The Mad March Hare Happenings

`Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. `I don't see any wine,' she remarked.

I feel like this quote could be repurposed regarding our life/this blog to say, 

"Read the March update," Sharon said in an encouraging tone. The readers looked all round the blog, but there was nothing on it but old news. "I don't see any new post," they remarked. 

Anyway, if you feel so inclined, you can read our Highlights Reel (and a small Lowlights Reel because even though I want to keep it real, I don't want to focus on the negatives!) from the Month of March (& gasp! the month of April and MAY) below!

March 1 - Backed my car into the side-by-side! Argh. And I was even the one who had driven it to its unfortunate location in the side yard so Danielle could wash it! One must never fully trust a backup camera's beep, as mine loudly beeped AS I was crunching, NOT before. The side-by-side was undamaged, but my car needs a Lee Collision pass along with my Wave's pass.

April 1 - Baked and decorated the simple, yet elegant fern wedding cake for Rebecca & Dylan.

May 1 - Enjoyed Monthly Clarity Planner Planning Sesh with Karma at Rhonda's. She served us egg yolk lattes and homemade sourdough strawberry poptarts! Yummers. Back home, I made English lemon posset for the first time in preparation for the Girl's Home & Garden Tour.

And there you have it! That's all you're gonna get! Because like a good Enneagram 7 ENFP, I've petered out with writing the Weakly Tribune for various and personal reasons along with a good dose of laziness! It's summertime and I wanna be outside soaking up the sun! (when it actually decides to shine! As I type this, heavy storm clouds loom ominously) And I will keep posting little posts of this and that every Wednesday, because if I do not, I have to pay Karma and Rhonda $10 each! (An Accountability/Penalty Program really does make a difference with this Obliger.) So, that being said, I can finally "finish" this post that has been sitting in my drafts folder since March. Adios!

I Have a Dream…sicle!

I have an orange dreamsicle no-bake cheesecake recipe for you! I decided to make this summery treat for Daniel’s 39th birthday dessert! He was too full from his fabulous ribeye from Gather to even have any tonight, but the rest of us that are never too full for dessert declared it a winner! The only thing I did differently than the original recipe is to revamp the crust. Danl is not a fan of lots of crust, so I used 1/2 the vanilla wafers, no sugar, and only 2 T. of butter. Just right! 

https://cincyshopper.com/no-bake-orange-creamsicle-cheesecake/

Let me know if you try it out, and if it makes your summer sweets dreams come true! 

The Last Lunch

How is possible that I have just packed the hot lunch for the last lunch of the school year?! It honestly feels like it was barely last week that I enthusiastically adorned Danielle’s baked beans with a Sharpied rainbow beside her name. Then the rest of the year went by in blur with mostly basic black, hastily-marked monikers on tinfoil tubs of chicken nuggets. Or maybe a slice of pizza. This child of mine is not French, and possesses thee most limited of palettes, much to my chagrin. But now here we are, at The Last Lunch. She still loves beans and she still loves anything ROYGBIV. These are the days worth cherishing. And these are the days worth getting the Sharpies out for. 🌈

Impossibly European

Eating this yogurt in this darling little blue clay pot today made me feel quite posh and impossibly European! I highly recommend this treat available for purchase in Pensacola at Fresh Market! The French know how to do things right. Naturally! And, it was better for me than a Blizzard! Score double perks! Triple perks, in fact, if you count that I’m gonna reuse the pot for a succulent start! 

In Hot Water!

Being in hot water is a good thing with this electric tea kettle! It sparks joy for me each morning whilst making my coffee, currently rating #1 in Favorite Kitchen Items. 

This kettle does not have an annoying beep when it boils, so you do need to be near at hand. Which isn’t hard to do; simply gazing at its matte black handsomeness while it heats is not a hardship. I wish this was a sponsored review and that I had a discount code for you, but I do not! It’s simply an unasked for review! Kendra Adachi @thelazygenius would be proud of me for following her “Decide Once” rule and choosing to give electric tea kettles for all wedding gifts in the year of 2023! It’s been fun! So far I’ve only given myself this exact one though.