Top Twist

Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 31 Juli 2008

I started this with dry hair. I don't see why you couldn't do it with wet hair.Section off a square on the top of the head. I used her natural part as my guide. I then pulled out the spray bottle and sprayed the section [...]
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Butterfly Hair

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 30 Juli 2008

A new family is moving across the street from us. They came to our ward (congregation) on Sunday and her daughters had their hair done like this. They called it butterfly hair, because it looks like butterfly wings. Divide [...]
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Garlic Buns

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 27 Juli 2008

I just did a check on my blog archive.I am so surprised to know that it was 9 months ago since I last made bread buns! Ever since my younger boy developed this 'special liking' for square sandwich bread, I have been making [...]
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The Inuit: Lessons from the Arctic

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 26 Juli 2008

The Inuit (also called Eskimo) are a group of hunter-gatherer cultures who inhabit the arctic regions of Alaska, Canada and Greenland. They are a true testament to the toughness, adaptability and ingenuity of the human species. [...]
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Homemade Banana Chocolate Jam

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 22 Juli 2008

I never thought I would ever attempt to make my own jam. There is never a need since I could get ready-made ones easily and there has never been an occasion where I have abundance of fruits in my kitchen. I did tried to [...]
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Book Review: "The Human Diet: Its Origins and Evolution"

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 21 Juli 2008

I recently read this book after discovering it on another health site. It's a compilation of chapters written by several researchers in the fields of comparative biology, paleontology, archaeology and zoology. It's sometimes [...]
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Soft and a little more grownup.

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 20 Juli 2008

My girl is growing up. She is throwing her locks in with the likes of HSM and Hannah Montana. She wants the soft curls and the trends. Which is okay with me, so long as she lets me braid it once in a while.We started [...]
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BIRTHDAY CASTLE CAKE: PART 4...THIS BLOWS MY MIND! ALL DONE!

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 19 Juli 2008

ta-daa! i did it! i finished bebe's 5th birthday castle cake!now give me a glass of wine...this is a long post full of pics...here's a collage if you're pressed for time... remember these little flowers i made a few days [...]
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I'm back...and how about some criss cross braids.

Diposting oleh good reading on Jumat, 18 Juli 2008

Whoa, that was longer than I thought. I beg for forgiveness. We have had swimming lessons each day this week at noon and it just didn't make sense to do my girls hair twice a day, so instead they have resembled orphans. [...]
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BIRTHDAY CASTLE CAKE: PART 3...CHOCOLATE BUTTER CAKE

Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 17 Juli 2008

you may wonder: why is this cake missing the crust (the best part!)? well, read on and see..No cake mixes here, buddy!For Bebe's 5th Birthday Castle Cake, I soon realized that in order to make a 2-layer 6-inch cake and a [...]
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BIRTHDAY CASTLE CAKE: PART 2...ROYAL ICING IS A PAIN

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 16 Juli 2008

yes, these castle parts of the birthday cake are plastic. what were you expecting me to do? make everything out of cake? that would be mad mad mad! it's edible...just lick. here are the fondant flowers finished for now...with [...]
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