I jumped on the bandwagon

For years I have collected tidbits from here and there. I keep my tags from Hello Kitty purchases, cards, gift wrap, stickers and what not. All of these unique treasures have been glued and taped into little journals over time.

Then, recently I saw these awesome books at the craft store. That was created for basically the same idea. I told Old Man I HAD to have one.... And of course I got the " yea yea more scrap book junk" face. But, oh no I explained this was more of an instant gratification process and he was more then welcomed to help me. I have only completed a few pages as of now but I'm so excited to smash 2012 into this little treasure book.

It's been forever

I haven't blogged in awhile. Not because I haven't wanted to it just seemed like there are never enough hours in the day. So much has happened yet, at the same time not really.

Here's a quick run down on what has happened since I last blogged:

1. Bubba turned 5 !!
2. I turned 21 again
3. Old Man is now a proud employee of a local hospital
4. Old Man planted a garden out front of our apartment for me
5. I have chronic bronchitis
6. Work is booming
7. Old Man re-finished a tricycle for Little Miss
8. We finally have pictures up on our wall
9. We established a weekly "date night"
10. We went to a beautiful beach wedding

5 little monkeys jumping on the bed

I figured since I live with a bunch of monkey's I would bake some Yummy monkey bread....yep any excuse for sugar and butter

So, if you love yummy gooey goodness as much as I do run to the kitchen and make your own. It's easy  enough to make even the tadpoles can help.

Ingredients

• 4 cans Buttermilk Biscuits (the Non-flaky Ones 7.5 oz)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1/2 Butter Melted
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar

Instructions 

Grease bundt pan

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Mix sugar (white) and cinnamon in ziplock bag 

Open up all four cans of biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters 

Drop quarters into sugar mixture bag and shake to coat ( I did just a few at time )

After coated spread the quarters out evenly in the bundt pan

Now melt the butter and mix with the brown sugar 

Pour this mixture over quarter pieces

BAKE at 350 for 40-45 minutes 

Let cool for 5-10 minutes and flip over onto plate

ENJOY!

 

Back Away From The Glue Gun

This what happens when I get the glue gun out and I have an extra few minutes in my day. I make Little Miss bows with whatever ribbon and scrap trinkets I find around the house. The cupcake on the pink bow is ring off a cupcake I ate at work.

I like it a lot!

Our move went well!  We have all adjusted to the new area fairly well. The weather is amazing  it's least 10 degrees warmer than where we lived before! The neighborhood is quiet,clean and the people are friendly. Most of the residents have lived her for 10+ years.

The actual apartment its self is much bigger than our last one and it feels homey and cheerful.

We even have a little lizard that likes to hang out on our patio, the tadpoles named him ED.

What I love the most about our move is we now have a dining room table and can have family meals.

 We just finished our first meal. Mini meatloaves ( I have the best meatloaf in town) and salad and for dessert bite size mint brownies!


Here is the recipe I use for regular brownies. To make the mint brownies I just add Andes Chocolate Mints to the bottom of the pan. For the bite size I use a Wilton silicone mold

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powde

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2.  Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan
3. In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter in pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes  

If using the bite size mold it only takes about minutes.

                                                                                                                                

A dumpster diving we a go ....

Before

One man's trash is our weekend project;  I found a sad little desk alone on the corner by the dumpster and it was crying out for me to bring it home and give it some special TLC. After debating with my inner craft demon (I have pnumonia and should be on bedrest) I decided to get the old man and lug it to our dungeon. I immediately knew I wanted to refashion the desk into something awesome for big brother. With a quick family collaboration of ideas we decided on checkerdboard print.

We loaded up in the car and headed out to Home Depot where we purchased our supplies:

• Sand Paper 120 grit
• Rustoleum Spray Paint (Flat White, Flat Black,Matte Finish)
• Painters Tape
• Exacto Knife
• Cheap Playing Cards



All of the drawers have cards lined on the bottom

• ModPodge Matte
• Sponge Brush

After

I wish I was able to take step by step pictures but Old Man has already packed up all of my stuff :(