Life Reflections by Tangie » fresno photographer

early presents from handsome babes

Tangie — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:17:30 +0000

My husband surprised me the other day. I was having a ROUGH day, and he had something he had been keeping at his office for months, saving it for our wedding anniversary in December, so he decided I needed it early. He is the best present giver ever (seriously, a talent of his), and he picked out this gift because he read my blog. Husband’s read blogs? Who knew? He saw my post on cake plates, went to the website where this gorgeous blue piece was being sold, and bought it for me. I was blown away. I almost cried when I opened the box. Not because it is so pretty, but because my husband is so incredibly thoughtful. It looks even more beautiful than it does on the internet when it is on display in my kitchen.

Love my husband. Don’t know what I would do without him.

And I’ve been thinking… I may need to use this husband-reading-my-blog-thing to my advantage more often…

culinary therapy {fresno clovis lifestyle photographer}

Tangie — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:09:24 +0000

I have said before that baking is like therapy to me. Maybe its measuring out the soft flour. Maybe its the smell of the comforting vanilla. Maybe its following a set of directions to get a scrumptious end result. I don’t know. But I know I like it, and have for quite some time. I have a favorite cookbook. My husband actually bought it many years ago because he will occasionally have cooking sprees where he makes fantastic dishes that we get to enjoy, and a friend of ours had this cookbook and raved about it. You can see by the looks of it that it has been used quite a bit…

But you would also notice, if you were looking at it, that there are definitely pages on the inside of it that have noticeably had some wear and tear…

And if you could read these worn pages, you would notice something peculiar… they are all pages with recipes for cakes and cookies. Sure, there are great recipes for chicken and rice with tomatoes and white wine, fettuccine with porcini cream sauce, and steamed broccoli with orange-ginger dressing and walnuts, but my fingers always go to the sweet, sugary goodness towards the back… Even as I am thumbing through the cookbook now, some of the recipes sound completely amazing… I should venture into the other pages a little more. I may find relaxation in the aroma of lemon zest, rosemary, and garlic…

preschool bound

Tangie — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:32:48 +0000

My youngest started preschool last week. **sigh** I can’t believe it is time to start that journey with him… but he is so ready. All of our children are pretty social and have always lit-up at the chance to spend time with friends… I don’t think any of them have ever been upset when we have dropped them off anywhere — they have all said, “See ya, Mom!” He has imitated his big brother and sister with his “homework” that he needs to get done and the chapter books that he carries around the house and studies in the car. So even though I didn’t really want to let go of having my little man with me every moment of the day, I knew he would absolutely love preschool. And so far, he really does.