V-day

Valentines day is approaching quickly. To which, I would like to say a heartfelt Happy Valentine's Day to my husband, whom is also my lover and best friend! I love you honey.

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 Here are a few ideas for goodies you can make at home.. Whether they are for a Valentine of your own or just for yourself this year...

First of all, we go back to visit Happyslip again for some chocolate covered strawberries.. They are easy to do guys!

For a fun addition to that clip, here is the aftermath and testing the emergency chocolate with her son...

If you are feeling a little more courageous, I saw this recipe for Rum Raisin Truffles on The Barefoot Contessa yesterday. They look really good and actually fairly simply put together once you get everything measured... The fact it calls for measuring out everything by grams on an actual scale is a little intimidating though.. Never the less, you can find the recipe here! I always like to read the reviews as well. I found this one in the reviews, tackling some of the questions people had

"After reading two of these reviews, I contacted Brigitte Browney before trying to make her truffes. Her responses:

Thanks for your email ...

On keeping the coating melted, use a bowl of water underneath.

1. not hot water - more like 70 degrees

2. guittard chocolate is a good chocolate & can be found at Williams Sonoma

Thanks,

Brigitte "

I think if one knew enough, or was brave enough, to experiment, they could change up the recipe a bit to maybe a mocha or white chocolate filling, those would be good too..

For other recipes fit for V-day, I highly suggest Food Network's site. Lots of good stuff here!

And don't forget allrecipes site!

Happy Slip

There is a lady named Christine Gambito who does all these skits based on her family, on youtube.. Her username is happyslip. Her skits include 6 characters. They are all played by her. She portrays herself, her mom, dad, grandma, aunt and cousin. There are a few skits in which she plays someone random like in her home shopping skit, Plop and Shop.. Sometimes she has other people in her skits but all the main people in her family are played by her... She has also done a few random videos of her singing songs and other stuff... She has a really good voice, by the way... This is not her only channel, it is just the one she does the funny little skits and misc stuff on.. Her other channel is more of a diary and touches on her home life and is also very well worth the time to check out..  Anyways, I am posting a few of my favorites below.. You can find others from those I post, or I also have a "bar" at the bottom of my main blog page... 

This one is probably my absolute favorite... Warning: you WILL find yourself singing this song from now on with these lyrics!

This is another favorite one of mine

Another Christmas themed one, but I like it because it has grandma in it..

From her other channel at.. http://www.youtube.com/christinegambito

A video about her oldest son, Micah, and what he likes to sleep with.

And a "make you feel good" video of (mostly) her new baby boy Ian.. 

Be sure to read my Valentines day Blog, as I will be posting a couple more of her videos in it!