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You know what's fun? Starting a blog and then life gets so ridiculous that you can't even keep up! </div>
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Moved the Dad in with me a few years ago and have been helping him like crazy with doctors appts and in trade, he is home for the Fizzle and animals when I get to travel to all the places.</div>
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Had a seriously delicious man enter my life. He's pretty much the best thing ever.</div>
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I started school again. The bucket list of getting the degree is coming into full swing here. Fizzle will have no excuse to go once I get this thing completed.</div>
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My heart decided to make sure that I was paying attention to it and crapped out this past June. So now I'm LoSo everything.</div>
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The Fizzle is 13. Still my everything and still seems like it's me and her fighting the world together to make our lives as perfect and the best we can.</div>
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I have new addiction to craft beer. This was assisted by HHBL (hunka hunka burning love) and it's our thing now. We scour the DFW area for the awesomeness.</div>
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And yeah... that about sums it up. We are all doing great-ish here, and still breathing.</div>
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I'm actually trying to figure out what I'd like to do here with this blog. It was all "Jenn is a Pinterest Maniac" but to be honest I really just spend my time on Pinterest looking up LoSo recipes and advice. And maybe that's the direction this thing will go. </div>
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I'd love to just test recipes and review them I think... but that requires time and cooking. I love the cooking... I just need the time!</div>
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Until I can figure out the next step... 😗😗😗</div>
Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-89611799698364179662015-12-17T09:30:00.001-08:002015-12-17T09:30:56.072-08:00It's First Frost Day!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For most of you in the states, you are either knee deep fall, or enjoying an early winter. In Texas, we have two seasons. Summer and winter. Summer lasts from March through November and winter...glorious cold weather lasts December-February. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is what I'd call our first day of winter. First Frost Day. It's the day that when you wake up in the morning, you feel the chill in your bones. You go outside and see the overnight ice on everyone's windshields. The fields are covered in mist. The mist hangs ever so gently over the water. And you need to turn your heater on in the car because your legs won't stop shaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenn Jenn Bo Ben</span>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-85451193657257610582015-07-06T09:19:00.001-07:002015-07-06T09:19:21.171-07:00Taking the good with the bad...<b><u>The Bad</u></b><br />
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My checking account has seen a lot more doctor's entries lately.<br />
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I've not been feeling so hot lately and we're trying to figure out the reason. For sure item # one is<br />
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I hate typing that even now. I feel ridiculously to young to even be even in the same category as people with arthritis. But really.. years of not taking care of myself is the culprit.<br />
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I'm just going to blame this on my inability to sleep all my life. On a serious not though... I've NEVER slept as much I have been doing the past 6 months. I'm not sure why my body is turning against me, but we are delving into some more scary reasonings including<br />
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If this is the cause... I'm going to be hating life. I've been pricked and drained of blood so many times now I am surprised I'm not dead. I'll keep posting my "diary" of progress. It's a bit cathartic to get it out of my system and hopefully share some talking points on my discoveries.<br />
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This weekend though, I had extraordinary energy and only took one nap midday all weekend. Yes... this is a feat. :)<br />
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The cats have a newly redesigned room that Jasmine can also use for artwork. We cooked, we cleaned, I nearly felt like my old self. <br />
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Things that Fizzle and I tried this weekend (of course via Pinterest):<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1337634122"></span>Caramel Pull Aparts<span id="goog_1337634123"></span></a><br />
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I got an email yesterday from Jasmine's theater teacher wanting to see if the students could have an extra practice this week. So I email Dad and see if he's available to pick her up and, of course, he can. So after school, Jasmine gets home and Dad says to her, "So you have an extra practice for theater tomorrow after school, right?" and she says, "No, that 's on Friday." and they go back and forth on this a few times until my Dad is semi convinced that maybe...just maybe...<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">he did have it wrong.</span></div>
