I Need a Potato Master

So, I don't know if anyone else has this problem: I am a decent cook and I can make most dishes turn out alright, but I cannot bake a potato to save my life. I would say my baked potatoes turn out really well about 5 % of the time. I can do great mashed potatoes, potato salad, roasted potatoes, but the baked potato continues to allude me. The great tragedy of this inadequacy is that twice baked potatoes are one of my very favorite foods.

I NEED you potato master. I know there is someone out there who can help me with my plight. Come to me (or I'll come to you) show me the way of the potato. Let me watch your masterful hand. Help me achieve one of my life's goals of being able to bake a potato right 100% of the time. (Okay, I'll settle for 95% of the time. )

I'm not joking, if you make good baked potatoes, please help me. How do you do it? Tell me in detail.

BTW what do you guys put in your twice baked potatoes?

Pick Me!

Hi All! So good news, I found my camera cord. YEAH!
For the actual reason that I am blogging today: I follow this amazing blog called Not So Idle Hands that has so many fun projects that I do all the time. Anyway, they are doing an awesome giveaway for a cute clothing complany called Mikarose and if I blog about it, I get my name entered in the contest. So here I am, blogging about it. Cross your fingers for me so that I can win something fun. Cause everyone knows that you never have enough clothes. (Hey that rhymed!)

Crazy Hair Day

This week was spirit week at Emma's school and we had a little fun on Friday which was crazy hair day. When one of her classmates heard about crazy hair day she said, "Mom, that's great! I just don't have to comb my hair that morning."
Emma wanted to do something a little more simple, but I persuaded her to be a little more wild. For those of you who knew me in high school, I tried to instill in her the idea that we held firm to: when you do spirit week, you do it all out. I had fun telling her some of the fun things that my friends and I did for our spirit weeks. Emma was converted to an 80's Cindy Lou Who and we both had a lot of fun in the process.


After school, we went to the park and hung out with a bunch of the moms and kids from Emma's class and it was so nice and relaxing. I thank my friend Diane so much for taking the pictures for me because sadly, tragedy has struck the Chipman household and we cannot find our camera battery charger. I am at a loss what to do and am fearful for my blogging outlet as it is temporarily stinted significantly. Alas, we will eventually prevail and either find said charger or pay an arm and a leg for a new one. C'est la vie!