::Kuppy Kakes by Kristin::

Wordless Wednesday!!

2012-01-18T08:10:00.001-05:00

My new blog is up and running! Check it out HERE!

Go on with your Blog self!

2012-01-14T10:44:00.001-05:00

WOOP! WOOP!So, my new blog is up and running.Now to get all of you to follow that one as well, and many more I hope! This is my everyday blog, with posts from a-z, boo-boo's, child horror stories, arts & crafts, recipes, tall tales, and so on and so forth. I am super excited!!Now, this blog will still be here. I will ONLY post Kuppy Kake things here. From shows, to pics, to prices, to events, and orders adn concoctions. Also, an occasional recipe. ;) So, please tune in to both and I hope you enjoy. NEW BLOG HERE!!!! Please tell all your bloggy buddies!!

Dirty and Left Out

2012-01-09T08:15:00.000-05:00

I am LOVING this song right now. It is call "Dirty and left out" by The Almost. I love the music of it alone, but when Aaron comes on and starts singing, it makes it all the better!
This is a short post today. My kitchen is in need of some deep cleaning!!
P.S. I have been out of the game for so long, where are the best weekly link ups? I know there is a tuesday tag-along and more, but I cant remember who, what, when, and where.

"This is the song that Doesn't end...."

2012-01-04T15:36:00.000-05:00

Do you ever feel like your stuck in a bad re-run of Lambchop?
And you must endure the same song.

Over.

And over.

Again?

You all know what song I am talking about. I am NOT going to type it here, for fear that it too will invade your brain, and you will be stuck humming it for the next 3.5 days.

BUT.....

Today is one of those days.
Last night I made a delicious meal of crock pot chili, cornbread, fritos, and a homemade peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream to boot.

I was enjoying it!!!

And then, I got to enjoy it again, and pull a muscle at the same time.
Thank God for my friend Jennifer who can make a mean rice sock.

On top of being sick and woozey, my kids yelled for me to come into the sunroom. {Usually this kind of prompt command is one of two things: dog poop (new puppy), or cat poop (new puppy who likes to dig for buried treasure}

And then I heard it: "It's not dog poop!"
"Oh- Phew" I thought.

WRONG!

I walk in there to find, what looks like spaghetti, and then as soon as that thought crossed my mind.... I knew it.

OH MY GEEZ-- EWWW-- GROSS-- RUN-- WASH--- YOUR-- HANDS-- RIGHT--THIS-- INSTANT!!!!

Being the big tough mom that I am, I hollered for MY mom and had her pick it up. {You know, due to being sick, fear of having to clean up TWO messes}

And if your wodnering, no I do not live at home, my mum lives with me.
I am overjoyed. ;) Love you mom!

I ran through the house demanding washed hands, new socks, shoes, wash hands again! Then I was on the hunt for more of these disgusting pests. Found more, in my room, front doorway {It's ok-- it's clean-- you can come ova} and now I am running around like a freak with Lysol spray, bleach, a prepped carpet cleaner, vacuum cleaner, and whatever else. I have the heeby-jeebies!! EEEKKK ICCCKK... Needless to say I grabbed up Elle super quickly, and off to the vet we ran.

Now she is staying outside, or in the garage for the next 2 days. YUCK.
ICK. Eww.. I am sorry if any of you were eating, or trying to, or about to, or thinking about it for the next couple of days. HAHA.

All aboard the gross train! TOOT TOOT! <-- No pun intended.

HAPPY 2012!!

2012-01-01T17:24:00.000-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I hope evryone's 2012 is starting off right. Get those resolutions moving and jiving. I have a few, but one is to start another blog. I know what you're thinking.... "Another blog?!! She can't even post on THIS one!"

And, your right. LOL. But I feel like I am limited to what I can post on here, since it is technically for my business. So, I am creating another blog and linking the two together. This one for Kuppy Kakes (which will be updated weekly if not daily- another resolution) and then one for everyday life of kuppy. Not sure what I will call it yet, any suggestions?

So, now that that is covered, what are soem of YOUR resolutions for the new year?

Right now, im cooking my family, some collards and black eyed peas!
Need all the luck I can get this year.

:D

We celebrated last night at a friends house, which we exited soon after, can't go into the deets.

And then we went home, read a couple of books and headed to our town's celebration. The 2012 Villa Rica Gold Nugget Drop. Sounds tantalizing, huh?! ;) Here's a pic of the actual gold nugget:

Well, we had our countdown, and then the huge "nugget" dropped. The fireworks were being set off and the band was kicking. My kids were so ready to "drop" themselves after all of the fun. So we headed home and got all warm and snuggly and konked out. I wish I would have taken pictures, but I couldn't find my stinkin' camera and my hands were too warm in my gloves to try it with my phone. :)

Have a wonderful New Year's, Be safe, Eat well, and Pray often!
You know, it doesn't have to be Thanksgiving to give and show thanks for the people and things in our lives.

HAPPY 2012!!!

Yum o

2011-12-28T11:26:00.001-05:00

I have been so busy this holiday season. I hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas!! This is what I made for my family on this cold winter morning. Cinnamon roll cake, recipe tweaked by me, but adapted from Jamie Cooks It Up! Next week will be full of changes. I plan on having a separate blog for everything other than kuppy kakes.

Betty....

2011-12-20T09:16:00.000-05:00

Betty has been diagnosed.
I have been refferred to the ENT, because it is a stone in my salivatory glands. Like a kidney stone, only in my throat. I used to get kidney stones all fo the time, then I changed my diet and none since, now I am getting them in my throat?! Argh. So, I have an appointment Thursday for a consult so they can go in and surgically remove it. I know it's a small procedure, but still scary.

Betty lost.

I won.

That's all that matters! ;)

Meeting Betty!

2011-12-16T15:56:00.001-05:00

OH JOY! (can you already hear the sarcasm?!) I have a new friend, her name is "Betty".

Although, I wouldn't call her a friend....

More like an enemy.

She has been here for about a week now and I have been so delighted to have her.

OK. I am done pretending.

Betty and I have such a horrid relationship, she keeps coming around, getting fatter off of my food. And to top it off, she hurts me, and then won't go away. I have tried to give her meds and pills to make her go away, no such luck. I have tried to go talk to someone to make her go away, she is still here.

Well, last night, last night was the last straw. You see, I take a cute little sleeping pill that helps me sleep, dur. And I was awoken at 2 am by Betty. She wasn't having the whole sleep thing, she wanted to be up and moving and getting fatter and just a real pain in the neck! {Literally}

I told her, I am going to win this and popped another pain pill....
{i'm SO not a junkie, I actually loathe taking anything but ibuprofen, but Betty is cruel and unusual punishment for my nerves}

An hour went by, still awake and still in pain. {Have I ever mentioned that I have an abnormally large resistance to pain meds? True Story.}
Anyways.
So I get back to sleep, and when I woke up this morning, she had done it. I couldn't swallow! (ok so it HURT to swallow--sheesh)
What did she do to me?!?! Did she poison me in my sleep!?

Nope, she got fatter. So, to tally it up, she's fat and i'm the unhappy one.

I just realized that I sound like I have Multiple Personality Disorder. haha. Not true. Can you prove it?!

I still managed to eat a cupcake, as painful as it was.

Doc said she shouldn't be getting fatter, she should be going away and bothering someone else. Yet, she isn't. AT. ALL.

So, now I have to take 2,000 mg of amoxicillin and another antibiotic I cant spell, plus a pain pill. Thank you so much Betty. And on Monday, if I can "make it" through till then WITHOUT visiting our crummy E.R., THEN the doc will do an ultrasound. Please pray Betty is gone by then, or smaller and less painful, and hope it isn't something bad.

Betty dear.... I bid you adue!

P.S. Betty is a female bc im a female, and also, she is a lump that started out the size of a pea under my chin, and has grown to the size of an avocado core and is now hovering under my jaw line and over my lawbone a little. :(

Who wants clean cupcakes anyways?!

2011-12-13T10:21:00.000-05:00

My dear friends, today is a day that I, Procrastinate. I am horrible at this. I find myslef writing random "to-do" lists in 18 different notebooks, that I manage to "scratch" out 3 things from.

PLEASE HELP.

I NEED MOTIVATION.

Maybe it was all of the mexican and cookies I ~~inhaled~~ tasted last night at my cookie swap. You know, the ~~gossip~~ social committee.

Maybe I can accomplish at least laundry. Although to be honest, no one needs clean clothes, do we? We just like them. It isnt a necessity, right?
;)

Besides, I'm good.