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I get home and make dinner, and talk to Jasmine about the extra practice, to which she agrees is totally happening. I sit down on the couch to watch the voice with dad and he casually looks over to me and says, "You know your daughter is going to be a lawyer." and proceeds to tell me about the conversation he and Jazz had.</div>
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I laughed and then said, "Well, Dad you know, she's been raised by a strong willed woman and with very little male influence." He raised his eyebrow and I completed my thought, "and women are never wrong".</div>
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It has sat in my craft cabinet for at least a year. I just love the fluffiness of it. I'm soooooooo loving this wreath I think that I'm going to use this every non holiday time and just switch out the bows.<br />
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Here's what was key to this project. A thick marker type pen to stick in the filter. Not only did it help space out the filters, but it also helped get a good amount of glue on each placement.<br />
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So off I go. Sticking filters on a foam wreath. Over and over and over again...<br />
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Then I get an ingenious idea. Get the girls involved. Soon I had a fortress:<br />
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Here we are after one row...and then I realize....this thing is going to be huge!<br />
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Glad I did.... Looooook at that bit of loveliness!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Enjoy and definitely TRY THIS! In total I used 4 packages of filters and about 4-5 sticks of glue...and worth every penny.Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-21695561448489450102012-12-31T09:14:00.001-08:002012-12-31T09:14:18.065-08:00Part 2: Blueberry Lemon Sweet RollsI'm terrible. Really really terrible. I finished up these phenomenal rolls and then ate them. well almost all of them. And I didn't even finish posting my pics. Bad bad Jennifer.<br />
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So, on the PW recipe she suggested letting the dough rest overnight, which I did. I woke up still kidless on Sunday morning and finished up the recipe. Here's the play by play...<br />
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Melt some butta n stuff!</div>
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The "rested" dough</div>
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Roll that puppy out!!</div>
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Overall... easy recipe. And amazing taste. Ultimately - Jasmine wouldn't eat any because of the blueberries but that's OK. My butt will just get bigger - and I'm OK with that for now.</div>
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Go try this recipe. You won't be disappointed. PLUS she has alternatives including a marmalade one that may be my next attempt on sweet rolls.</div>
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So if that wasn't enough. After I picked up Jasmine, We watched Food network all day and I search Pinterest for crafty things to do. I came across this gem:</div>
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Jasmine has A TON of broken crayons - so i figured... why not. And here's my version:</div>
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And today... We experimented. Of course I don't have a stand mixer, so we just used our electric mixer but here's how it all went down:<br />
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The stockings all hung on the wall with care since we live in an apartment with no fireplace to spare. <br />
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I can not think anymore, my brain I'd fried from thinking up presents to give to people who give me far more.<br />
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This year I was fortunate enough to be blessed with some help from the local food pantry. They have a program to help single mothers and the less fortunate at Christmas. Truly a blessing. They arrived with a huge box of food - which wasn't expected. And so many gifts that combined with what little I had already bought jasmine, was far too much. So since her birthday is in February, I held back my purchases and will give her those at that time.<br />
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This year has been far more trying than I expected.<br />
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Enjoy your Christmas! We are going to have a blast!!!!!!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-73107019841775413642012-06-29T08:37:00.001-07:002012-12-15T09:22:53.420-08:00Suppose I should start writing again, right?It's been a little bit of a crazy year...<br />
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It's Christmas time. That time of year that nearly drives me insane with all the "I want this" and "i want that!". I have no idea how mothers with multiple kids do it without having a migraine everyday. Today is decorating and Christmas tree day, so I've busted out the old inherited ornaments, plus my cheesy Walmart and dollar store ones and am on a mission to make this house Christmassy.<br />
