Happy April!

Happy First Day of April!

To celebrate, I have two new listings in my shops.

In my AntB Shop, I have this listing:

Solar and Wind Powered CLOTHES DRYING MACHINE Steampunk

This is a solar and wind powered clothes drying machine. It is very easy to assemble, and can be used in or outdoors. Not only is it useful, but it also is a fashion statement for your home!

Be the envy of your neighbors and family, and save the environment at the same time!
Instructions for assembly and use will

be included

And, In my SecondChanceCeramics shop, I have this listing:

TRAVEL MUG Steampunk

This travel mug is made of clear, sparkling glass, and shiny metal lids. One lid is a travel mug lid, and one is a lid to seal up your drink so you can tuck it in your lunch bag. Simply remove the top ring and the lids are easily interchangeable. Dishwasher safe.

Hobo Chic Coffee Cozy sold separately.

Please check out my listings!

and I also have a coupon code for this month:

It is THANKYOU10

to receive 10% off any item this month in either shop!

Thanks for reading my blog!

Happy April Fool's Day!

Happy April Fool's Day!

Today was April Fool's Day, and I made dinner.

The theme was PASTA!

We started off the meal with some nice spaghetti with marinara sauce. The vegetable was squash. For desert was a cake.

But really, the courses were reversed, the spaghetti was frosting looped over angel food cake with pureed frozen strawberries for marinara. I added a couple of chocolate chips and some green fruit leather when I blended the 'sauce' to look like spices.

The cake was a pasta dish (cooked elbow pasta with real marinara, cannelloni beans, bacon and farmer cheese) baked in a large cake tin, then covered with ricotta cheese. I decorated the top with a drizzle of marinara, and piped on some sour cream and sprinkled it with grated cheese and bacon bits.

Because last year's dinner was sooo very overly sweet, this year I really did make spaghetti squash baked in veggie broth as a side dish. I like the idea that it matched the pasta theme, and it looked great, all spaghetti-like, but still a veggie. Mother Nature's Faux Food.

April Fool's Day, 2010

This is my first post in about a year.

I have decided to post some happy stuff, after all that has happened this last year. If you know me you will agree it seems fitting to come back for April Fool's Day.

This year I made sushi rolls and pillows, sashimi with seaweed salad, all garnished with wasabi and ginger. It was served with jasmine tea and chopsticks.

Of course, being April Fool's Day, it wasn't really real. The sushi rolls started life as twinkies, fruit rollups, coconut, dried fruit and candy.

The sushi pillows were donut holes with Swedish

Fish and fruit roll ups.

The sashimi was seedless watermelon. Tea was apricot jello. The seaweed salad was fruit rollups cut into strips.

With pistachio pudding wasabi and dried apricots for ginger, the effect was pretty good, in a fun, cartoon sort of way!

Of all the April Fool's Dinners we've had, this one is by far the sugary-est!

Tasha found the idea for the sushi on the internet, and I found lots of help with the details at the hostess website www.HostessCakes.com and at familyfun.go.com/april-fools-day/.

Though my kids are now grown or almost so, it was just a lot of fun creating this meal. I got lots of help and the kids had fun sharing with their friends too.

Oh, and this year I got to share April Fool's day with yet another generation, my granddaughter Melody, who just happens to be the cutest thing on the planet.