Hearts!

Love day is coming and so are the hearts!!!
Heart cookies are beautiful and don't need a lot of decoration to get their point across.


Sometimes they're a bit bossy....

'Be Mine Valentine Cookies'

....some are very chatty and talk all night...

'Conversation Hearts'

...while others are quietly cute.

'The Heart of the Matter'

These like to go 'au natural'...

'Jack's I Love You Cookies'

Some hearts belong to someone right from the start.

'Valentines for My Rock Star'

Unfortunately....some have a hole where they're not supposed to 

and are leaking all over the place.

...and that would be mine.

Yup, I have a leaky heart.

I didn't always have one 

(or if I did, it was so tiny that my doctors couldn't quite hear it)

but I do now, and boy....is it ever a doozy.

So that's where I've been for the past month or so.

I've had lots and lots of pictures taken of my insides.

Tests and measurements galore!

But these doctors aren't quite done yet.

My little leaky heart needs a fix 

(technically a mitral valve repair)

that is going to move me out of the kitchen for awhile.

I've got a couple weeks until it gets fixed.

But before and after, I'll be at home with my feet up,

 watching every single show Bravo has to offer 

and getting all caught up on my reading and photo editing!

Hopefully, I'll be spending some time here sharing lots of pictures with you all.

But, since I've never been through this before, I'm not sure how I'll be feeling.

So if I go missing for a bit again, now you'll know where I'll be!

Good thoughts, prayers and well wishes are always welcome!!!

Much love to you all!

Giveaway time! Valentine's Day Cookies!

It's almost Love Day!
Yay!
To celebrate Love Day I thought I'd do something for all of YOU!!!
Because I love all my readers!!!
Thanks for always stopping by, leaving comments and brightening my day!
So.....
I'm giving away 2 dozen cookies for Valentine's Day!!!

But here's the catch...
you need to share the love if you win the giveaway!
The winner will get one dozen cookies to keep...

And another dozen to give away to someone who brightens their day!
Woo-Hoo!
Here's the Rafflecopter...
I tried to think of as many ways to enter as I could!!!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

How To Embarrass Your Tweenage Son...a remix.

It's been one of those days today.

Printer won't work.

Heavy things fall on toes.

Ran out of tissues...again.

Grumpiness everywhere.

I need a giggle.

Today that giggle is going to come at the expense of my son.

(sorry buddy)

Here's a little remix, hope it lightens your day!

So, I decorated these cookies late one night. 

Not a whole collection, 

just a couple.

I was doing some corsets for a bachelorette party and wanted to try something different.

I left them out to dry on the kitchen table, and went to bed.

The next morning was a school day.

I always try to send Ethan downstairs first, before his little brother, 

so that he can get his books and lunch together 

without a tornado spinning around his ankles.

Needless to say, I completely forgot about the half-dressed cookies

I left on the kitchen table....

...where he makes his lunch as soon as he gets downstairs....

AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

MOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!

What The Heck!!!!

Not only was his eleven-year-old self completely mortified...

I'm reasonably sure he's convinced his mother is a freak. 

The Key to My Stubborn Heart!

Some ideas start out great,

 and then they just veer off somewhere...

I've always loved the idea of a cookie with a cut-out in it.

So a key and a keyhole sounds perfect doesn't it?

When it came time to cut the hole, I spotted a little tin full of aspic cutters

that I hadn't used before.

I thought, "Great!!

I can use these cutters and that will prove that I had a purpose for buying them!!!"

(That's rational...right?)

The cutter closest to a keyhole shape was a little 'club' shape.

Y'know, the little shape from a deck of cards.

Does that have a real name?

Well, in my excitement, I cut the shape, saw what it looked like,

and froze.

That is so NOT a keyhole.

That is clearly the thing from the deck of cards.

Again, being highly stubborn hopeful, I thought,

"I bet it will absolutely look like a keyhole after they bake!

These will be great!"

(didn't work...)

I went on to work on the keys, which I had a actual cutter for.

So here they are.

The 'Key to My Heart' and the heart it unlocks...

(just don't try to make it fit...thanks)

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B

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Conversation Hearts!

It's nice to know some things never change.

It wouldn't be Valentine's Day without these little hearts.

I read somewhere that the flavors changed a few years ago,

but I can't tell the difference...

Actually, I don't remember eating them at all.

I do remember holdng the little boxes and asking a question, 

then shaking out a heart to read the answer...

A magic 8 ball would have been much more accurate, I'm sure.

We made little stories out of the hearts if more than one came out...

"I will be your true love forever, I love you!"

(I knew he liked me!!!)

"If you ask me for a hug and kiss I will say yes!"

(here he comes!  Run!)

"I will smile for you if you'll be all mine!"

(eh...no thanks)

"I'm crazy for you!  Be mine and I'll give you a hug!"

(hmmmm)

"It's just you and me cutie pie, give me a kiss!"

(oh no, this is getting serious)

"Hey sweet pea, this is real love *wink-wink*"

(what the heck is a 'wink-wink'?  Lets just eat that one and make it go away..)

Valentine's Day is coming...

Have you bought your hearts yet?

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B