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A friend if mine today was in a frenzied state over letting her 14 year old boy go to six flags with a few of his friends, admittedly I am not the mother of a fourteen year old,.. But I think back to the times when my mom let me "go do"... And honestly, while yes they were the most freeing times I can remember (apart from the day my ex left the state) I was also scared shitless some of the time. Always afraid of disappointing my parents with my actions; peer pressure; weirdos at the mall... You get where I'm going with this.<br />
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I always knew if I messed up, got in trouble, or something inappropriate happened, I'd never be let out again. My parents were strict on me due to some issues with my older siblings. So I always felt like the one that they were going to make sure they weren't going to screw up again on. No pressure there!<br />
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Things have turned in the way we raise our kids, that's evidently clear. Kids don't play in the street anymore, stay out past the street lights going on and I always feel like I'm suffocating my kid. When did this change exactly? I blame America's most wanted. I feel like that show was so pivotal in the 80's family household. We got to watch these criminals be caught for all these terrible indecencies and it burned into our brain, scared the crap out of our parents, and so then forever how we interact with our kids was forever changed. "Don't go outside, you might get kidnapped", "don't stay out to late, predators hide better in the dark", "don't get to close to the water, a shark will rip your legs off".<br />
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I have tried reallllllllllly hard to let jasmine have the freedom I did when I was a kid. I let her go ride her bike outside by herself. I let her go to friends houses in the complex by herself. I let her go on walks in the complex by herself. And until she if fails me in the sense of trusting her judgement and at least asking permission to do things, I will continue to let her grow her wings and be an independent little girl. It's one of her most endearing qualities, I think. <br />
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So it boils down to when jasmine is 14 and wants to go to six flags with her friends sans me, <br />
I will say yes. Then stress out the entire day hoping that she thinks before a potentially bad decision is made by her and her peers... "Is this something mom would ground me for doing?" And if it is that she has the strength to walk away or even better yet, get at least one of those peers to walk away with her.<br />
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I think that my friends son, is of that caliber. Great Christian kid, the family's unit is strong, they are a level headed bunch of peeps, not easily swayed to make rash or spontaneous decisions.<br />
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Promised the girls I'd make them a snack. LOL Just because I can't seem to get myself out of the kitchen these days. So I found this no bake recipe for peanut butter snack balls here: <a href="http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com/2011/08/no-bake-energy-bites-recipe.html" target="_blank">Smashed Peas and Carrots</a><br />
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This is a pretty versatile recipe. The honey, peanut butter, coconut base is really all that's holding it together - the add ins are what make it fun! On this batch I ran with the exact recipe. I think next time I'm going to add in some dried cranberries or golden raisins. My arsenal: <br />
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The final product:<br />
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Hope the girls like 'em!! :)<br />
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XOXO,<br />
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JAJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-67830497443464090332012-01-09T20:19:00.000-08:002012-01-09T20:20:15.529-08:00Insert Foot Into MouthThere are days that I literally can not stop with my sarcasm. Today is such a day. Never have I had sarcasm diarrhea of the mouth so bad to people that really... I should not be so linguistically free with. Ugh. I have a feeling this one is going to bit me in the ass.<br />
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So! Among the several hundred non appropriate comments I made to my VP today, I also had the audacity to tell my CEO in my sarcastic way (as we were going to walk out the door and he was saying that he wasn't going to see us again until our show) "How will we ever get by without you??" As soon as the words left my mouth I was hit with panic. Really? Did I just say that.... to my CEO? Ughhhhhh. I quickly added in "Man, I really need to keep my sarcasm in check... sorry!"then laughed my laugh and hugged him goodbye. He laughed too and said... "No, no, no!! You are so funny!" and as I walked away I'm sure he muttered something along the lines of "how will you get along without a paycheck?" I kid! Although I'm sure that's what I would have thought if I were in his shoes.... Tomorrow will be interesting...<br />
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ANNNNNNYWAY. No cooking tonight. I got treated to some bourbon and coke and saltines with the awesomest jam EVER a la Kim. On the way home though, I was reminded of this place I used to go to as a kid with my mom called "Fiddler's Three". They had the BEST CHEESE SOUP EVER. And I mean... the BEST. So I scoured the internet to see if a disgruntled employee posted the recipe after all these years. The restaurant is closed now, so far as I know. But I found it. A lady posted it saying that it was printed in the LA times. Now here's the thing. To make this soup right, you have to have the right cheese. they say a quality sharp cheddar. So now... the search is on for the right cheddar. I am seeing some central market visits in my near future. :) Here's the recipe she posted:<br />