I have NO laundry of my own in there, maybe the hubbs will do it.
Than again, maybe there will be world peace and everyone will become rich.
PFFT!

And to answer your question, yes, my random babblings are back. :)

I quit!

2011-12-05T14:05:00.003-05:00

I QUIT! True story. ;)

So, about 2 weeks ago, I quit my job! I am super stoked! Now I have more time to blog, clean, bake, clean, do laundry, did I mention Clean?!

This is fab-o!
Now, the funny thing is, my daughter is going to be home earlier in the day too.

Which means, I also have to do all of the above, in a 3 hour time limit. HAHAHA! SO. Lots to ~~bore~~ catch you up with.

To inifinity, and beyond!

2011-08-20T17:29:00.000-04:00

Hello dolls and gents!
Today is my precious, courageous, brave, over dramatic, genius, kind, and hot tempered son's 6th birthday!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY B, I LOVE YOU!
So, how did we celebrate?
First off, we went to the zoo. (Pics to come later, left my camera at home, and had to use a disposable AND my cell phone)

But, sad faces on, so many of the participants couldn't make it.
It saddend me so.
Hospitalizations (friends & family)
Scouts
Divorce
Working
Out of Town

NOT a good weekend to do a birthday party! LOL
BUT it was still GREAT!
We got to see Baby Po (panda @ the zoo, yes named after the kung fu panda Po)
And a baby giraffe, a gorgeous red panda, lemurs, otters, flamingos, mambas, pythons, gorillas, parakeet city, and much much more!
We enjoyed it, and he did tell me, "this is the best place to go for a birthday!"
:D

On to the party. Theme: Toy Story 3 (6 in this case ;) )
The cake: chocolate and vanilla with an almond buttercream
The cupcakes: (big boys choice, of course- S'mores with green frosting)
The gifts: AWESOME!
Sad that out of EVERYONE who was invited, only my sister in law and famiyl came, and a friend of Cohens.
MISSED EVERYONE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT.

Now, Frosting For The Cure.
When I had seen Paula's site for this project, I HAD to join. My Nana was taken from us by Ovarian Cancer, and I know a very beautiful and brave woman, Marissa, who is battling Brain Cancer at such a young age. :(

I hope you guys enjoy my story, and enjoy my cupcakes!
Love and Kuppies!

Frosting For The Cause- Baking A Difference

2011-08-17T17:12:00.000-04:00

So, today I finished my "Frosting For The Cause" post. It was an emotional post for me. Paula, the amazing woman in charge, has started this project to help raise awareness and raise money for Women's Cancers. When it is ready I will link up to it, it will be on the website August 20th. I hope you guys enjoy, adn please feel free to volunteer some time adn some baked goods for the cause as well! :)

Witty Bantor and My Quest

2011-08-01T21:51:00.000-04:00

Hello bloggy lovers!

Today's post is brought to you by, Witty BFF aka my jacob, Nick Witcher!!!
Ok, so I am getting itchy AND antsy. And I am itching to do something! Something with cupcakes, cookies, and my new collection.

I am working on a new collection: My Savory Collection
Or as BFF would call it the "WTF!? Who would eat THAT?!" Collection. Got to love him!

So, what would be a savory and sweet flavor you could/want to eat in cupcake form?
On the list: Chicken -n- Waffles, and Bacon Maple... And then I am stuck.

Also, I'm working on my new "Quest"... Like I said before, I am getting antsy aand itchy. And this is where my mind takes me on a journey through complete randomocity. I am thinking about doing a different cupcake or cookie either every day or every other day. Let's be honest, I am not sure if I would have enough time to do one EVERY day. I would LOVE to, but not. going. to. happen. Kapeesh?! :)
And also, what if I based it off of random made up tv foods, like on iCarly, spaghetti tacos?! LOL... Something to that effect.

Throw me a life preserve of ideas! Ready.

Waiting.....

Are you still there?!

LOL.

Frustration & Cakes

2011-07-19T15:09:00.000-04:00

I. DO. NOT. DO. CAKES.
Witht hat being said, here is the 2 cakes I did this past weekend.

Monkey Smash Cake

Mickey Mouse clubhouse cake

For those of you in the baking world like me, you know that it is costly and time consuming to do these things. Correct?
I am very frustrated. Why? Because I made these two cakes, charged $100.00 for both (which by the way it costs me $70 out of pocket before hand, not including labor). So, I think $30 for 2 cakes labor wise was damn practical. I felt bad because I do not like to charge that much money for htings liek this.... I think it is too much. But I asked around and asked fellow bakers and they would charge way more than that. So there is my rant and rave. I wish that I would have some kind of feedback from the people who bough them, or a reply saying they hated it, or something. Something is better than nothing.

Anywho!
LOL
I'm done.
Back with a non-ranting and raving post later! :)

@%*#! Pirate Post and Handler Moments

2011-06-21T10:04:00.000-04:00

I was reading a post from another blog that I adore! And I have come to the conclusion that we are all pirates every now and then, right?!

I. LOVE. THESE. cookies that she has made with random cursey words that aren't pirate perfect. She named her icing @%*#! Icing, or close to that, it is whatever word you say in your head. ;)
They are f-bomb adorable! I often curse at my icing too, it's one of those things. You just have to be there to understand. My 5 year old is helping me learn alternatives from SpongeBob, like-- "Oh barnacles!" - OR Ahh shneeky doo-- NO CLUE. And his favorite--which I loathe- "aww fart nugget?!" REALLY?! WTF is a fart nugget?! gross. LOL

So, what are your favorite pirate words?!
Also, thanks to Chelsea Handler, I'm loving the "shidoobee".
Her shidoobee cracks me up and I often have "Handler Moments". Those rock too. You should all have "Handler Moments".
Classic HM today: As I was typing this, my mother, who might also be known as The Nana, came into my office to show me ANOTHER frosting tip chewed up by my ~~@%*#$!~~ wonderful great danes!

Really guys?!
This is the second tip in 2 days!
@%*#! Your father for feeding you left over frosting from a piping bag, which is now causing you to attack random tips, for the @%*#! of it.
MAN!
This post is fun!
HAHAHA.
OK. IM DONE. Off to the @%*#! Pool to float. :)
Enjoy your day! I am!

K-MO

"Where does Bacon come from?"

2011-06-02T16:27:00.000-04:00

A funny thing happened while at the Wally World. Yes, I go to walmart a lot. My son, who is about to be 6, had asked me:
"Where does Bacon come from? and ground beef?"
So, I looked him in the eye, {and being the realist that I am}, I said :"Cows and Pigs".
"Oh. Ok. And bread, does that come from cow?"
"No, that comes from flour and wheat and things from the earth"
"Oh. Ok."
"When I say Pigs and cows, do you understand?"
"Kind of."
This is the part where I am uber-brutally honest, but again, I am a realist and wouldn't lie to my children.
"Do you know Porky at the farm animal exhibit?"
"Yes"
"THAT is bacon."
" :-O "
"Do you know all of the cows we walk around with in the pasture at the farm?"
"Yes."
"THAT ia ground beef"
" :-O "
And to myself I thought, we are on our way to being vegan!

Inspektor KupKake...

2011-06-01T17:01:00.000-04:00

I have such a wonderful husband. With that said, my kuppy kake world is an 1/8 crushed due to him. But, I keep telling myself: "I have such a wonderful husband." Working hard yesterday, while hubs had the day off, Lucky. I noticed how quiet it was in the hizzy. So cool that my kids are being so quiet fo rme to work. Well come to find out, they weren't even here.

When I happened to look up and out of the corner of my eye. I saw my ~~drama queen~~ sweet little roo (Ky) dryign my wheels with a rag. I had to double-take. But yes, she was drying my wheels with a rag. Look at my car!!! It was so shiny and purty!

Never saw my car drive back and forth from my driveway to the main street. Oblivious much. BUT. I did notice ONE THING. And I had temporarily forgotten about it, until hubs had said soemthign about 45 min ago.
My back hatch was missing the very couture piece of luxury it had owned.

MY KUPPY KAKES BY KRISTIN MAGNET. What the @#!!*&$%^!!! Where did my beauty go!? I figured that my husband, whom I love very much (reminding myself to keep the heart rate down), had removed it to clean the car underneath it. It gets dirty out hur in the country. ;)

But then today! He called me to say: "Did you take the magnet off of the car?" Why "NO, I didn't. Maybe YOU did, to clean it." "IT wasn't there when I arrived at the car wash." Im thinking, my fat fanny it wasn't. He said, "maybe someone took it." "Why would someone, anyone, not named Kristin take my magnet!" He said: Like a man, "I dunno." URGH!

