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44 today. And lucky me, I get to have a quick lit

44 today.
And lucky me, I get to have a quick little 4 day trip to Arizona with Reg.
Thank you for all the texts and birthday messages. It has been more than the usual “mom birthday” this year. ❤️

I was doing a project where I wanted to bring the

I was doing a project where I wanted to bring the kids a simple treat. So I made cookies this morning. And filled up these cute little disposable jars with milk.

The bottles are from @amazon and the little bags are from @cdnwholesalefoods

The bottles came in a giant pack, so now I love using them for all the things. 🤣🤣

If I ever get to host a baby shower, I’d love to do cookies and milk. With different kinds of cookies and milk. All ones up. It’s be so cute! (The random things I think of 🤣🤣)

Simple but pretty darn cute. So me that this makes me happy. 🤣 even if no one else notices, it makes me happy. 🙌

#ilovebaking #rhondasbaking

Chocolate and caramel babka. I went a little baki

Chocolate and caramel babka.
I went a little baking crazy this morning for the local library bake sale. (Typical me🤣)

I am on the friends of the library board. I love serving on town committees. I’m on a few 😉

I think it makes the community a better place when we donate our time and talents in whatever ways we can.

For me, this is fun. For someone else it sounds terrible! But there are other ways to help. No matter where you live, you can help make the community better by getting involved. Do it your way, whatever that looks like.

And if you’re local you can go to the library and buy some treats and used books. Someone needs to do that part. 😉

#bakingforgood #rhondasbaking

I’ve made bagels probably 40 plus times. And do

I’ve made bagels probably 40 plus times. And do I get them right every time? Bahahahahah um no.

It’s a process of trying again and again with all this baking and cooking stuff. Trying again and again.

Some days it seems things work out easier and other days nothing seems to go right.

But in the repetition there are small steps of improvement.

Simple, Deliberate decisions in the moment. Sometimes it’s frustrating when you can’t see the improvements because they feel small. But when we look back on where we used to be, we can see there was growth and skill improvement and development. Another way we see our improvement is when we put them to a test. Make it for a bake sale, make dinner for a friend, fill your freezer with a bunch of food things. A test lets you truly see where your skills are at.

I don’t think much of life we take leaps and bounds in growth. I think instead it’s small and steady.

And I’m obviously not just talking about kitchen skills. 😉

#kitchenwisdom #rhondasbaking #sourdough #sharegoodness

Back at recipe testing. I’m feeling inspired aga

Back at recipe testing. I’m feeling inspired again about food. And I love it.

I don’t know about you, but my creativity goes through waves. It’ll flow really heavily and I almost can’t keep up with all my ideas. It almost inundated with different ideas I write on small scraps of paper.

But my creativity flows between food, painting, writing, photography, memory keeping and other pursuits. I’m high school I was totally into writing music. Even though I knew nothing about it. It was just what was flowing for a few weeks and then I moved on. Usually my creativity sticks between my greatest loves: food, photography, writing and art.

I try to never feel frustrated when the creative juices are flowing a certain. Instead, just enjoy in whatever it is pushing me towards. And just try. Even if it’s not something I have a lot of experience at. It’s how I have discovered new skills. In the process of following the creative waves that come to me.

I’m sure that’s not how it works for everyone but that’s how it works for me. Over the years I’ve learned to ride and enjoy those waves and act on them when I’m feeling them.

So lately, it’s recipes and food ideas. I’ll ride it and write it all down.

Do you feel the creative waves?
Or how does it work in your life?

#rhondasbaking #becreative