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So right in the middle of my creation of the batter, my ex roommie calls needing me to find her movie times since she can't access the internet. So trying to remember how much sugar I put into the bowl already and simultaneously fetching her a few phone numbers proved to be too much for my brain and I couldn't remember at one point how much I had put in. Here's the batter after the call:<br />
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And to make matters worse - I thought I had a 6 bundt cake mold and it really is only 4. Hrrrrrm. That's going to add an extra 40 minutes to completion. Oh well... thankfully I'm a late night sleeper.<br />
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Here's the ovenshot... :)<br />
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And the final product. Love it!! They really turned out good.<br />
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JAJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-55990671923309863222012-01-07T23:49:00.000-08:002012-12-28T19:39:36.016-08:00Man I was bored today...I think today was the first day i actually felt bored in a long while. I actually felt the need to find something to do. It was an odd think for me.<br />
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So Jasmine had a sleep over. That went very well. :) We had our sugar and cinnamon pretzels and watched a movie. All super fun and then after a bike ride - I was left with this sense of ... "what do I do now?"<br />
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Bake bread of course! So here I go, searching pinterest for a fab recipe and then I pick up the ol standby. My Bible. The Betty Crocker Cookbook. Wrapped up in those pages are thousands of recipes. Tons of idea and tutorials. So I'm thinking... how about just a plain white sliced bread? Bwham! Betty's got it covered. but I'm flippin pages and i see this recipe for Challa... and I have no idea what it is. Google Tiiiiiiiime! Super beautiful loaves, super easy recipe...but man! that is a lot of braiding... I watched a few tutorials, looked at a few recipes... this is definitely one that I'm going to have to try. I almost did today but then thought... let's not be disrespectful. This is a bread traditionally cooked on a Friday and served on Saturday. Welp, to late for that! So that will have to be next week. It might actually work to my favor since I'm hosting a party on Sunday. We'll see.<br />
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Anyway, I caught a glimpse at a few different bread and opted to retry a different recipe for pretzels and also to make Amish Friendship Bread. <br />
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Needless to say the pizza idea didn't go over as I planned. Jasmine wasn't very hungry and her friend had already eaten dinner... but dammit i had worked myself up to having pizza! so I opted for a different approach and made cheesy bread sticks with dipping sauce. That seemed to appease everyone. :) Winning!<br />
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I also have been hell bent on trying pretzels since trying my friends. I stole the recipe from her, she stole it from here: <br />
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So it's 1:15 in the morning and i just finished them what do you think?<br />
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Pretty kick ass if I do say so myself. Salty on one side, sweet on the other... and my house smells <b>A-MAZ-ING</b>.<br />
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I've got to come up with a cheap gift for a b-day party. Pinterest to the rescue? We'll see in the morning!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-33996857908617273932012-01-05T21:02:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:22:48.164-08:00Another day another dollar...You know... I'm such an emotionally sensitive person. I never realized how much so until I was living on my own how scary things can get when you have a little person who is relying on you to make everything seem normal in a time when chaos seems to be running rampant. My friend Kim looked at me one day amid one of my emotional break downs and said... "Does everything always happen to you all at one time?" It seems like there is always this calm in my life for a period of time, we'll say a few weeks to a month, and then everything gangs up on me all at once. This week seems to be that week. It started out great... I mean it's a 4 day week! It's the beginning of the year. There is no errors on the table as this point, right? LOL I swear I already need a vacation! I'll have one shortly enough. Well a weekend vacation at least. Knowing me, I'll be 10x more exhausted than when I left! It will be great to see January though. It's been almost a year. :)<br />
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Okokokok.... enough with the ranting... on to the crafting!<br />