How odd, the timing of it all, and he cut his own throat by saying (at the beginning of my new car relatiosnhip) "You are not putting those magnets on this car!" Guess he had the last word.

Or does he? I have an even BIGGER magnet that I am going to put on it, and when he arrives home from out of town, we will se who has the last laugh. ;) bahahaha!

Easter 2011

2011-06-01T16:39:00.000-04:00

Yes, you read that right, Easter. But wasn't it? Yeah, it was. But I just NOW got my camera unloaded and here I go down the list of pictures and posts. I asked if you were ready. :)

Well Easter was a time for bunny cakes, candy filled eggs, ham, potato salad, dresses and egg hunts. Well. Our Easter was supposed to be like all the others. Wake up, go to church, head to grandmothers house, lunch, egg hunt, home. Not this year. At THE last minute, and I mean the LAST minute. I was informed by my lovely cousin that guess what?! No Easter at gma's this year. WAIT?! WHAT?! She then promptly text me and said: "No food, nothing,what are we all going to do? Stand around and STARE at one another!?"

How sad. I know my gma is getting older and its getting harder for her, which in understandable. But I could've thrown in some eggs and a dessert and a side. But she just didn't want all of the noise. I love her so very much, if it weren't for her, I probably would have no care for baking. GASP! But to be honest, she is becoming more and more forgetful. Her mother had alhezheimers, so I wouldn't discount that, that is what's happening. Anyways.

OK. Plan B. Wait, what is Plan B? We have never had a plan b. I don't even know where to begin. Yes, I do. CHURCH! So, we headed to church on a Saturday night and if I were an emotional person, I would have balled my eyes out like a baby. NOT saying I did, because I didn't, just saying to say, ya know? That was my 3 year old, oh wait she was in the daycare area.... hmm.

Then on Easter Sunday, headed back to church to work the children's ministries. Well it dawned at me as we were leaving church. What is for lunch? Well I know what wasn't for lunch. Ham. Deviled eggs. Potato Salad. Yeast Rolls. Green Beans. Apple rings. Spaghetti and Cheese! Man, im getting hungry. you?

At the wally world, I called hubby. Yo hubby! Whats say we throw together an Easter dinner and invite anyone who isn't already taken? OK! He said, your crazy, too last minute, but I would like a ham. HA.

So, that is what we did. I called my family members who were close by, invited them over and cooked my ~~bunny~~ tail off. And here are the pictures to show! :) Sorry about my long story, I try to be humorous, but it isn't working today. Enjoy the pictures. Oh, quick tragic story. Do you know those little chicks that chirp non stop while they are in your hand? Yeah, me and my sister had one when we were younger, dad got tired of them, and tossed them out the window! So, my kids had those is their buckets, and yeah, let's just say that they are now chew toys of the dogs! ;) Thanks dad for the heads up about parenting.

P.S. Please ignore the dirty kids, I was cooking, can't do it all! ;)
P.S.S. Also, the rabid looking monsters in pjs, those are mine. We just woke up, what can I say. :)

HA! No easter bunnies here, aliens. That's how we roll.

She loves her Uncle Noodle!

My handsome little brother!

WARNING!

2011-06-01T14:56:00.002-04:00

This is your warning!
I am about to unload my camera and flood ya'll with pictures and stories!
ARE YOU READY?!

:D

Memorial Day Early Cook out cupcakes!

2011-05-28T23:00:00.000-04:00

Hello gorgeous.
Have we met?

Ahh, I see.

Well, you look familiar, but i'm not sure why.

Is THAT why? Hmm, how nice of you to remember.

Well I do apologize for that awkward moment....

I'm forgiven? Your too kind...

BUT IM BACK! :) MISS YOU ALL!!

Between working, and making cupcakes, and life in general..... My blog life suffers the most. Poor little blog. Hate it that it is so lonely. But hey, if I could just win the lottery, or stumble upon a couple hundred thousand dollars, I'd be OK. :)

Memorial Day is around the corner, and we decided to have an early cook out with friends and family. Bad part, all the friends, but 2 ditched, and no family. YAY! For cookouts! <-- note the sarcasm?So, tough luck to them. I made 22 hamburgers for 8 people, haha, 16 hot dogs, and a ton of sides..... I'm thinking I know what's for dinner for the week!Our pool opened yesterday.Which rocks. Even the ~~awesome~~ sunburn I got, and the dry skin and straw-like hair, all of these beauty secrets you recevie by diving into a body of chlorinated water. And whatever else might be in the water mind you.

On to the cupcakes. Cook out themed, my favorite flavor: White Chocolate Raspberry. They are so delicious, I will post a recipe soon. And by soon, please DO NOT hold your breath. Because with my blogging luck, it will be another month before I get it on here, and I can't get you help from over here! :)

Please don't be jealous of my highly couture manicure styling. :D

Now I have that song stuck in my head.
YES! That one!
GO MEAT! <-- THAT one... grrr. dang grillers and their catchy grilling tunes.

Lemon-Lime-Ita cupcakes!!

2011-05-17T15:50:00.000-04:00

OK guys!
I know, it's about time right? I have missed you all, and I have a new cupcake flavor to show you! It is my "Lemon-Lime-Ita" cupcakes. Get it? Like margar-ita, but not! ;) Anywhoodles.... Do me a favor, DO NOT JUDGE the look. They look AWFUL, I could do better, but I was trying something new and didn't have all of the right "equipment" and all for these. But, do trust me when I say, THEY TASTE AMAZING! I will do something I have never done before and I will give you the recipe. So, I hope you enjoy! Next time I make these, it will be a simple round "blob" of icing (sounds appealing, I know) and maybe a slice of lemon or lime and a cute little paper umbrella!

Lime Cupcakes
(Adapted from My Cake School Blog) **I did change the recipe to my pallet, but the original is great too!
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 1/2 sticks of (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup fresh or bottled lime juice
3/4 cup sour cream
zest of 1 lime

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

In a separate bowl put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk until blended.

In your mixing bowl beat the softened butter, add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating after each egg. Add flour alternately with the lime juice. Add sour cream and lime zest and mix until blended.

Divide batter into two 8″ cake pans and bake for 30 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean. Or it is enough to fill 37 cupcakes :)

Cool for 5 minutes and turn cakes out.

Lemon Lime Buttercream Frosting

2 pounds confectioners sugar
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup heavy cream or milk
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract *I used 2 tablespoons
1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice * I used 1 tablespoon
zest of 1 lime

Beat the softened butter and add the confectioners sugar gradually with the milk and flavorings . Add lime zest and blend. Beat 6 to 8 minutes until light and fluffy.

Add a bit more cream if the consistency is thicker than you like. Also, you can adjust the lemon and lime flavor to suit your taste.

ENJOY!!!

Winner, Winner! Chicken Dinner!

2011-05-08T21:21:00.000-04:00

OK Bloggy buddies! My baby girl is in the running for July's Issue of our local magazine. The Villa Rica News and Views, has her in there as number 8, number 10 on facebook! Please go and vote for my love!!!
To do it online: If you want to see the picture click here, and scroll over to page 22-23, she is number 8. Then simply email: "PHOTO 8" to vote@villaricanews.net!!
Facebook option: Go here and click "Like" on number 10!!! Thank you all so much for those of you who vote!!!

P.S. I finally got my part time position at work, so more baking to come!!
P.S.S. I miss all of you! And an update: I entered into Cupcake Wars challenge, and they emaile dme back saying that castng was already closed for this season. :( OH well, there's always NEXT season!

Frustration...

2011-04-08T19:22:00.000-04:00

I am not sure if frustration can manifest in such a way that you literally explode. Now, I felt like this was going to happen, but it indeed did not. Work was so frustrating to me, kept getting hung up on and yelled at, there was one gentleman who brightened my day. He was so kind and so personable, Thank You Mr. Stu Iselin. He wrote a short story about a terrible thing that happened to him and maybe soon I will share it. Of course with his consent.

Now, I do not know what was said to make so many people angry, but they were and they were taking it out on me. Anywho, im done venting about work. Wait, no i'm not, haha. I requested a PT position so that I can have time to do my other job, you know the job you haven't heard anythign about in forever, yes that job.... what is it, you forgot?!?! Its ok, me too, its cupcakes! :) Your welcome for the reminder.

