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Spice Cake Cookies INGREDIENTS Box Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix 1 stick butter or margarine, softened 2 eggs Coarse sanding sugar INSTRUCTIONS 1.  Preheat oven to 350. 2.  In the bowl of a mixer, beat cake mix, butter or margarine, and eggs on medium until fully combined.  Drop by...

  Here at home, my sweet baby Jon David has been going through what I call “a phase”.   It’s called the “Even though I’ve only been on this earth for 7  years, four of which I was still having accidents in my pants, I now know everything...

  You guys are a tricky bunch, you know it?   Since posting the Nerf Cupcakes (which followed up the Tangled Cupcakes) I’ve gotten several more cupcake requests.  And seriously, you know I can’t say no.  I mean…. I guess I could but man, is it hard. ...

Hey guys!!   You might remember me telling you that I was spending a few days in New Orleans.  Well, what I DIDN’T tell you was that while I am gone, one of the World’s Awesomest Cookie Decorators is guest posting on my site.  And she made cookies about ME!! How...

  So, remember last week when I made Tangled cupcakes because a reader emailed me and promised me fruit snacks if I would?   Well.  She didn’t send me the fruit snacks, but that’s neither here nor there (in her defense, I didn’t give her my address...

Hey guys!!   I am sharing these fun, gross, and totally simple Brains In a Jar over on Living Locurto.  She’s even made free printable tags to go with!!   Click HERE for the post.   Hope to see you over there!!  (If you don’t click over, it will look...

  ***WE HAVE A WINNER!!!*** Congratulations, Emily!! You are the winner of a baking kit from McCormick.  Please contact me at cookbookqueenblog (at) hotmail (dot) com to claim your prize!!     When I was a kid, vampires didn’t look like Edward Cullen or Bill...

  Most of you know that I live with two boys.   Two boys who sweat, have beef jerky breath, and watch TV shows where people do pointless things like eat leaves and catch fish with their bare hands or tackle each other.   Dumb.   Anyways, it’s because of...

  So today is the day that I tell you one of my family secrets.   And seriously, this secret is either going to make you hate me, or connect with me on such a deep emotional level that you’ll come over and watch Zoolander with me and we can braid each others hair....

  Dear Halloween Costume Inventor of the Land:   You are in big fat trouble, sir.   Seriously.  You are disgusting.   Things have gotten to the point where I liken the “adult” section of the Halloween Costume Catalogs to the Sports Illustrated...

  One thing that a lot of people assume about bloggers is that we are all very computerey.   I assure you, this is not the case.   I am good at buying stuff on the internet.  I can out-Google 9 out of 10 people.  And those pictures that leaked of so-and-so or...

  As my son gets older, I am starting to realize that I’m outnumbered.   I live with two boys.   TWO BOYS.   And they are gross.   Also, they don’t get me.  At all.   I’m always all making sure we have snuggly throw pillows and...

Seven years ago today, you entered the world.   Life had not always been easy for me.  It was full of struggle, and heartache, and tough lessons.  But on this day, seven years ago…everything clicked. I understood who I was supposed to be.   And when I looked at...

For most of my childhood, A Witch was my costume of choice on Halloween.   Boring, I know.  But it was safe, hard to mess up, and there were no grand expectations.  I mean…it is a witch.  As long as you’ve got a pointy hat and black clothing, you’re set....