by niccolapiccola | Dec 12, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a text that said call me cause your scooter has been hit and it won’t start up and I’m very sorry! What a bummer, as you Californian’s would say, but at least it’s just a scooter and...
by niccolapiccola | Dec 11, 2013 | Christmastime, crafts, food, Quick dinner ideas
It’s the eleventh day of Christmas and I have bought not one present yet. That’s because I’m making all my gifts again this year silly! The feeling in my family is that we are all so blessed and basically have everything...
by niccolapiccola | Dec 10, 2013 | Eating Italian, Everything Italian, food, soups
Even here in sunny California, it’s winter! So much so that my windows had frost on them yesterday and a few of my potato plants actually froze and I lost them because I forgot to cover them up. Rookie mistake. Darn that cold! Andy and I took a ride through the...
by niccolapiccola | Dec 5, 2013 | crafts, Eating Italian, food, Quick dinner ideas
I absolutely LOVE the month of December! Think Advent calendars, sending Christmas cards, crafting, Christmas caroling, making cookies, eating said cookies and playing holiday games like White Elephant/Bastard Christmas and Elf on the Shelf, better known in my...
by niccolapiccola | Dec 4, 2013 | Desserts and Yum Yums, salads
Have you never heard of Dirt Cake before? It’s basically a mud pie of vanilla and chocolate pudding, butter, powdered sugar, cream cheese, whipped cream, gummy worms and smashed up Oreo’s, that create a “dirt”looking effect. It’s...