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The only reason I do anything Christmasy in the house is because of Jasmine and this year I really wanted to make her Christmas special since her Dad was not going to be around this year. I had 2 weeks off and a LOAD of time to fill up doing things with her. So this craft was easy. I already had all the materials - I love to scrapbook - and as all scrapbookers do, I have an EXTENSIVE ribbon collection. And all the left over ornaments from the wreath I made, plus a few from the ones we put on the tree provided just the right amount. Here's what I'm talking about: <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/239324167667781893/" target="_blank">The Link Doesn't Work so here's the Pinterest post</a><br />
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Here's how mine turned out:<br />
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And here is where I went wrong... The example uses HUGE ornaments (which I didn't have) and I think there are fewer of them. Plus I need a bow and some pine needle garland. That make have helped more, but overall... I chalk this one up as a fail. Jasmine loved it though... so maybe it was a C-.<br />
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Seacrest Out!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-85457400544757323052012-01-04T22:42:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:22:15.499-08:00A late night post...So today was better than yesterday, but still not great. I had a long talk with my old boss which was way overdue and very reassuring by the end of the conversation. The work day was brutal. I did bring in a few of the angel biscuits for the girls at work and have to say they gobbled them up... then ate the ones I had saved for my friends later that night. Damn co-workers always stealing my food!!!<br />
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Anyway, here's my first craft post on here. I used to have this really annoying wreath that had a Santa on it. There was a motion detector and it would spew out "ho ho ho!!! Meerrrrrrryyy Christmas!!!" even if no one walked by. Yeah... annoying. So I saw this beautiful beautiful wreath on Pinterest that had a great picture tutorial. The thing I love about Pinterest is that all you do is keep on clicking... there is no typing at all to get what you what infirmation-wise. So after reading the first blog, i kept digging and digging until I found the original post: <a href="http://matt-and-becky.blogspot.com/2009/12/12-days-of-christmas-crafts-day-5.html" target="_blank">Matt & Becky</a><br />
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Here's my series of assembly pics:<br />
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The arsenal:<br />
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After 2 hours:<br />
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Completed (3 hours total)<br />
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Exhausted and have yet another long day tomorrow... Cheers!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-17989113040907439202012-01-03T20:46:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:21:46.240-08:00When I'm upset I bake... or clean...So I had a pretty bad day today. Call it the winter break blues... or whatever, but really I could have given two cents about anyone in particular today.<br />
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Yesterday I found a pinned recipe for Paula Deen's Angel Biscuits. I've been wanting to try a simple biscuit recipe and thought what could be more therapeutic than beating the crap out of some dough. It's better than the alternative... Here was this link: <a href="http://www.thenateshow.com/howto/detail/paula-deens-angel-biscuts" target="_blank">Nate Burkus Show</a><br />
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I picked up Jasmine, excused myself from reality, went home and started making some good 'ol southern baking. To preface a little, I have made biscuits before. They actually made better dog treats than biscuits. I think my ex even used one to hammer a nail into a wall once. I can say will all honesty... if I ever made biscuits from scratch that we edible... they were bought in a tube. I even found a way to mess up bisquick biscuits. So to say that I was ok with not "winning" on this one tonight was a pretty accurate description. It was more about kneading the dough and working out the aggression. <br />
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Also, if you haven't noticed by know I'm not the keenest person on when to "take" my photo shots - somewhere in the middle of beating the crap out of the dough I thought, "Crud... now I have to go wash my hands." So there is a lack of pics on this one... but here's what i did take:<br />
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Jasmine looked at this picture and said, "mom that's not an angel biscuit, it's a skeleton biscuit!" Aye yi yi...<br />
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And man.... were they goooood. I also picked up a pretty decent gravy recipe using only chicken stock instead of the drippings. These got dunked into that several times we'll just say.<br />
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Ok ok ok so now onto the bundt cakes! OMG they were so good. So the back story:<br />