But I just got my new schedule and it is FT again, yikes. I need to bake, if I don't do something messy adn creative soon, I will burst. No lie.
Well my hubbys birthday was yesterday, but baking his oh so delicious pound cake wasn't enough to quench my thirst. Although it was delicious, and I will post a pic soon and maybe the recipe, if your kind. ;)

Oh well, tomorrow we wil be headed to Underground Atlanta and The World of Coca-Cola, this will be fun. I will take lots of pictures and post them soon. P.S. Sara-- I have not forgotten about the cupcake wars... my mind is so set on it. :)

With love & cupcakes!

She works hard for her money.....

2011-03-21T14:12:00.000-04:00

Hey ya'll!
Man, I have been super swamped with work! I did nto realize how much time this would actually take out of my week. My brain is going nuts. No baking, no going out for lunch, no trips with my girl, no lunch at school with my son, grocery shopping on saturday and so much more. I keep asking myself, "Why did you go and get a job anyways!?" hahah.

Oh well, when I have all of this money saved up and can purchase my own bakery, THEN I will know why I got a job. :)

Perks: It is at home, so no commute, no traffic, eat lunch at home with my girl, and can still be home to at least be near her. Oh and I can be home for when my son gets off of the bus, and when I get off work, I can go straight to family/dinner time instead of traffic for 2 hours! So, I guess I can't complain too bad.

:) I hope to bake something REALLY soon. I have a few orders coming up, so I will post pics. Making cupcakes and cookies for sweet Marissa's walk for brain cancer (she was my twin sisters roomie in college and she is too adorable! check out her blog HERE its heart breaking, read from day one). Also making osme "Groovy" cupcakes for Pink and her crew, an Easter assortment, birthday for my hubby, and baby shower cookies! whew! Lord help me stop time! ;)

Choreo's- Mmm Mmm Good!

2011-03-05T15:55:00.000-05:00

Hey Ya'll!

Ridiculous.

Crazy.

Nonsense.

Who would, who could, do something like that?!

You know EXACTLY what I am talking about, pretend you don't, OK. I'll play.

Here it is, since you wanna play like you don't know what it is:

Now, I know what you're thinking: "What is that?!"
This is the super rich thing, that you don't know that I know, that you already know what it is, in the raw. Did ya get that?!

These are what I like to call: CHOREOS!!
YES, CHOREO.

Now, after these have cooked, here is what they look like...

I know your dying for me to cut one open and ~~eat it~~ show you, aren't you?! ;) I knew you were.

It's quite a sight to see isn't it?

And this is how you do it...

Take an Oreo cookie, I prefer mine double stuffed, but regular works too.
Then take a ball of chocolate chip cookie dough and flatten it and wrap it around the cookie. (I forgot to take pics of this process)

Once, completed, bake at 350 degrees until golden brown. Let cool for about 15 minutes, then enjoy! And I do mean, enjoy.
They go great with an ice cold glass of milk, mmm... there goes my diet! They are super rich, I can only eat 1/2 of one at a time.

Mine made approx 4. But it would have made more, had my dearest mother not eaten half the dough secretly... Leaving me to find the half empty container as I go to make these. Thanks mom, you're a gem!

Wordless Wednesday- The In Crowd

2011-03-02T19:28:00.000-05:00

The "In Crowd". :)

P.S. The big green elephant, totally blocking a shot of "ABC" food :)

Aww... Snap! Tom Cruise ain't got nothin on B! ;)

THE "IN CROWD" !!

Black and White Wednesdays

2011-02-23T09:20:00.000-05:00

Yummy Slice O'Cake

My sweetness in the tree with the moon...

My amazing family!

My sweet girl patiently waiting for her bowling ball.

Our Great Great Danes playing in the floor.

S'mores Pops "How To"

2011-02-22T14:52:00.002-05:00

These were SUPER easy and SUPER cute and they got 2 thumbs up from my 3 testers. :)

All you will need is:

1 Box of Honey Graham Crackers
1 Bag of Heart Shaped Jet-Puffed Marshmallows (I found mine at Wal-Mart, if youc an't find any, minis will do)
1 Package of Lollipop Sticks
2 Bags of chocolate candy melts

First, break your graham crackers in half to create 2 squares...
Then take 2 heart-mallows and lay them on the cracker on opposite tips on the cracker.

Go ahead and melt your candy melts as directed on bag. Take a lollipop stick and dip it in the candy melts and lay down in the center of a graham cracker, in between the marshmallows.

Once you have dipped your sticks and placed them on the desired amount of crackers, let dry for a few minutes. Once dry, place them, 4 at a time on a wire rack and ladel melted candy melts over them until covered... give them a little shimmy to rid of excess chocolate and then add sprinkles.
Place them on parchment paper until completely hardened and dried.

Once dried, remove from parchment and put into cellophane bags and tie with decorative ribbon!

ENJOY!

So much to do, so little time....

2011-02-22T14:45:00.001-05:00

Hey ya'll!!! I love saying that. It has been crazy hectic since the last time I posted. The fundraiser I was helping to create and put on was a huge success and it was a complete blast! Our goal was $2,500.00 and we raised $4,700.00!!! I sold over 200 cupcakes and gave out A LOT of business cards. Sad thing, I was soooooo busy organizing and running around that whole day (I wasn't even at my table longer than 5 minutes at a time) that I didn't get any pictures. Well 1. That is the lonliest number. Here is a pic of my table... It is super tiny b/c I took it with my phone. :(

Oh wait, I do have one of my sexy hubby I stole from my stepmoms facebook. She took this at the fundraiser's charity softball game. :)

And of course the NEXT day was Valentines Day!!!
How was everyone's Valentines Day?
Here is how mine went: FANTASTIC!
Get ready for the ~~long~~ lovely story.
Hubby had to go to work on Valentine's Day, but of course he did call me and tell me Happy Valentine's Day after I ~~fussed at him~~ told him. ;)
Well skip to the good stuff. A few hours later I was sitting in my car jamming out enjoying the beautiful weather, when he calls me.
Hubs: Hey, what are you doing?
Me: I am sitting in the car rider pick up line at b's school.... why?
Hubs: just making sure your there (p.s. he always makes sure im there to pick him up, for some reason he seems to think that I will forget the child I gave birth to, even though I do this EVERY SINGLE DAY)
ME: yes, I am here, not going to leave him at school
Hubs: ok, well I got to get back to work, love
Me: Love you.
So, then the radio went back up to its loud volume and then.... NO LIE, 1.4 MINUTES LATER... I am looking out and beyond the sea of cars and low and behold- "Is that my husband?!" And sure enough, here he comes in his big ol' work van barelling over the hill. (Instant smile across my face)
Now keep in mind, this is only a little 2 lane back road... So, he pulls up beside my car, puts it in park. And with the most ~~cheesiest~~ adorable smile on his face hops out of his car, while it is still in the middle of the road, and pulls out a dozen red roses! Walks over to my car, hands them to me, says Happy Valentine's Day and kisses me. :D Then scampers off into his car and speeds away.
Ok. I think to myself "what just happened & how many people saw that?!" LOL. But it was so sweet!!!! So, I go back to jamming out like nothing happened, im cool like that, and pick up my son. Well, I pull into one side of the 2 laned car rider pick up, and the 5 following cars that had seen this whole mushy thing unfold behind me, pull up beside me in the other lane with the same ~~cheesy~~ adorable smiles. Like as to say "awww I saw that, how sweet."

So, my darling son gets into the car and we are off to pick up my neighbors little girl. On the way to pick her up, I am still trying to hold back the sappy love tears from the event that had just taken place, when I pull up to her daycare.... And there is my husband, in the parking lot (which faces the main street) standing in front of his work van with the same cheesy smile (there must have been something in that Dr. Pepper!), holding a heart shaped box of chocolates in front of him, waiting for me. GAH! At this point he is KILLING ME! He is never this sappy and lovey dovey with his endeavors.

I walk in and pick up our darling cosette, and he drives away, after multiple kisses and hugs.... OH! And while I was inside picking her up, he gives my mom (she was with me) a dozen light pink roses and chocolate too!!! (Which if you knew him and her, this was hell freezing over).

Now, I have 2 dozen roses, 2 boxes of chocolate, 1 tearful mother, 1 in awe self, and 3 noisy kids in my car at this point. I pull up in the driveway and of course have to jump out and hug and kiss on him. WHEW...

