It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas

Yes, I know, you rarely expect posts anymore. I've been embarking on an experiment, of the romance novel kind. If anything happens, I'll keep you updated. But, in the meantime, let's talk Christmas.

It's coming, you know.  We have less than three months.

Mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, you know, those people who you never know what to get? Plus anyone who's into cooking, but has most everything, they don't have one of these!! And people who like to cook and bake love hand-made items. It makes us feel special.

Don't panic, there's still time!!

Get them a hand-made, food grade, personalized, stainless steel cake tester. And yes, I have two of them. Don't be jealous, you can have one. Karen (the lady over at Feral Turtle who hand-makes these) taps into my wild side with the skulls. If you're not into skulls, that's cool, too.

Go check her out at The Feral Turtle, by clicking here and you can have a quick chat about how many you want to order.

The best part, it's not just a cake tester. Can you see it? It's got a strong little magnet so you can hang it on your fridge and not lose it to the dreaded junk drawer. That way you know exactly where it is, when you need it. Plus it adds a little bling to your fridge art. Yes, this is the actual fridge here at the Hearth. Notices, beautiful art and all.

So what did I do? Made a carrot cake to celebrate the specialness. Had to do it. Used this recipe.

Put the ladies to work grating the carrots...might have been a bad idea. Used fresh pineapple. Yum!

Cake tester in action. Worked like a charm and I felt so pretty using it.

Make sure to add the flour to your raisins and walnuts, otherwise they'll sink to the bottom.

Nom, nom, nom.

K, the thing about Karen, she's like my own personal MacGyver. Not even kidding. Not that she's MY personal MacGyver, but since she's my bff, I kind of think of her that way. But you've got to see the crazy stuff she does, woman is freaking amazing. Have you ever even thought about blowing out a wall in your house, and doing it YOURSELF? No. Nobody thinks that. Except for her.

Alright, enough bragging about Karen, but I could keep going, seriously, how about a little bragging about my young.

Gah! Can't even stand the cuteness. My baby decided to make her cousin a mini Pusheen because she won't be able to come to the school party in a few days.

Don't know what a Pusheen is? It's a cat.

So she went down to the craft room, found the right color of fabric, drew out her Pusheen, had mama cut with her big scissors, sewed it together herself and stuffed it with some fluff. 

Had to make it mini so it could fit in this box. That's Pusheen with shades on. Just want to squish her so much!!

Alright, that's enough. Don't want you to get the idea that I'm actually going to start doing this again, regularly.

Love ya more than carrot cake.