Neil Patrick Harris and Demon Poodles

Did I mention that Rissa doodles?  Graphic novelist in the making?  Demon Poodle and her sidekick Bloody Bedlington Terrier? *** This week we made pumpkin pie muffins/cupcakes for the bridal shower.  We covered them in cream cheese icing. http://www.thecookbookcritic.com/archives/2005/10/pumpkin_muffins.html Ours looked pretty much as good as these ones.  “Cream cheese icing is my GOD.  I…

And that loud crash from the basement was…

My sewing box.  A big-ass toolbox containing every kind of sewing notion a gal could want. Look!!  Extra storage in the roll-back top compartments – perfect for thread. www.jandofabrics.com should totally pay me for this ad!  Also, underneath all the crap in the bottom – there is a corset waiting to be re-boned.  Sounds dirty…

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Exactly how rich ARE you???

On Lakeshore Drive there is a house.  Situated on the south side of the street, its back yard opens to  Lake Ontario.  I pass it every time I go for my extended walk.  The new owners seem determined to transform this 1980s homogenized architecture into… something… more.  I’ve been watching its transformation for months. In…