Hello from Holland (Michigan that is). P$$ & I are spending sometime in the midwest for weddings, family events, etc. I’ve been keeping busy and she has been changing too quickly.

I’ve made NY Style bagels, a few fruit salads, made a ‘power salad’ off of Pinterest (YUM), tried new pork chop recipes (so far haven’t found one as good as Martha Stewart’s pork loin wrapped in cherries & bacon but… ya know), assisted on a 200+ personal cheesecake project for a wedding reception, pontooned on Lake Michigan, went bowling, watched my baby learn how to crawl, been to the beach & Jog/walked/ran (“Interval training sounds much better”  - says Aaron) 3 days a week for over a month and somehow managed to gain weight. Argh.

OH, and lets not forget, I made Milk Bars famous ‘compost cookies’. Amazing, Wonderful, deliciousness.

I’ve also taken a ton of pictures, countless pictures.

I started a project to make a stump side table a la West Elm. If I ever get over my hump of procrastination, I’ll finish sanding it and post pics.

Here is a random assortment of photos and beneath that you’ll find a random assortment of links of food I’ve recently made that gets the Cass stamp of approval. Also, you will find a recipe for a delicious fruit salad that is not your typical fruit salad. A friend brought a variation of it to a birthday party and I made some edits.

You are bound to enjoy. If you don’t… well I don’t know what to say except…. sorry bout your luck.

Oooh just figured out how to do a slideshow- How about that!

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Here are links

http://www.krissys-creations.com/2012/04/milk-bar-mondays-compost-cookies.html

http://www.sophisticatedgourmet.com/2009/10/new-york-style-bagel-recipe/

And the recipe for YUM fruit salad

Strawberries 2 pints

Blueberries 2 pints

4 granny smith apples

1 cup sweetened coconut

1 cup glazed pecans

1/2 cup OJ

Mix & EAT until you are full to the brim.