Month: October 2020
#FoodieFriday Happy Birthday to Me!
This photo montage shows my strawberry tiramisu cake I made for my birthday. I referenced my favorite strawberry cake recipe and the tiramisu cream I made back in May. Enjoy this glorious process! While it wasn’t perfect in structure, the flavor makes everything about this cake spectacular!
#ThankfulThursday Creative Halloween Fun
I already knew this year would be different for our family because our oldest is technically an adult now. I originally intended to drag him along for our yearly trick-or-treating, but this year’s pandemic forced us to reconsider the traditional door to door candy collection. So, with a bit of researching and gathering ideas, I devised a fun family Halloween…
#WordlessWednesday Frosted Tips
#TutoringTuesday Avoiding Fallacies
Especially during an election year, fallacies in logic, ethics, and emotions create rhetoric that improperly persuades listeners and readers. When writing or speaking, you’ll want to avoid these fallacies to strengthen your claim: Begging the question/ circular reasoningRed HerringNon SequiturStrawmanStacked EvidenceEither-or/ False DichotomyPost hoc/ CausalHasty generalizationSweeping generalizationAd HominemGuilt by associationBandwagonSlippery slope Of course, we may know some of these logical…
#MondayMemories Mofo the Ferret
Back in 1996, I began volunteering my Saturdays at an animal hospital because I wanted experience in the clinic setting. While I wasn’t old enough to obtain a paid position, I was thrilled to work in the kennels, caring for boarding dogs and cats. Every other week or so, a client brought her deployed son’s pet ferret for a bath.…
#SundaySnapshot Changing
#Caturday Still Warm
#FoodieFriday Roasting Chicken
Roasting a whole chicken isn’t really a science — it’s more of an art form or process. As long as you know the basic temperature and roasting time, you can play with seasonings and spices as much as you want. Before you get started, though, you’ll want to gather all your ingredients for the desired flavor. First, rinse your chicken,…
#ThankfulThursday ChattaNeuter
Please note: this post is not sponsored in any way, shape, or form. I am writing of my own accord and satisfaction with an excellent service. As the Caturday posts may have alerted you, we have quite a few cats in this house. One of our ladies snuck out in early March and came home pregnant. Lo and behold, she…