I can cheat and have a tiny slice of cake (sometimes) but otherwise all the desserts I make belong to my guy. I've been trying to downsize these, too, as he can't really eat an entire cake by himself. I hunted around for a small pineapple upside down cake recipe, and I was happy to find this one that serves four. I used a small loaf pan as I didn't have a 6" round cake pan, and I left out the pecan halves, but otherwise I followed the recipe. Don't tell my diabetes doc, but the results were delicious. :)
This was my fabric stash once I sorted everything -- 22 full bins. I spent a day taking out and boxing up what I could part with, with the goal of trying to reduce it by half, so I'd have 11 bins. I was very strict with myself, and removed everything that for one reason or another I was sure I wouldn't be able to use. This is what I ended up with -- 12 bins of fabric that I'm keeping. It's not quite half, but close enough. Half of what I took out went to a local quilter friend, a school and Goodwill. These four tightly-packed bins will be going to the local quilting guild once I make arrangements with them for a drop-off place. I am relieved and a little sad and now determined to control my impulses to thrift more fabric. I don't want to do this again, so until I use up six bins, I can't for any reason bring any new fabric into the house.
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