The Wigglebutt Blog

I had to drive to Anchorage today for a "parts run" and office supplies and since I had quite a few Office Max rewards points built up I thought I would treat myself to a new camera. I wanted something itty bitty that I could carry around in my small-ish purse so that I would have it handy for the occasional 'awesome sunset' or 'beautiful mountain view' that I get rewarded with on my way to or from work because I have learned that I am apparently incompetent when it comes to taking pics with my phone. Which is not a smart phone, by the way, because smart phones are apparently smarter than me and I get annoyed. Sooo, anyhoo, I found the cutest itty bitty Nikon Coolpix s6100 and I love it. So far I seem to be winning in the smart department AND it fits in my purse☺ And since the battery had some juice I took a few pics...  Snow-zilla This is the pile of snow in the lot of the building next to the shop. They have already had snow hau...

I have a really GOOD feeling about 2012. Yep. A really good feeling☺

Russian Tea Cakes / Italian Wedding Cookies I tried making these last weekend for the first time. They are easy. They are awesome. They are kind of like potato chips, one is not enough. Last week I made a bunch of awesome holiday earrings. And took some really crappy pictures of them;~) I also bought myself a Birthday present. I love this earring holder! Love ~ Love~ Love! You can get one here . Baklava Yesterday I made this for the first time. It is baklava. I got the recipe here and it is awesome! It was very simple but a little monotonous. Snickerdoodles And today I made these. I have to say that photographing jewelry is difficult, but photographing food is an art and boy, do I need some practice☺

because the Nascar season ended and the Golf tournament doesn't really get exciting until the Final Round and because I have a boat load of things I needed (and still need to) do this weekend including laundry, paying bills, bottling homemade Kalua (recipe to follow) changing the sheets, baking pumpkin bread, finishing and listing some earrings reconciling the checkbook and hopefully starting some little penguins . and because Honey loves me..... he volunteered to take the kids on their afternoon walk, which is usually my job. Thanks Honey! You need to make this. You will not regret it☺ Homemade Kalua Ingredients:  3 cups sugar 3 cups water 3 Tbls instant coffee 2 Tbls vanilla paste * 4 cups vodka Mix sugar, coffee and water together and simmer for 1 hour. Do Not Boil. After an hour turn heat off and let cool. Once cooled, add vanilla and vodka and bottle it up. ~Make sure that you mix well before you...

I haven't listed very many new things to Etsy in a while  and I forgot how much work it really takes☺ Today and yesterday I listed some of these....  SOLD  Some of these.... And.... some of these...... I have a ton of other things I need to get listed but I just can't stand the thought of sitting in front of the computer another minute LOL! I think I will grab a snack and wander over to my clay table☺ Oh... and Happy Anniversary Honey! 18 years and counting♥

When you finish a project do you immediately clean up and put all of the left over bits away? Or are you like me and totally lose interest as soon as the project is complete? I'm embarrassed to say that this is still sitting...patiently waiting  to be put away.... since Sept. 12....when I finished by bead soup project;~( Obviously I see no reason to rush into anything.