Another year has passed and the family helped me recognize it with food. Traditional cake just doesn’t do it for me so they got creative.  Mom showed up with 7 different slices of chocolaty delicious cheesecakes, chocolate creams, key lime and strawberries. Choices!

This was the claiming process. Tilda was making her choice too.

Dad and Ev made me a “cake” of my favorite cookies…Peanut Blossoms. 48 cookies on a huge pie platter with a bow. I meant to take a photo but it didn’t stay in completed form long enough. These are my weakness. Here’s the recipe.

The gals from work went with homemade cupcakes featuring a Twilight theme. I really wish I had a picture! They were too cute. I also received a gathering of Twi-smut mags, just so I could catch up on my Twi reading before New Moon came out. Hehe. They think they are funny.

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I am loving these artist/studio loft spaces located just on the edge of Boston. I had to go check them out over the weekend just to see those amazing windows. I want one!

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