Making Pies today! Weee! I like to do this earlier than  the day before the big feed, but you know sometimes I just have to be thankful for being able to make them at all and smile smile smile!  Nathan informed me at a shopping trip a few weeks back that he doesn’t like pie. He is a cake man. Okay, its a blow, but I can handle it. At least we agree that Brownies are universal common ground.

Today’s Pies will be Mincemeat, Pumpkin, and Chocolate Cream. I will also be attempting a cake from scratch since the boys made all the cake mixes in the cupboards. They are quite industrious when it comes to procuring the sweet stuff and Mom is too broken to shop. I have a recipe for coke-cola cake I might try if I can dig it up, if not it will be a free-for-all and we might end up with brownies if I poop out and need a rest before the cake gets made.  Warning: Don’t expect frosting, I know! Life is better with frosting, but I suck at frosting.

Before we get into all that, though here is a Cats-Sitting-On-Sick-Girl photo montage. You’ve heard “build it and they will come”? Here its “Sit and they will sit on you.”

Tailor YouAwake?	Sinclair	AbsoluteJerk RemoteCommander
AJ	Tailor	Tailor&Hank
Hank	CherryPieBeagleAsCat	Sinclair

Time for Pie and Cake

Consulting the Swammy of Cake ( Nathan) for a flavor brought us to Spice Cake with Cream Cheese frosting. He was sure there was a tub of store bought frosting somewhere and he was right. WHOOHOO!

Spice Cake

Christmas Shine Photoshop Styles

Glam up for The Holidays with 30  Christmas Shine Styles. I dig the glossy look, but wanted some depth to the colors. I finally found the right combination of color and shine for a slight polished marble look that is making me WANT to do back flips, hope  the same for you. Same Palette as Christmas Stars so they will work together nicely.

30 Seamless Styles, 300ppi. The tiniest hint of a dropshadow sets your wordart, elements and doodle fills perfectly. Inner shadow lightly rounds out the colors with a soft framed edge. Subtle mottling gives you more than gloss over flat color, enjoy an nice depth and variety in each shade and highlight. Check out the close up below. Adjustable.

Happy Thanksgiving Tomorrow, grub hounds! Stay safe in your travels!

Jodiann