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Here is my sister Ang on Halloween - her rendition of Napolean Dynamite…

Here is my Nani, playing Happy Birthday on her favorite instrument….the comb. Oh, the holidays, how I love them!

And last but not least…our Munchkin Kitty after her first visit to the vet. After heavy sedation for blood tests, she was a little loopy at home. (note the clicking noise in the background…I don’t know what the heck that is.)

Tomorrow is Easter, and my family is known for putting out spreads of food, both entree and dessert. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized…a lot of the desserts are not kid-friendly. Munchkins don’t really like mince-meat pies, or anything that’s minced for that matter. The primary goal of this dessert that I made this year was: Fun for Children!
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Ingredients:

• 1 cake mix. (I prefer white cake for cupcakes, but if chocolate is your fancy there’s nothing stopping you).
• 1 container white cake frosting (not whipped).
• Green food coloring.
• Jellybeans of your choice (I used the “Starburst” jellybeans. All flavors are fruity and delicious).
• 1 package of “Sour Punch Straws”. (Twizzlers or licorice would suit well, but sour straws are more fun.

Step-by-Step:

• Make your cake mix, and pour in to Cupcake tins. Bake as directed. Put your cupcakes on a wire rack to cool (they will keep their shape better if placed on a non-solid surface).
• While the cupcakes cool, take your frosting and put in a bowl. Add about 10 drops of Green food coloring and mix until evenly colored. The desired color is “Spring Green.”
• To get a nice texture on the top of my cupcakes, I used a DIY piping method. I scooped the frosting in to a small ziplock sandwich baggie, and snipped a tiny corner of the baggie off. Now you have a do-it-yourself frosting spreader.
• You can use a variety of piping methods. I varied, partly because I’m inexperienced with frosting decorating, and partly because I wanted to see how different ways of piping would look. Small droplets (like a mini-hershey kiss) seem to be the most attractive, but difficult to achieve everytime.

Decorating

• After all of my cupcakes were frosted, I cut each Sour Straw in half. Each half was used as one “basket-handle” on the cupcake. If your cupcakes are moist and fresh, each end of the straw will slip in easily to the cupcake. Place all handles on your cupcake.
• After handles are placed on, simply put a little bundle of jellybeans in the center of each “basket”.
• I suppose these last two steps could be reversed, but I did them this way to make sure I had plenty of room between each end of the handle to fit my eggs, since my straws were pre-cut.

Voila! Pretty little Easter Basket cupcakes. The kids will love them! (Parents on the other hand may not love them. Lots of sugar - but lots of fun!)

A poem…
March went out like a lion, a-whipping up the water in the bay.
April cries and soon steps aside, and along comes pretty little May!

Okay, so you think I’m going to start writing about how for the past 2 weeks I’ve been drinking Astragalus Root tea, taking vitamins, and getting in touch with my non-mechanical side?? Well I just did. So here we go…

Words spoken to me recently, that I just can’t get out of my head!

“I am NOT putting my knee on that ground! My knee has no cartiledge.”

“This is just TERRIBLE. You know, I’ve been on Broadway…”

Sassy retort from unnamed person in background…“Yea, Broadway in Everett…”

To a 2 year old boy in his carseat, referring to me who was trying to squeeze my ass past his monster truck blocking the exit to the gas station….“Some people are just plain stupid, buddy!”

But in all honesty, the reason I haven’t been blogging for two weeks is because I have been busy in Michigan, living my double-life. Not as Cbear, but as the real me…Official Christina. As you can see, I incorporate my many East Coast talents in to this life as well. However, whenever I decide to go to Michigan and live out this part of my life, I have to be sure to wear my dual-colored mod wig.

I’m always grateful to get back to the East Coast after a journey like this. Here I can converse with my good friends at Carousel, even when they are telling me about the lack of cartiledge in the knee, or claiming that I “kicked Sophie out of the dance”. Never would I!

It’s been 5 days since I watched any night-time episodes of Roseanne. Well make that 4.5…On Wednesday afternoon, I did manage to catch a few minutes of the Weekday 2pm showing of Roseanne on local channel 14, UPN-38 for standard cable. But Nick at Nite has replaced the sporadic late night viewings of Roseanne with a spattering of Mad About You episodes. Personally, I’m not too crazy about that show, and I miss big Roseanne and Dan taking over the tube at night. So, last night I had this great dream.

I was in some kind of studio apartment, and was giving two men haircuts - they were sitting on the couch. They were worried that I’d make them look to feminine, and were complaining…and in walks Roseanne herself and gives it to ‘em good. I loved it. Later on, I was fixing to make some cookies but I found a bag of those Girl Scout Macaroon-style dumplings and ate some of those. This older man had come in to the apartment with two ladies, and was getting ready to set up shop - sleeping bags and all - in one of the extra rooms. I said, “um, you do know that this is our apartment, right???” He responded, “well yea but I’d love to show the ladies around here instead!” Roseanne was standing next to me, and we walked out offering to “bring them some cookies” so they’d feel right at home. And for some reason, we were laughing hysterically. ..

Just call it Roseanne withdrawal. In a way, it’s probably good for me…