Oh but it wasn't over. :)

Later on, I wanted to give him his gift, but he refused and told me he wanted to wait until the kids got theirs. But then, he sneaks a Jareds box into the kitchen and gives it to me! URGH! So sneaky. I open it and it is 2 dark blue charms with white flowers on them for my Pandora bracelet.

He assures me we are done. So, I settle in and start to make some dinner. (For the kids, mommy & daddy were going out.) Right before the kids dug into their plates, hubbs makes them stop and wait and open their Valentines gifts. And of course.... BAM! 2 more little boxes from Jared! I'm so spoiled. One was a frog charm for my boy and a ladybug charm for my girl. :) But of course, those were from my "kids".

We left to go eat at the japanese steakhouse, and enjoyed our night together. Ahh... I usually do not like Valentine's Day.... Maybe it's because the past few were HORRIBLE. :)
But, my kids and I did make chocolate dipped strawberries, YUM.

I am also adding some pics of random valentines day stuff....
Like pics of my sons class Valentines I made, S'mores Pops and Cards.
(S'mores Pops "How to" post to follow)

Valentines cupcakes for b's class

My "Red Hottie" cupcakes for b's class too...

Close up of S'mores Pop

B's Valentines for class :)

Wordless Wednesday!

2011-02-09T16:26:00.000-05:00

For some reason, most of my Wordless Wednesday's are all of my kids or animals.... I hope to get a bigger variety of pics soon! ;) What can I say, I got cute kids!

Ky & Lucy

Zoe & Milo arguing over the dog couch

Sweet Zoe

Fundraiser--7 days left!

2011-02-05T23:17:00.000-05:00

We are in the week away stretch for the fundraiser, and as I was typing this, I realized.... CRAP I HAVE LESS THAN ONE WEEK TO MAKE 250-500 COOKIES AND CUPCAKES... And I haven't even started. WHOA. Well I am super excited about it anyways!! Dawn and Tommy Phillips are wonderful and have a great family.

I met Dawn for the first time Friday and she was such a sweetheart. It makes me so happy to be helping out with such a wonderful thing. However, I know that this was supposed ot be a pageant, but that has been cancelled. With such little time to get this together, I just don't have time to do a pageant.

On another note, we are having a charity softball tournament. If any of you reading this would like to come out, if you live in the area, please go to the website for details. Web Site HERE...

With my honey out of town, kids, house, animals, fundraiser, and now training for my job starting Monday.... I am not sure when I am going to have the time to actually sit down and make all of these cookies. Maybe I could clone myself? I wonder if my kids would entertain themselves for awhile so I could make some.... yeah who am I kiddin! LOL.

Wordless Wednesday...

2011-02-02T08:06:00.000-05:00

These are from Christmas; But I haven't yet made a 2011 folder of pix yet! :)

Yoga and Sneaky Snakes

2011-01-30T09:42:00.000-05:00

Woke up one morning and decided that I would make my hubby some breakfast before he went to work. Now keep in mind, I am not ready for the day until about after 9. So being up at 5:30, AND feeling generous, once in a lifetime. I was trying not to make too much noise in the kitchen, I did not want to wake my sleeping ~~hellians~~ angels from their slumber. Got out the eggs, bacon, cheese, and bread.

Scrambled the eggs, cooked the bacon til it was ~~burnt~~ just right, toasted the bread and put it all together! VOILA! Breakfast for my man. Now, where is my man? Still sound asleep, nice. So, HIS alarm woke ME up, but not HIM. Classic. Well, hunny left for work and of course I had full intention on NOT going back to sleep. He was certain I would, but I was going to stay strong! And I did. My little girl woke up at 6 am and peeked her little bed head into the kitchen.

She walked in with her eyes half open and speaking in the softest "just woke up" adorable tone, and asked me for some breakfast. Well in my house, when my daughter wakes up soooo stinkin cute like this, I am instantly thrown into a good mood. I leaned over the island and whispered with a HUGE grin, "What would you like for breakfast baby?" She looked back at me with her beautiful grin and pointed at the cupcake toppers I had made the night before, out of homemade MMF, and that was it. So, I said, "no baby, those are for your brothers class". Then the gut wrencher.

She looked up at me and said, "but mommy, I already had one.... in bed". My face was probably priceless at this point, and my jaw flew open, hit the ground and my mind was rapidly thinking, yeah right. haha. But no, she was right. I looked down on the tray and I was missing an entire cupcake topper and a "0" off of another one. She looked at me with the slyest grin I have ever seen, and she was so proud of herself for being so sneaky! Here I was locking up our great dane, so HE wouldn't eat one, and my precious 3 year old was the culprit! So... needless to say, momma was rushing around trying to roll out more fondant and making a new one. Kids... Nuff said.

Yoga. Here in this past week I have been doing yoga. I was so excited. The first thought in my mind, oh this is just a bunch of stretching, my kind of work out! Note: If you do yoga and you already know that this assumption is completely WRONG, shh. So, I bought this Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown.... I thought: "Meltdown? Must just be because your stretching SO much". Then I read the front of the cover, "Lose 5 pounds a week".... I paused and pondered, standing in the walmart... 5 pounds gone, from stretching? Hmm.. OK. Maybe they stretch REAL WELL.

Got home and decided to give it a go before bed. After all, who wouldn't want a nice relaxing stretch-down before you crawl into bed? I pop the DVD in and there she is, make-up and all. Aww, How pretty, see you don't need make up like that for a "real" work out. I knew this was going to be easy. You see where I am headed, don't you? Start stretching and then she wants me to get my heart rate up. For yoga?! I thought. Ok. I will humor you Jillian.

And then the workout started...... HELL ON A DVD. YOGA IS NOT EASY STRETCHING! Maybe once you have done it for years it is easy! HA. I loved the downward dog and the warrior, but this one thing, can't remember what it is called, where you have to go into a push up like postition on your elbows and then turn to your side with your arm in the air and balance..... HA. Not fun easy stretching. So, after all of my, thats easy crap.

I am sorely mistaken. But, on a side note, I LOVED IT! Now, I have to do it everyday. Funny thing, my husband walked in while I was doing it, and what did he say to me? "Yoga? Huh, thats so EASY, nothing but stretching!" BAHAHAHAHA. Sure honey. Go ahead and try it with me. ;)

Follow Me Back Tuesday!!

2011-01-25T10:44:00.001-05:00

Hey guys!!
Link up and have a great Tuesday!

Ruffle Cake 1- Me 0

2011-01-22T16:57:00.001-05:00

Well I have been very interested in trying to make the Ruffle Cake I had seen on Amanda's Blog "i am Baker". Well today was the day! Note to self and others, make sure your frosting is thick enough. Oh and... be patient! ;)

First make your cakes and cut them in half:

Next, start your crumb coat; {this does not have to look perfect at all!}

Once you are done with your crumb coat, freeze for 5-10 minutes. Remove, and crumb coat again... {the only reason I did this twice was because I was using two different frostings inside, vanilla and chocolate}

Next, freeze for another 5 minutes.
While it is in the freezer, put your tip #103 into your piping bag and fill with frosting.
With the smaller end facing out and the larger end slightly touching the cake, squeeze out frosting in a straight line and then move it back and fourth until you reach the top.

Once finished, ENJOY! But take some pics, I would love to see them!
Here is mine, oddly enough, something happened and it was on that plate for no longer than 2 minutes. ;)

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME!!

2011-01-21T09:27:00.002-05:00

Hey guys! Please vote for my popcorn kuppies over at The Sweetest Kitchen!If you go to the right of the page, look for "Family Movie Night" by Kristin, and please vote for me!!! Thank you!

A "hopefully soon-to-be" annual event

2011-01-20T23:16:00.000-05:00

Today, well tomorrow at 11 am, is the day that I will hope to become a part of something HUGE. A friend of mine has come up with a yearly fund-raising idea to help raise money for families in need in our area. This all started with Tommy Phillips, who is in need of a liver transplant, and can't afford the after-care meds on his own.

His wife, Dawn, works for our city. Of course, like most of us, they do not wish to ask for help. So, someone else did on behalf of them, and here we are. I am in charge of {surprise!} concessions, t-shirts, and something else I can't remember, oops. We hope to make this an on-going event and every year we will get nominations for a new family in need.

I have come up with the idea to do Pink shirts with red writing. This actually works out great since the fund-raiser will be happening the day before Valentine's Day. The plan is a pagaent, for boys and girls. No glitz and glam, just kids. And since the main sponsor is The Pine MOuntain Gold Museum {equipped with on site farm animal exhibit}, instead of talent, it is going to be "Best Farm Animal Call". Cute, huh?

