this post up a little later than normal, I better get this party started.  I would love to see what yo have been up to this week.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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Let's Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share! 

Did you have a nice Mother's Day? Since all three of my kids live far away, D surprised me with a sweet Mother's Day bouquet. I heard from all of my kids, and called my own mom.  D and three of his kids and I went and took D's mom out to dinner and a nice restaurant on a lake near where we grew up. It ended up being a really nice day, with beautiful weather.  

Another fun thing we did last weekend was spend Saturday evening at Kings Island.  We have season passes so we can go as often as we want.  If you are ever there, I recommend going to the top of the Eiffel Tower at sunset. It it quite beautiful at that time. 

 This was what the sky looked like as we were leaving the park.   

On Tuesday I went shopping with a friend. We stopped by Hobby Lobby and found some really great items on clearance.  I bought this Hello Kitty crock pot for $5.99 and a cake pop maker for under $5. If you have Tik Tok or Instagram you can see the full reel of what great items we found. 

It looks like it is about time to get this party started, and my computer is in desperate need of being charged so Link Up an HAVE FUN! 

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It's Time to Dare to Share!

 It's Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share!  

Happy Friday!  I don't know about your week, but for me it flew by.   This week we got our new Bark Box for my two dogs. They get so excited when it arrives each month.   I can rarely get our dog Cookie to pose for pictures, but this time I got a really good one. She is a big part of the reason why we get the boxes.  She is an old lady, and does not have a lot of energy left.   She is the sweetest girl, and I love to see her joy when her new treats arrive. Her sister (our golden) is the one who loves the all the toys.  She tries to take them from me the second I take them out of the box.  Their excitement when the boxes arrive, make it worth it. 

I forgot to take a photo with my friend during my friend's birthday dinner. Oops! We went to Cracker Barrell and had delicious cheesecake stuffed pancakes for her birthday dinner.  We definitely left the restaurant full, before going back to her house and opening her present. 

Do you have any plans for Mother's Day?  We are still not sure of our final plans yet.    We had our grandbaby over yesterday and made a special gift for her mommy's first Mother's Day.  We used this printable from my Etsy Shop . She was not sure what she thought about me painting her hands for the handprints, but it turned out well and I am sure her mom will love it.  

Now that you know what I have been up to, I would love to see what you have been up to.  Link up and HAVE FUN!! 

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It's Party Time! Let's Dare to Share!!

It's Saturday morning, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share! 

Happy Graduation Weekend!  Last night was busy one for us.  My son graduated from college! If you are a long time follower you may remember him from when he used to share his recipes on my blog in a series called Cooking with Kyle. He was in middle school then, so he has definitely grown up.  It was definitely a proud moment for this mom.   After the ceremony we went to a late dinner.  We were hungry, but also very tired.  The food was great, and our server looked a lot like Timoth`ee Chalamet. :)  Now after a little bit of rest, and a hotel breakfast, I am posting the Dare to Share party.  

We also have a busy day planned for today. We are taking a friend out to dinner for her birthday.   Since I would like to rest a bit more before check out time, let's get this party started!  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

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