December 2008

Recipe: Dipped Oreos

by Andi on December 18, 2008

in food, projects

Monday at the first-floor staff holiday lunch, Dazzlin_Dawn bought in chocolate covered Oreos with crushed Andes mints on top – so delicious! She prefers Ghirardelli dipping chocolate, but you can melt semi-sweet morsels and create your own dipping chocolate (if you’re dipping fruit, it says use 1 tablespoon of shortening per 2 cups of morsels, [...]

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The Christmas Sweater

by Andi on December 17, 2008

in Cincinnati, life

Mom’s Christmas Sweater – Day 15, originally uploaded by udandi. This is my third year wearing my mom’s hand-me-down Christmas sweater. It was one of my favorites she wore when I was child for the same same reasons I find it so, um, eye-catching today. My coworker said it is best taken in from a [...]

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Recipe: cookies & cream fudge

by Andi on December 11, 2008

in food

cookies & cream fudge – day 10, originally uploaded by udandi. This is actually supposed to be white chocolate cookies ‘n’ cream fudge, but I read the recipe wrong and only bought one 12 oz bag of white chocolate morsels so I added semi-sweet. If you are not the type to do so, have all [...]

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Cincinnati Women Bloggers Holiday Social

by Andi on December 8, 2008

in Cincinnati

Cincinnati Women Bloggers Holiday Social, originally uploaded by udandi. Next Monday night instead of sacking out on the couch for How I Met Your Mother, I will be at Pachinkos in Mainstrasse Village for the Cincinnati Women Bloggers inaugural Holiday Social! If you live in the Northern Kentucky or Cincinnati area and want to expand [...]

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Photo Advent Calendar

by Andi on December 7, 2008

in projects

Throughout this year I have been trying to take more photos and to use my camera for more interesting projects, which is new for me and old hat for others. This season, I am creating a photo advent calendar, posting it to Flickr and sharing the link on Twitter. Each day, I post a photo [...]

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Crafting Librarians if you want an easy program, try mini books & albums! We did one the other night and had a good turnout, including boys, for a December program. They stayed busy for a solid hour and we had to stop them to clean up and look for their rides. I created two examples, [...]

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