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A friend of mine's husband apparently loves bundt cakes. I found this out when he fixed one of my co-workers computers and she paid him with an Anything Bundt Cake. He devoured it. He had been saying that he would fix my dinosaur of a computer for me - but to haul all 150 lbs of it to his house made it a "bottom of the list" kind of job. So one day, I took over the CPU... the next I took the monitor... the next he fixed it. So to repay him I made a mini bundt cake. Mind you i have never tried to cook one before - and rather than screw up a huge one, I went to Joanne's and purchased a 4 cake tray of bundt cakes. I scouresd the web looking for a recipe that I already had ingredients for and found this: <a href="http://www.foodbuzz.com/blogs/4293039-peanut-butter-bundt-cake-with-chocolate-butterfinger-ganache" target="_blank">Jolts and Jollies</a> Peanut Butter Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache? Seriously, who wouldn't love that? And since I had a huge fail with my peanut brittle I had some that I could used to top my ganache instead of butterfingers.... sweet biscuits!<br />
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I was so pleased with how they turned out:<br />
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All dolled up!<br />
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Yeah... that didn't suck.<br />
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Needless to say that they were a hit. We couldn't even wait 5 minutes before devouring one... And my friends husband was happy to have 2 bundts in a year. :)<br />
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Crafty things completed are up for tomorrow's post!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-30387694121665613662012-01-02T20:41:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:20:54.280-08:00I did that too???Since moving to Texas I have pretty much played down my ability to cook among my friends. So here is my admission... yes, I can bake and cook. I still can stay without any uncertainty that I can not grill anything to safe my life though. Unless they liked charred food. Or as I call it... CayJenn.<br />
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</div><div>So why did I feel the need to break that silence this Christmas with a bunch of random cooking techniques and skill that my friends would think I probably paid someone to do? I'm still wondering the answer to that question...</div><div><br />
</div><div>I did cheat a little with the cookies we made. I figured that since the candies were all pinterest inspired gems. I could afford to go the quick route on the cookies... except for one. The Snowman Nutter Butter cookie. THe moment I saw the cookie, I knew Jasmine would be allllll over the decorating. So my part was simple, right? Ice the Nutter Butters...well... that assumes I'm coordinated. Here's were we got our recipe: <a href="http://myprettypurse.blogspot.com/2009/01/snowman-cookies.html" target="_blank">My Pretty Purse</a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Super easy recipe. I used a fork to manipulate the nutter butter in the almond bark. For the life of me, I could not find black icing anywhere...so instead I used Brown. Close enough...</div><div><br />
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</div><div>If I could have changed anything... It would have been to wait a little bit longer to set the tic tac's and M & M's in. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Since I was in the Almond Bark mood, I figured I would attempt the santa hat mix as well. This one... was a total and utter failure. I have no idea how they made those hats look so awesome... but me... I really sat back and looked at the mess in my kitchen and was determined to try to make it work. It just didn't. heehee. Well at least i can laugh about it now. That night, however... wasn't such a tee hee moment. Here is where I got my recipe from: <a href="http://cookiesandcups.com/santa-party-mix/" target="_blank">Cookies and Cups</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>So right off... I realized I didn't have enough vanilla almond bark because I used so much on the above cookie. So instead I used chocolate almond bark. Maybe that's where the difference lies? </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Here are the bugles...covered in muck. Looking...like yuck. We waited for them to dry, them I gave Jasmine a few options on how she wanted to decorate her hats.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Re-dipping them was brutal... I can't even believe I'm posting these honestly... </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Really, when you put it all in your mouth and tasted it - it wasn't bad. It just looked bad all mixed together and NOTHING like the pics on the blog. So this one was a failure on my part. And really it was no cooking at all, that's the funny part.</div><div><br />
</div><div>School starts back tomorrow and i'm back to work...ugh. I miss not working and being able to do creative things like this. Tomorrow I'll blog about my adventures in bundt cakes. Funny story behind that one too...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Ta ta for now!</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-4259207696434869502012-01-01T13:09:00.000-08:002012-01-01T13:09:28.668-08:00Christmas 2011 - The Cooking Extravaganza!First of all... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!<br />
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It's my family's tradition to make holiday cookie boxes for all our friends and those who help us on the day to day, week to week or month to month...<br />
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My grandma started them with my mom, my mom continued with me, and now I am handing the tradition to my daughter.<br />
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This year of course Pinterest had a HUUUUGE factor in the goodies we decided to make in our packages. My pics of each as well as links to the original bloggers are all provided. I will say their pics are going to be WAAAY better than mine... but at least you can see what it will look like not stylized... :)<br />
