Mother's Day might be kind of bittersweet this year. My mother and I have been distant for a few months and where I've been trying to bring our relationship back to life, she's not even meeting me a 1/4 of the way. I'm dealing with it but sometimes I wonder what's going on inside that woman's brain.
Of course I'm going to use this holiday as an excuse to try out new recipes and hopefully wow my family all over again, like with the Carrot Cupcakes. On today's list of baking plans, I will be making a Julia Childs recipe for Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Butter Icing, Mama's Divinity Recipe from Paula Dean's website and Hummingbird Cake from JoyofBaking.com. I'm pretty excited and nervous to get started. I don't really know what to make first.. Well first I have to get my Dad home so we can go to the grocery store to get a few things I know we don't have.. like white corn syrup and unsalted butter and crushed pineapple and almonds and CHOCOLATE! :)
I know I can go shopping by myself but I know we need a lot more for just us so he needs to come pay for all that. ;) I've got my many lists ready to go just need daddy'd wallet. lol.
I went to visit my mother Wednesday and stopped to get McDonald's on the way cause she wasn't picking up and I knew she'd be mad when I got done banging on the front door. Well I was right but we had a good visit after I opened the curtains and turned some lights on. It was like a tomb in there. lol. I got a stain glass window hanging to go in my kitchen window and the 1989 edition of Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book from her. Seemed perfect. A cookbook from the year I was born just sitting at my moms, collecting dust. She says it's on loan but more than likely I'm going to just keep it and try to make as much as I can from it before I start the program at my college. It's a great learning book. It has tools for measuring and how long to cook things, and conversions all throughout it. If I don't use the recipe for Paula's divinity, I might use the one in this cookbook cause that's where I got the idea in the first place. Oh and I got a candy thermometer from her to use so I know I'll be making my Grandma's favorite candy for her for Mother's Day. :)
I guess I can clean up the kitchen some in the mean time. My Dad called me back a little bit ago and said he was getting close to heading home. I will post pictures as soon as there's something to take pictures of. :)
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday! I've had my stereo turned up playing feel good music for the past hour so I'm feeling pretty wonderful right now. :)
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