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You know what a bunch of nail freaks we are. No, not the manicure-pedicure groupies, more like the DIY junkies.

Of late, our nail polish collection has been growing at a rather alarming rate. Alarming to a mom whose wallet is the one bearing the brunt, that is.

Right, so the creative bug bit and we decided to put all those colors on a wee cupcake

complete with icing, sprinkles, and a couple of wayward stars on Raine’s finger nails. See! Pretty, huh?

Made with love

Posted by Clairity 9 Responses »

May 222011

My vegetarian pizza is a real hit with my girls. Ever since I started making this pizza, the occasional mumbling under the breath about vegetarian day and wanting to order in from Domino’s have stopped.

It’s been ages since I made my own pizza crust. Laziness has gotten the better of me. Store-bought pizza base is equally good and that’s what I’m about these days. The hard work of cutting and topping with fresh tomatoes, onions, Portobello mushrooms and cheese can be left to my 2 eager beavers while I put my feet up and maybe read some skin care product reviews.

When I’m not looking, my pizza chefs will sneak on more cheese than I’d normally allow. They know my policy. Cheese, yes but not too much! But sometimes if I want some help in the kitchen, I just have to close one eye .

This pizza is completely meatless but with a generous sprinkling of love. Usually I can only stomach 1 slice of pizza, 2 slices tops! But this is so, so good, I may even have an extra slice.

Meat aside, what are some of your favorite veggie toppings? And how much love do you sprinkle on?

So yeah, I got tagged by my favorite bloggy friend, Jen of What Would Jen Do. I can’t remember when but I know I’m really late with this. So here goes…

1. Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate?

Milk chocolate,� fo’shizzle .

2. What�s your favorite color?

It’s hard to say which is my favorite because I love so many different colors. Turquoise, fuschia, lemony greens, white. Man, I should be a rainbow!

3. Do you have any creative hobbies?

Definitely creative writing and crafts, and messing around in the kitchen concocting new and sometimes weird and wacky recipes. Maybe I’m just bored .

4. What was your favorite subject in school?

Loved my English writing classes. Would so totally go back to school given the chance.

5. What is your favorite season? Why?

Can never get enough of spring. Just love the coolness and the fact that everything is bursting to life and color (this from a color lover!).

6. Who inspires you to sing like crazy when nobody is around?

Lionel Richie. His songs are seriously singable (new word!) and don’t make me sound like a broken record .

7. What�s your favorite dessert? Can you make it?

I love the idea of desserts but I don’t eat them much. My fave is cheesecake which I bake for my kids and end up only nibbling a little here and there.

8. How did you learn to cook?

I started out clueless in college when I was living away from home for the first time. I figured if I wanted to eat, I had to learn. The food I cooked then was bad! It was only when I started cooking for my kids that I started getting better. They are my biggest motivators and they kept me hungry to try out new recipes all the time.

Like I said I’m not a big TV fan. You can hardly find me watching more than 3 hours of TV a year. But here, I’m totally hooked on Food Network. It’s a never-ending parade of chefs whipping up meal after meal after meal.

My favorite chefs to watch are Rachael Ray, Sandra Lee and Tyler Florence. I love how Rachael Ray has 2 or 3 dishes going on at the same time. That’s very real for me because that’s how I cook, I multi-task .

I love Sandra Lee’s tips too on saving money and using both fresh and prepacked items to save time. Again this combining fresh and storebought is very real for me. So it’s great to watch and learn.

And Tyler is very interesting because he talks about being hungry and can’t wait to eat what he cooks. That’s me too!! I’m an impatient person and his pace of cooking is pretty similar to mine – dancing back and forth and getting everything quickly together.

Do you watch cooking shows? Who’s your favorite and why?

… try on? Self-confessed shopaholic that I am, I find a certain thrill, a feverish excitement about trawling the malls for clothing and accessories.

I just can’t wait to try on fashion jewelry and shoes…

… but hate trying on pants.

How’s about you? Come on, spill the beans!

Raine is both a bookworm and prolific writer and she’s something of an authority on the English language at school. Her friends are awed by her writing and speeches. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if she knows what irvingia gabonensis is and can even pronounce it .

Recently one of the boys in her class asked if she would be his unofficial English teacher. Says he wants to brush up his English so he can impress a girl he likes from another school. What a funny guy! Kinda reminds me of a scene from one of those high school movies though I can’t think which one, off the top of my head, can you?