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So first I made a list of all the "stuff" we were going to need to make the goodies. Here's the arsenal:<br />
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So the first one we tackled was the pretzel and kisses and M&M's. Totally repinned over and over and over again.... and like 7 different varieties... Here's the blog we pulled ours off of: <a href="http://houseonhilltop.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/our-favorite-christmas-treat/" target="_blank">House on Hilltop</a><br />
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We went the easy route and I wasn't able to find circle pretzels:<br />
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</div>I think in total this one took us 10 minutes to complete and in all honesty...I've made it a few more times since this initial batch... It was SUPER yummy to take into the movie theater and an easy snack for new years.<br />
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Next we made an english toffee that was not a pinterest item, but one that was given to me by my friends grandmother. Super easy recipe -<br />
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2 Sticks of butter<br />
1 cup of Sugar<br />
2 Hershey Bars<br />
Chopped nuts of your choice<br />
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Consistently stir butter and sugar about 10 minutes until its a caramel color - over medium high heat.<br />
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On a cookie sheet spray non stick spray (I do this even on my non stick pans) sprinkle 3/4's of your chopped nuts on the pan. Once the butter and sugar has changed color, pour it over the chopped nuts on your pan. Melt hershey bars. I do this on a double broiler, some people like to microwave... your choice. Coat the toffee with the chocolate and sprinkle the remaining nuts. Let cool and crack into pieces!<br />
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Next up! Christmas Crack. Another repinned item I saw many times over. We got ours from here: <a href="http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/03/saltine-cracker-toffee.html" target="_blank">The Girl Who Ate Everything</a><br />
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Jasmine loved this one. So easy!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for now. New post tomorrow with more competed foodie recipes! :)</div>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550905382461422617.post-43543379127665350152011-12-31T12:13:00.000-08:002011-12-31T12:13:24.491-08:00And so it begins...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New year resolutions and my need to blab my life to someone or anyone that will listen is how we are here today.<br />
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I am a single mom to a fabulous little 6 year old (almost 7) and am currently addicted to Pinterest and allllll that it entails. I am super crafty, and occasionally a good baker/chef. So here (at least for now) I will be exploiting my trials and tribulations with Pinterest, as well as my life and trails of raising a little girl on my own all while exploring the fabulousness that is the North Tarrant Texas area.<br />
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A little background might be good... I was born and raised in California. Four years ago, my then husband and I decided to pack up all our belongings, 2 year old in tow and move out of state in order to have a better life for our daughter. Long story short, I'm now single and living in TX with a fantastic support system of people who have basically taken me and my daughter into their families as their own. Not necessarily the ideal situation that I was hoping for when we made the move...But I'm making the most of the situation and living each day as it comes. People ask me all the time why I don't move back to California... be closer to my family and have some real support. And here's why: <br />
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I love the town I live in. Less than 8,000 people. Old country feel - and yet I can drive 5 miles down the road and be in what I call "the fashion island of Texas". The growth in the area is similar to what I used to live in back in California when we first moved there. The class sizes are small, the school district is highly rated, the crime is low, and the value of your dollar goes a long way. The people here though... are what make me stay. I have never felt so easily accepted by people as I have here in Roanoke. You walk into a store and the people talk to you as if they have known you their whole life. I have found a great church (not that they aren't hard to find here) and have started by walk with our Lord. I'm sure this subject will come up more than once as my exploration into all things Bible related are constantly playing in my mind.<br />
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I am a pretty low key person - inspired easily - and willing to try anything once. Which is why Pinterest is such a great outlet for me. When I'm not working (I have a full-time job), I am busy doing something... I love crafting with my daughter...and she loves it as much as I do! <br />
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Stand by for the excitement to begin!</span>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061289501458916887noreply@blogger.com0