The House Of Y

This was my birthday cake.  I'm very pleased with how it turned out.  I got the buttercream flower tutorial from Jenny at SpoonForkBacon .  Gotta give credit where it's due. I used this ...

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Pie Preparation Fall is back and I came up with a new version of my mom's classic apple pie and decided to share it.  Also, just to comment on my lame photography skills...I work so the onl...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2015/10/old-fashioned-apple-pie.html

I make a lot of cookies.  Probably less than some blogger types but considerably more than the average person who never makes cookies or does it on special occasions only.  I make at least...

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Like most people, I have lots of things that I'd like to be better at this year than last.  2014 was not a kind year to our family so I'm hoping that things will be a little smoother this year. ...

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I grew up in a suburb of New York City.  It was a lovely place to live.  Just a train ride into the city for all the culture you could ever want but very suburban when you went back home.�...

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I'll let you in on a secret.  I don't really like donuts.  I know.  I'm apparently crazy.  Someone on my unit owns a Dunkin Donuts and will occasionally leave donuts right outside of my offi...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2014/11/baked-chocolate-cake-donuts.html

  We have a  lovely wrap around porch on our house.  We had the floor replaced about 6 years ago and it's in desperate need of a coat of polyurethane.  Over the years we've had lots of dif...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2014/10/porch-project.html

I'm fairly sure I'll never be a real blogger.  I can't seem to plan that far ahead.  I don't want to have Halloween in September or Thanksgiving in October.  I don't want pumpkin desserts and ...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-non-blogger.html

We spent last weekend in Ocean City, NJ.  Thursday was our 20th anniversary so we did what anyone would do and took the kids with us to the beach.  We usually go by ourselves but it just wasn't...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-quick-weekend-getaway.html

I've been getting up in the wee hours lately and this is what I had the pleasure of viewing bright and early the other morning: At least this is pretty.  The bathroom I took it from is still ...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/07/at-least-view-is-pretty.html

Sid has been scratching floors, barking at things that aren't a threat and staring off into space in a disconcerting manner.  He's insane and not in a good way.  In the beginning of February Si...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/06/whats-sid-been-doing.html

We were driving back from Margate yesterday and hit a really big storm on the AC expressway.  By the time we got to Philly, this is what we saw.  It's taken from the car window as we were cross...

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The very best thing about taking up a more serious running habit has been the friends I have made along the way.  Mary, Jen and I have been running together for almost 2 years because Mary w...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-running-friends.html

Remember the Hostess SnoBalls of your youth?  I used to love those things so when I saw the recipe for Pinkies Chocolate Lunch Box Treats in The Back In The Day Cookbook I knew I had to try the...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/04/pinkies-chocolate-lunch-box-treats.html

When your dh teaches 4th grade, Dr. Seuss is a big deal.  In previous years he's done door decorating contests which I had lots of fun with.  This year they are doing stuff but nothing that...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/02/dr-seusss-birthday.html

I've been eyeballing this recipe on the Smitten Kitchen website for a week or more and I had to wait to get my dutch process cocoa from Amazon so I finally got a chance over the weekend ...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2013/02/chocolate-sable-cookies.html

My house and my brain are in perpetual states of "what if".  I always want to do something but I need to come up with cost efficient ways to do so. We've had tons of company lately.  Some of th...

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Overall, I'm extremely pleased with the kitchen, but as with most things, hindsight is 20/20 and there are a couple of things I would probably have done differently.  The biggest thing is that t...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/10/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html

I'm always anxious to get back to school but there's something sort of sad about it as well.  My oldest started high school yesterday.  I find it hard to believe that he's that old.  The other...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/09/back-to-school.html

I'm very, very, very belated in posting this but it's official.  The kitchen is done.  19 weeks and 3 days.  136 days or 3264 hours.  It was officially finished when the painter came for touc...

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Someday we'll be completely finished.  I can't believe it's taken so long but little details keep popping up and my contractor is a perfectionist so I'm very pleased even if there are people in ...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/06/still-almost-done.html

Nope.  Still not done.  It's really only tiny bits of things that need to be finished.  All of the cabinet doors were installed in the laundry area as well as the few that were missing in the ...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-it-over-yet.html

We're pretty much done.  It's officially 16 weeks gone tomorrow but I think by the end of the week, it'll be finished.  Maybe a tiny touch up here or there but besides that, all done.  I final...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/05/4-solid-months.html

Things are really winding down at this point.  There are only a few details left to deal with.  The really BIG problem I'm having is getting my cabinets done.  There are things that are just l...

http://thehouseofy.blogspot.com/2012/05/week-15-whats-happening-now.html

Not much.  I was expecting plumbing to be done today but it wasn't.  Here's some pics of what's going on.  We've gotten a lot of cabinet doors and pull outs and stuff but there is a lot more t...

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