With a cloud over his head!

If nothing else, you can see it’s come a long way!What a year, right?It was a big year for me, for sure.

For one thing, we decided to have a baby after swearing up and down for 8 years that one kid was enough, and then.we did.. Crazy town.. On the blog side of things, I discovered a whole new group of readers (or rather, they (you!)I still can’t believe there are so many people out there willing to spend their precious time chatting about random weird and wonderful tips with me.

Getting to talk with you about whatever little things around the house intrigue and interest me every day and having you share your own thoughts on making life a little easier right back with me, while getting to call it my., really is a dream come true for me.. You know we live in a strange and fascinating world when I can use words like “dream come true” to describe a year that I finish up, not at some big fancy New Year’s celebration, but delirious from exhaustion and wearing jeans that I can’t promise don’t still have baby pee on them.

And I’m a girl who likes to blog about laundry tips on occasion.

Dream come true for sure!.The fruitiness of the balsamic vinegar just really complements the chocolate well and makes for one super-intense chocolatey dessert.

All the cream in the recipe doesn’t hurt either!.Here’s the recipe, adapted from Food and Drink magazine:.

6 large egg yolks.1/4 cup of sugar.