I am THRIVING..... Again

Guess what I had for breakfast this morning?

You guessed it, Raspberry Cake Bars!

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And guess what I had for my after school snack yesterday?

And for dessert?
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Yes I did.




Delicious!


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Warm, out of the oven, they almost had a cheesecake way about them.
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The raspberries are the perfect amount of tart. The cake is moist.

My kids came back with "it was good" and "I ate it so fast, it must have been good" and one even said "It was exotic"- wanna guess which youngin' used the word exotic?
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But I'll tell ya what- I am now determined to get a 15 x 10 x 1 pan. Because I am a big huge believer in a) trying a recipe exactly as it is written the first time and b) ratio's. And certainly, I threw off the cake- to- raspberry- to- crumb- topping ratio not having the right pan. It might be a whole new dessert if I do it right, as in, in the right pan, next time.
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Tomorrow I will share with you all about Naomi defending her title as school.
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But before I move on, let me share with you a little something.
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When I lived out west, the houses were built around great food storage spaces. In Georgia, houses are built around swamps and ant hills with not a thought of food storage.
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So when we bought the house we are in now, I needed a quick solution and Gary threw together some shelving in our laundry room (that would go so nicely with a chandelier, don't you think?). As you can see though, it's not deep enough and Gary won't let me hire a grocery stocker to rotate and stock my shelves.
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Have you seen the shelves here?

Dreamy.....

Although, I would miss our growth chart that our shelf doubles as-

(and the kids comments to each other about their height... we taught them better. )

Dear Shelf Reliance,

Can you add a growth chart to your shelves?

Much Obliged,

Lo W.