My father has a weakness for Black Forest Cake and this recipe is a winner. There's nothing better than serving up a dessert when you get to see someone's eyes light up in anticipation of tasting it. This Black Forest Cake recipe isn't super difficult. Take your time and you'll hit it out of the park with this baby. Take a look at it...it's impressive right? The three layers with the visible frosting and the chocolate drips just SCREAM delicious to me. Listen, I'm not a professional baker ...
Starting 2019 Cracked Not Broken
Ok we are officially in the beginning of a New Year and for so many of us this is a chance to begin anew. This is the time for resolutions, for altering our attitudes and trying the hard things we have tried to avoid. To me this is a natural progression. I'm a creature who loves fresh things. There's simply nothing better than having freshly shaved legs and sliding into freshly laundered sheets am I right? You know I am! So I am one kind of person...and there are other kinds but the polar ...
That Time When I Decided to Stop Smoking
Friends I've not been totally honest with you. Sure, I've been open about my alcoholism and all of the crap I share on here but I didn't tell you that I was a heavy smoker for over 27 years. I do nothing in half-measures....I was a chimney and working for myself meant that I could grab a quick puff whenever I wanted without boundaries. If someone told me I'd stop smoking when I did...I wouldn't have believed them. In my heart of course I knew this was "bad" for my health and knew one day I ...
Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun Review
Today I'm going to tell you all about an all-inclusive resort that knocked my socks off. We are a family that travels frequently and I hate to say it but when I travel these days I don't expect to be wowed. My recent trip to Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun plain old knocked my socks off in a very good way! We planned this trip in order to meet my friend Tammi from My Organized Chaos and her 3 daughters. We live in Ontario and she's WAY over in Alberta and over the years we have made a ...
Golf at Hockley Valley Resort
When I was approaching my sixteenth birthday I imagined all sorts of gifts that my parents might choose for my "sweet sixteen" gift. Keep in mind we lived in a small town in a small semi-detached home so I tried to be realistic with my dreams. Rather than dreaming of the brand new jeep of my dreams, my mind settled on a used "winter-beater" car that would allow me the freedom every teenager desires. On the day of my birthday in the dead of winter, the snow was thick on the ground. My parents ...