Last week Carol made these fantastic chocolate cookies.  The recipe called for sanding sugar, but we had only shimmering sugar on hand.     We ended up with chocolate disco cookies, but the taste was not compromised.  Here is the recipe.  Taken from Martha Stewart's cookies.  BTW–Carol is in heaven in her new kitchen.  I [...]

Yesterday my cabinets were primed, and the new tile was installed on the backsplash and all the way up to the ceiling.  (Thanks Sam for that idea.)  I used just basic subway tile that Home Depot stocks.     The cabinets are just primed, and there is no grout in the tile yet.  These are [...]