ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER?

If you were looking for me yesterday, this is where I would have been found.

I was manning the syrup station at the Sno-Kone bar. Another volunteer was doing the ice crushing - it's a two-(wo)man job.

Yep, every year I take on the challenge of serving up sugary, sticky, finger-staining Sno-Kone treats at Frannie's elementary school field day event.

Most of the students love rainbow, which means I have to pump a squirt of each flavor onto a single scoop of crushed ice. The pumps on these jugs are not designed all that well, meaning, you never know which way the syrup is going to shoot out. This year, I was prepared, I wore an apron and latex gloves. :)

It's a grueling job, but someone has to do it!

Cheers!
(Hello Kitty - Never Leave Home Without Her)

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SWING IT

Annual Spring Brownie/Jr. Girl Scout Dance

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YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

Mother's Day - 2010

I drove by her and just had to stop.

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NEVER ON A SUNDAE

Oh my gosh - there's ganache!

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P.S. - Thank you, Rachel, for posting my bead-knitting tutorial on One Pretty Thing.

EVERYDAY (FOOD)

Frannie met up with Martha again this past Thursday during a book signing at the Norwalk Costco. Frannie chose the Everyday Food book - Great Food Fast. She's working up a collection of autographed recipe books. I'm trying to include a photo of Frannie with each author so they can be put inside the front cover of each of her books. Frannie chose to wear her French bulldog shirt because Martha has two of them, and one of them is named Francesca (that's Frannie's real name). If you check out The Martha Blog, you'll see a photo of the two of them. Several others were taken of Frannie by Martha's photographer. (It seems as though a purse I was carrying, and had made, attracted a little attention and they took photos of it while Frannie held it.)

Of course, we couldn't go empty-handed, so Martha was given a copy of Frannie's Favorite Recipes as well as some handmade knitting needles.

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