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I'm finally on the last step to this Lego blanket. It's been a monster of a project!

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Torching some creme brulee!

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Yesterday's challenge: a hello kitty ice cream cake made with a layer of brownie and a layer of homemade vanilla bean ice cream! I was working with a limited amount of icing so it doesn't look perfect but it tasted good! Recipe for the ice cream is here: https://www.seededatthetable.com/2011/08/12/vanilla-bean-ice-cream-french-style/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+PenniesOnAPlatter+(Pennies+on+a+Platter)

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Crafting and hobbying post coming soon. For now enjoy this picture of this happy dog.

Now that the craziness of the holidays is over (my work schedule is a total mess during holidays) I can get back to trying out this blogging thing. Murphy had a good Christmas. He got a new bed, a squeaky toy, and a box full of yummy biscuits.

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Not pictured: 92 other crocheted Lego squares. Just 16 more to go then I can finishing piecing this blanket together!

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This was the cake I made for thanksgiving this year (sharing it a little late). Carrot cake iced in cream cheese buttercream decorated with mums.

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I adopted this very sweet boy almost 8 years ago and he has absolutely changed my life. I can't imagine life without him. He was just a 3 month old frightened puppy when I first brought him home. Now he is 70 pound dog full of love and affection. Murphy is an amazing dog who charms anyone he comes across.

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My first attempt at amiguruni from a couple years ago. Zombie dolls! I used this pattern for regular dolls as well.

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I just recently finished Offspring by Jack Ketchum, the second installment of the Dead River series. I love Jack Ketchum! I believe he is one of the best horror authors simply because he focuses on the horrors of human nature. His definition of scary is the idea of what humans can do to each other. Just look at the book he's most known for, The Girl Next Door. It was a novelization of the Sylvia Likens murder that took place in 1965. All he did was change some of the details but kept the horrors that girl endured. His Dead River series is different and much more fun. It reads like a crazy, gory horror movie where unsuspecting people are attacked by a barbaric tribe of cannibals. The second one was more fast paced and more enticing than the first, which was still a great book.