Useful item for your car, cheesecake

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Peeps, the cheesecake is even better the second day. Next time I make it, I'm going to make it a day in advance. Oh my lord. Fortunately, a friend suggested taking some off my hands, and I am all too thrilled to pawn some off on her. Whew!  As you might recall, the last time I crafted this delicacy, I ate 75% myself in 2-3 days. Yikes. Do you carry a roll of packaging tape in your car? I don't know why I started doing so, but I cannot tell you how often I've needed and been thrilled to have it. Food for thought.

Off to fold clothes. I love cleaning/organizing Sundays. They're a nice way to head into a week. I just mounted all the new student photos for hanging tomorrow- what darling children! I really do love kids; I just want to run away from my own on occasion. And I just dust-bustered every dust bunny I saw which was a not insignificant number. How do they accumulate so quickly? I mean, Oliver is pretty obsessed with the vacuum cleaner, to the point where it's really getting tattered and worn. I think we'll need to replace it soon. But back to the point- where in the sam do all these dust-bunnies come from???

One pie in the oven, grilled tofu, tea parties

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Y'all, I felt like Frances (the badger from the childrens' stories; if you are not familiar with these books, they are just terrific; I loved them as a child and I love them even more as a parent) this morning. My girlfriends came over for a tea party, and we used my tea set which is "real china with flowers in blue" (and red and yellow), just like Frances pines for and ultimately gets in A Bargain for Frances. What a delightful thing to do on a grim day. One pie is in the oven, and while it bakes, I'm eating a quick lunch of lemon carrots, burnt eggplant and grilled tofu. I love grilled tofu. I like char in general although I know it's carcinogenic and you shouldn't have too much. But I still like it and just don't eat much. Anyway, yum, yum. I found a miniature fleur-de-lis cookie cutter so I'm going to accent each pie with a fleur shaped piece of crust. Will take some photos as they come out for cooling. Send me stamina vibes today!