by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 21, 2013 | Food, Writing
So I decided to make jambalaya today. Actually I was going to make it yesterday, but due to an overwhelming amount of leftovers in the fridge, we decided to have what I like to call Wild Card Night. An eating free for all. Lots of food was consumed to make room for...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 14, 2013 | Writing
But first check out this cake I made. Delicious! It’s an Italian cream cake I made for The Hubs’ birthday. 1/25 of that coconutty mound of goodness is 412 calories. Yikes!!! But oh so delicious. I finished writing Chapter 20 last night, started Chapter 21,...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 10, 2013 | Writing
In a stunning turn of events, I sat down last night and plotted out the remainder of my novel. Then I submitted the first chapter to a writing contest. I feel somewhat as if things just started to get real. It was a shocking display of accomplishing things and an...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 7, 2013 | Writing
Speaking of mind blowing, on New Years Eve after that bottle of wine went down way too fast, I resorted to drinking Fanta and vanilla rum. Can I just say it was amazing? It was like a delightful creamcicle that made me want crab rangoons and a dance party. And this...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 4, 2013 | Food, history, Writing
In my continuing effort to be historically accurate, I did some research on desserts popular in the 1860s. You know, for basically one sentence in my novel. I stumbled upon a cookbook from 1861, The Book of Household Management. “Well, perfect!” I said....
by Heather Hambel Curley | Dec 28, 2012 | history, Mom-hood, Randomness, Writing
And what I mean by surprisingly, is totally not surprisingly. As 2012 draws to a close and we stand on the precipice of 2013, an awkward sounding year, I’ve been thinking about goals for next year. I’m a list making kind of gal. I find the act of crossing...