I thought about putting my kids in it, but they would steal the show, and it wouldn't be any fun for anyone else. So, I guess helping out and running my Kuppy Kakes booth will be fine for me. Above, under Tommy's name is the link, so if anyone would like to donate ANYTHNG at all, you can. Any little bit helps out tremendously!

I am pretty excited about this. It started out at the museum {which isnt very big} and once the city manager heard about it, he loved it! Now we are at the "v-plex" {HUGE place} with decorations and help and a lot more space for people, sponsors, and kids. LOVE IT.

Meet Me On Monday

2011-01-17T14:59:00.001-05:00

Head on over to Java's Meet Me On Monday's bloghop! It is a great way to meet new people and get to know them better. Every Monday she will have a set of questions for you to copy and paste and answer. Here are this mondays questions:

1. Do you like your ice cream in a dish, waffle cone, pretzel cone, sugar cone or cake cone?
I prefer it(vanilla) in a bowl, with brown sugar and caramel sauce! Or the classic mint chocolate chip, yum!

2. Do you read the newspaper daily?
Sad to say I do not.

3. Marinara or meat sauce?
Tough one. I LOVE marinara!!! BUT meat sauce is yummy too.

4. Last time you cried?
Yesterday. I was crying on the way to deliver some cupcakes to my twin sister's good friend (whom I have met before, and adore), who just found out she has a brain tumor, and she is only 25. :(

5. What word/phrase do you find really annoying?
Whatever! Or "I can't!" UGH.

And then there were none......

2011-01-15T19:16:00.001-05:00

I finally finished the cookies for baby Pie's first birthday, and her 'smash' cake!
They are super cute, I did better than expected, for my second time. This was the first giant cupcake smash cake I have ever made... Note to self: Big Top cupcake bakeware- BIG TOP PAIN IN THE BUTT.
Tomorrow, I start all the cupcakes. I cannot wait to meet Sara from Unofficial Mom! Pictures are below....The theme is Winter One-derland! Happy Birthday to sweet Pie!!

Ice Ice go away...

2011-01-12T17:12:00.000-05:00

Well I guess my mini outing to the empty Walmart was enough, now they have the main roads closed and 1-20 from our exit down to Atlanta! So, now... Now I am a smidge irritated. Not that I was going anywhere right now, but the thought that I could worked. So... My neighborhood is hard to even get out of now, after the snow somewhat melted then refroze!

Well, here I am, stuck.... AGAIN. And tonight it is supposed to get into the teens, so the stuff the sun melted today, yeah, its sitting in the streets waiting to be refrozen. Ahhh....!!!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside.....

2011-01-12T12:28:00.000-05:00

As most of you know by now, it is freezing here! So far today's high is only 22, but to some of you thats pretty warm. My husband and I ventured out last night to the Wal-Mart to return a movie. While we were there I realized that I needed to get some ice cream before THAT was depleated too. It was ridiculous in there! No bread, no milk, no cheese, no frozen pizzas, no sour cream, no cokes, no water, NOTHING.

What in the world are all of these people going to do with some of those things? I didn't realize that snow meant you had to run out and stock up on sour cream. BAHAHAHA.... Anywho. I decided that last night was a good cold night for some brownie sundaes. We usually do pocorn and movie night, but last night was brownie night. Of course, being the great mother that I am, (no laughing) I decided to make them Chocolate Chip cookie dough brownies. How so, easy!

Recipe:
1 box of fudge brownie mix {gasp! yes it was box mix, couldn't run out of eggs & flour, nowhere to buy any ;)}
1 Carton of vanilla ice cream- any kind- we have to use lactose free for our daughter, which is very good.
1 stick of unsalted butter; melted
1/8 cup of granulated white sugar
1/4 & 1/8 of cup of brown sugar (couldn't figure out the measurement that late, sorry)
Mini Chocolate chips or chunks cut up

Make brownies as directed from box; let sit for about 10 minutes. While resting, mix melted butter and both sugars into a bowl on medium speed until fluffy. Chop chocolate if necessary. Plate brownie square onto dish and top with 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream. Spoon sugar mixture over ice cream adn quickly top with chocolate.

NOTE: Because the brown sugar topping is made with butter, once added to ice cream it will harden, not rock hard, but harder than out of the bowl. I smashed mine down a little flat, and it was to die for! You have the chocolate pieces with the hardened brown sugar mixture(like dough) and ice cream and brownie! YUM. Enjoy!

Sorry about the small picture, my camera battery is dead, so I had to upload from my phone.

Snowed In...

2011-01-09T22:14:00.000-05:00

We are currently being snowed in, and it is great!!! So, what did you do while snowed in? Please feel free to share any story!
There is nasty ice on the ground and lots of fluffy snow on top, here so far, about 3 inches. Which is HUGE for GA. Anyways, to pass some time, here are some goodies that I madE. Whole Wheat crust turkey pepperoni pizza and peanut butter cup cupcakes!

Now for dessert:

The inside: yes it is smooshed, do you know how hard it is to cut a frozen chocolate topped soft cupcake?!

Meet New Friends Sunday!

2011-01-08T23:58:00.000-05:00

I just love a good blog hop, especially when I get to meet new friends!
If you feel froggy, hop on over and grab this button and get to making some friends.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2011-01-08T16:01:00.000-05:00

{Singing Frosty the snowman}.... Why do I feel in the spirit NOW?! Maybe that's because it is supposed to snow again tomorrow! I am super excited, if you can't tell. Now, I know what some of you may be thinking, she is crazy! I am, thanks for noticing. But no, here in GA, we don't hardly ever get snow. SNOW when we do, get it haha ok done, then I get all cheerful. Maybe its just because I know that school will be closed, which it is, and my hubby might be ~~trapped~~ relaxing here with us too!

Now keep in mind, this is GA, west GA- 30 min. to Atlanta. So what happens when it snows? RUN! GET THE MILK, THE BREAD, SOME EGGS, AND CANNED SOUP! That's right, we freak. I, on the other hand, do not. I am one of those idiots who is grocery shopping amidst all of the panicked loons. Which I was not happy about seen as how I had to pay for the good bread and not the walmart brand, thank you loons. You owe me $.50!

It's time for another catch up!

2011-01-06T12:15:00.000-05:00

I am slowly dribbling, haha, back in to the blogging world again. I know it is already 2011, but how was everyones Christmas holiday? Let me recap mine for you. It was entirely too short. But, the one thing that sticks out in my memory, my son giving me a necklace he bought at his schools "Santa Shop". He bought him by himself, no daddy there trying to persuae him into something, and he was so excited to give it to me. I opene dit up, and it was a silver necklace with a charm on it that said: #1 Mom, with a heart. I literally started to cry! My sweet little 5 year old boy! Ahh, I just wanted to squeeze him! So, I do have some wonderful pictures though from my holiday, would you like to see? Good if you do, too bad if you don't. ;) However, I would like to note that at my grandmother's house we always have a staple dish for the holidays we like to call, Spaghetti & Cheese, and this year it was replaced! gasp! Who are you Hashbrown Casserole?! What did you do with my dear Spaghetti & Cheese?! I will post the recipe and a picture (by picture I mean a picture of my husband standing in the kitchen from 3 turkey days ago, with it just sitting in the background) below if your interested. :)

Spaghetti & Cheese (Parker Family Holiday Tradition)
*this is a go by look recipe, so I will try to be specific.
1 lb. Angel Hair Pasta; cooked and drained
Block cheese; I use extra sharp cheddar, and mild
6-8 eggs; beaten
1-2 cups of whole milk

Add pasta to a greased glass 13x9 baking dish, top with sliced cheese, tuck some into the pasta as well. Mix eggs adn milk together and pour over pasta mixture, salt and pepper to taste, and bake @ 350 for 45 min. YUM.

I GOT A NEW JOB

2011-01-05T14:31:00.000-05:00

So, I just finished my interview for a customer service job, working from home. And, I got it!!! I am so excited! I am not super excited about the last minute schedule change, but, hey its a job. I thought I would have Fri. and Sat. off, so I could spend time with my kids and all, but now it is Sun. and MOn. off. Oh well. Its money. I am excited to start training in a couple weeks! I hope I rock, so can get my performance bonus every month! Wish me luck. And, If I do fall on my face, let's hope it doesn't hurt too bad. :)

Stylish Blogger Award!! That's for me YO!

2011-01-05T13:02:00.000-05:00

First I would like to thank my girl Kristin, not me, over at Keenly Kristin... YOU ROCK MY FACE OFF! Go check out her blog, like now, are you still here?! ;)Anywhoodles, here goes the rules:
1.Thank and link back to the person who awarded you the award (Done!)
2.Share 7 things about yourself.(ahhh great, im going to lose followers)
3.Award 15 other bloggers. (Easy-peasey)
4.Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award. (No prob bob)

Seven things about myself:

1.) I am a desperate romantic, and by this, I mean.... I love when romantic things happen that involve me, but I am too lazy to do them for my hubby. As long as he does them for me, im good. :)

2.) I recently cut out a family out of my tree.

3.) Saffron is amazing, if you haven't cooked with it, I suggest doing so.

4.) My across the street neighbors (The Hurtubise's) rock my face off and I adore them boatloads. Not really about me, but I love them.

5.) Hair lazy. I love pretty hair. I do not have any talent in doing this though. I am jealous of those who do.

6.) I secretly despise my husband for getting rid of our dog. I am very put off by it adn upset. Grant it, the dog is still here in the house with us, but this is his 2nd time coming back. You would think that my hubby would get that he is supposed to be here. Yet, there is an add up for him again.

7.) I do not like cupcakes very much. GASP!!!

Now for the lucky stylish bloggers whom I choose!

Raising Future Leaders
Food Floozie
His Little Mrs.
Julie, Being Julie
Midwest Habitat
Mom-A-Logues
Boobies, Babies, & a Blog
Moogie & Pap
Names will not be changed to protect the innocent
Sally Lee by the Sea
Southern Cinderella
Sucre Lulu
Tall Tales from a Small Town
Unofficial Mom
Mika's Pantry

Wordless Wednesday- x3

2011-01-05T12:09:00.000-05:00

Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge 7--- THIS ROCKS!

2010-12-31T17:33:00.004-05:00

Hey guys,

Long time no read from me.... I have been uber-busy, did I mention UBER?! But I was looking at a blog that I adore and look at daily to keep up, and she (Jamieanne at The Sweetest Kitchen) has a new Mystery Box Cupake Challenge every month. For the new year, I couldn't resist, the ingredient is POPCORN!!! Now, if you have been following my blog, you know one of the first cupcake creations I made was popcorn looking cupcake! And the funny thing is, her picture was of popcorn in a red and white striped bag!!! EEEEEK!! Mine have handmade cupcake wrappers that I made out of red and white striped paper!!!! Ok. Enough is enough, on to the knitty gritty. Please see more below, along with prizes you could win!

The official rules can be found in the "Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge" link above.
Prizes you could win and be awesome for!
The winner of January’s Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge will receive prizes from:

Bake It Pretty; a $5 electronic gift card

Beanilla; 3 Madagascar, 3 Mexican & 3 Indian vanilla beans

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Miss Kitty Creations; a handmade cupcake charm of your choice

Simply Caked; 600 brown greaseproof cupcake liners

Sweet Cuppin Cakes; a prize pack worth $25

Tundra Books; a selection 3 very sweet children's books

Thank you to all our prize sponsors!

NOW HERE IS MY CUPCAKE!!!

It is a double chocolate cupcake with chocolate buttercream, topped with marshmallows, cut to look like popcorn pieces. Then the "popcorn" is spritzed with yellow food coloring to look like butter.I decided to try something different for my children. They adore popcorn AND cupcakes, and quite frankly, I was tired of popcorn. :) In my son's Sunday School class, they have big styrofoam pictures of popcorn bags, and movie reels and all. So when I saw these, I figured I could make a cute popcorn wrapper for my cupcakes, and go from there! But of course, I went to the Lobby, LOVE THIS PLACE, and they only had the "old world" style popcorn bag type print. Eh, I ran with it, I think still cute!When it came time for our Friday Family Movie Night, I was pumped and ready to go with these babies! And they were delicious and quite cute! So, here are the cupcakes I made. Please excuse the pictures, I wasn't going for "magazine" hahaha, just memories to have! :)

Please vote for my cuties!!!

Are you kidding me!?!?!?

2010-11-07T22:25:00.000-05:00

Almost a whole entire month (eek!) has passed since my last post. It has been so crazy! New car, new cat, new rescues, new projects, new ideas, new kid drama, and new family drama, and a mini vacation. UGH. Any who. Who is ready for the holidays? ME!!!! We usually do not start to decorate our house or get a tree until 'Black Friday'. But for some reason, we have been feeling the spirit, and decided to buy an artificial tree today and some decorations. Early?! Just a smidge, but, 'tis the season! :)

OK. I would like a little feedback. I am thinking about branching out to Internet cookie sales..... I still have yet to figure out how to ship cupcakes, or I would be all over that. Any ideas on that too, would be GREAT!

I made some pumpkin cookies for my son's 'Harvest Party' at school and received SO many compliments and all, that I am thinking about selling them and shipping. I am thinking I am going to have to get someone to do a review for me, someone who would tell me the 100% honest truth. And I know who you are! Jana! :)

Finished product.

Scattered Mess.

Touch-ups here.

On another note, tonight for dinner, I made Taco Soup. Have you ever had this?! It was delicious! It was like chili, but taco-ish, but chili-ish. Fantastic. I couldn't get enough. Top with cheese and tortilla chips, next time I will use Frito's, yum. The tortilla chips were good, but I am such a salty person, so Frito's rock... Naturally. :) I am going to be back on here soon with a bunch of catch-ups and photos.

I have some great pictures of our mini vacation, Halloween, and our trip to the Pumpkin Patch.... Which by the way, we left with NO pumpkins and $60.00 in candy! Gotta love kids, oh and parents who are complete suckers! No pun intended. :)

Tag! I'm it!

2010-10-12T14:22:00.000-04:00

$ GASP! I have been tagged by that most adorable Kristin, from Keenly Kristin!

Here's the drill, when you are tagged, one of you will be! You answer the 8 questions that the tagger has come up with. Then you get to create 8 questions of your own, tag 8 people, and continue the torture! ;)
So here goes.... P.S. If you were not tagged (b/c it is SO HARD to choose just 8 from all of you lovelies), then feel free to chime in as you wish!

Her 8 questions for me:

1. What is your favorite dessert?

Surprisingly enough, it is NOT cupcakes! :) I adore adore peach cobbler, pumpkin gooey bars, and brownies! Oh yes, and Buckeyes!
2. What do you "collect"? (bags, sunglasses, shoes, figurines, etc.)
I used to collect those glass paper weights with glass designs inside, not so much anymore.... Although I was just at an antique store and found some that were nice. Hmm...3. Who was your biggest celebrity crush as a teenager?
"Like, Oh my gawd".... It had to have been.... Justin Timberlake. He is still gorgeous. Now it is more like Kristen Stewart and Oh there are sooo many.
4. What is your "signature dish"? (what recipe are you known for making, that you take to most functions, etc.)

Spaghetti & Cheese-- like macaroni and cheese- but with angel hair pasta (this is a family holiday staple, if it is not in the house on a holiday gathering, people will FLIP)- and pumpkin gooey bars!
5. What was the last movie you saw in the theater?

Me and my darling children went to see Toy Story 3! Too cute, can't wait to get it when it comes out tomorrow.
6. What is your favorite scent for a candle?

Without a doubt "Home Sweet Home" by Yankee Candle
7. What is your favorite pair of shoes?

Are these shoes that I own? Or wish to call favorite? If its a pair I own: my Sperry's. If it is a pair I wish to own: Christian Louboutin "Miss Fast Plato" heels I adore! (see pic to left; aren't they sexy!?)

8. Do you sing along with the car radio?

My kids will scream... YES!

In our house, music is key.... all kinds! Especially jazz, classical, swing, big band, and anything from the 30's-60's!

Now on to my 8 victims!

Duane @ Duane Scott

Lucky Jones @ Happy High Heels

JMarie @ bichonpawz

Mary @ Food Floozie

Jana @ Boobies, Babies, & a Blog

Stephani @ Home Sweet Farm

Tanya @ Miller Family Racing

Lauren @ That 22 year old Housewife

NOW on to my 8 questions for the tagged above!

1.) If you could choose to be any kind of food, which would it be, and why?

2.) What is the best memory you have from elementary school?

3.) What is your most favorite holiday tradition?

4.) What would be your dream location to live (money not a problem)?

5.) Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish? If so, where were you?

6.) What is your favorite color?

7.) If you could choose to marry any celebrity, who would it be?

8.) What is your absolute favorite song? EVER.

Thanks guys! Can't wait to see your answers!

$ Ady's big 1st birthday!

2010-10-12T10:42:00.001-04:00

Hey guys!
This past weekend I did my best friends, little girls, first birthday cupcakes! It was a blast, I forget how much I miss all of my friends! We moved an hour and a half west of them, and I just forget how fun they are. Anyways. I did her cupcakes, the theme was polka dots, the #1, and cupcakes. So I grabbed a picture of the plates and used the color scheme from there. I completely forgot that my camera was in my purse, and DID NOT take one picture of the party! Very sad. But I did manage to save a couple from her page to use.
Adylen was turning one, and buddy, she loved it. All of the attention, the cake, the food.... Who wouldn't?!
It was at this gorgeous new park (again, wish I had pics), and they had 4 different playgrounds, a huge interactive game that made sooo many sounds and lit up, it was beyond cool. My kids had a blast, and it was fun, the weather was perfect.... OK time for some pictures....

Follow me back Tuesday!

2010-10-05T07:55:00.002-04:00

Follow, link-up, grab button, and blog!

I hope you guys have a most wonderful day!
Also, I hope you meet some new bloggy buddies!

There once was a man from.....

2010-10-03T21:49:00.000-04:00

Bahaha, I must have looked very approachable at the grocery store yesterday. Some kind, older gentleman, came up to me and commented on how nice my tomatoes were looking. Don't pretend like you weren't thinking what I was thinking he was referring too! :) But no really, he was speaking of tomatoes. Odd. But I let him know that the tomatoes from that certain produce section from that certain store, well.... sucked. He then proceeded to ask me, kind of smugly, "then where could I find any great tomatoes?" AH HA! I knew the exact place, gave him directions, and he was quite smitten with me. I know, it happens a lot like that with me. :)

Anywho, short cute story I just thought of. I have been super busy. Now that I am working from home, and still baking for work, never mind keeping house, kids, husband and dog. Wow. It has been crazy. I did learn though that sometimes it is fun to just roll around in the grass and beat up your hubby and kids! ;) Oh yes, severe pain this past week too.... Had to have a tooth cut out of my gums, YOWCH. Now THAT was painful. And, I love food way too much to be forbidden to not eat it for 3 days.... This coming weekend I have a baby shower to make cupcakes for, and my friend Ashley's little baby's birthday to do as well! It is candy/cupcake themed, can't wait to post pics when I am finished.

This is a smidge of a mish mash, Hodge podge, post for me. Although here lately, they are all that way.
On another note, not that I'm not busy enough already, I have decided to share recipes on here too. Of course, I will start with some of my yummy cupcake ones, but I am thinking all foods all around. I have a great bean salad recipe I am dying to share (It is my friend Jennifer's-- AMAZING), and also a new twist on dip, and homemade yeast rolls. MMMMmmmm..... Let me tell you how hard it is, especially if you love yeast rolls, to go out in the morning to workout and have to smell yeast rolls cooking in the air for 20 minutes. Unbearable! It is like putting a chocolate cake just out of reach while I am at that point in the month where I crave it. ;) Sorry guys, lol. We live about 2 miles from the Flowers Baking Plant, and every morning they start baking those dang yeast rolls, and it is heaven in the air. :)

Sometime this month we are taking the kids to our family farm and I cannot wait to take lots of pictures. I am such a shutterbug. We have cows, and a cabin, and a new house (6 bedrooms, nice) and a stocked lake, and so much acreage. I cannot wait. There is nothing like being there in the fall, with the fire blazing in the house, or in the fire pit outside, grazing with the cows, skipping rocks down the creek, walking the pastures, roasting marshmallows, making "campfire stew" (another recipe I cant wait to share), fishing, going on the boat, waking up to the geese, and may more things. I love the country. Except for manure, bugs, wet slimy fish, worms on hooks, mosquitoes, & cows looking like they are going to stampede. I know, such a country girl at heart. NOT. I used to name our cattle and remember their tag numbers, one day I realized they kept disappearing, no one would tell me the whole truth. Then I grew up, and was told, and also realized. Oh, huh, We are a beef cattle farm. Fantastic. Poor Belle, winding up someones hamburger. :(

OK, so now that I have officially jumped from one spectrum to the next, I am going to go catch up on my dvr! Good night all. I hope you all had a most splendid weekend. P.S. Do any of you watch "Are you being served?" GREAT SHOW!

Stockmar Park-- Warning: Photos Galore!

2010-09-25T10:30:00.000-04:00

We have a little state park down the road from us called Stockmar Park. You can go and walk the trails up and around the "Mountain", you can pan for gold (Gold Rush of 1800 something here), you can also go to the Gold Museum, and you can visit the Live Animal Exhibit! My kids adore going there, they are in love with Chief, the big horse, and Tiny Tim, the miniature horse! I happen to love Porkster too! The park has the 2 horses named above, 2 piggies, lots of chickens, rabbits (with the longest hair I have ever seen), goats, sheep, and 2 HUGE and I mean HUGE bulls. Oh, and a most adorable, loving, bob tail black cat!

I love to hike the mountain trails, so relaxing and beautiful. The curiousity in me is dying to duck into one of the many underground pathways, caves, and tunnels. But chicken me, will not, too many bugs, too dark, and lord knows what else! Hard to believe I grew up on a farm. :) My grandfather would be sooo proud. (NOT)
Anyways, we feed the animals there about every week and I was able to get some pictures of us doing so. Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! Tomorrow it is going to be raining, and the high is FINALLY 74!!! I am so glad to be out of the 90's!!!! WHEW-HOO!

Wordless Wednesday!

2010-09-22T08:58:00.000-04:00

Mystery Box Cupcake Challenge

2010-09-21T12:30:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! The mystery Box Cupcake Challenge this month is: Childhood Memories.
Please See: The Sweetest Kitchen for all the great details!
The prize Sponsors are: Bake It Pretty

Bakerella

Beanilla

CT2Designs

Hello Hanna

Miss Kitty Creations Jewelry

Rishi Tea

Soapylove Glycerin Soap Design

Sweet Cuppin Cakes

Tundra Books

My "More S'Mores Please", cupcakes remind me of my childhood because of how much we used to make these! We would do them every week for summer and fall at my family farm. I remember one time we made them inside of my Aunt's house, because it was raining, and we did them in the fireplace, I turned around toof ast with a hot one and BLOP! Right into my cousins hair! I felt so bad, yet it was so funny! It took us forever to get that out of her hair. Now, I have 2 small kids of my own, and this has become our tradition. They love it! I hate to say it, but I am not sure who enjoys it more, me or the kids? :) I can't wait to carry this on, and then one day they too will be doing it with their children. I hope!

Kristin

Tuesday Blog Hops!

2010-09-21T07:17:00.000-04:00

It Tuesday!!!

Time for all of the daily Tuesday blog hops! This is such a great way to find new blogs that your interested in and to meet new bloggie friends!

$ Where in the world is Kristin?

2010-09-20T09:15:00.000-04:00

I have not been able to post in soooo long! Please do not stone me to death! :) My computer has been on the fritz, and my keyboard decided it did not like the letters, f, v, y, o, e, and the numbers 5, 9. LOL. So, it has been too hard to try and post anything lately. On top of that, we are re-doing most of the rooms in our house. Our kids playroom is now B's bedroom, B's old bedroom is going to be little ladybugs bedroom, and little ladybugs bedroom is going to be the office, and the old office is now just our sunroom. WOW. Did I lose you? :) More posts to come on our fun adventures out as well.

I hope you all have been doing great, I have been trying to catch up on all of my favorite blogs, and to my dismay, harder than I thought it would be! Besides all of the above, I have also been busy baking my head off. I will do a post later on and show you all of my creations. Today, I am making S'mores cupcakes, and I do hope they turn out good. (Let's shoot for great, but good will do!) On a sad note, my beautiful Great Dane, Milo, has found himself a new home in TN. I am so sad that he is no longer here, but his new family is so great, and I have no worries. Wow. OK. So, a bunch of recaps, and maybe a couple excuses :), but I am back! So, expect a lot more posts from me here in the next, oh I don't know, 80 Years! :)

$ Who says Kindergarten is the happiest place on earth?

2010-09-06T00:34:00.000-04:00

I was ADORING my blog, and I was posting every day, sometimes 3x a day! Now, I can't seem to get my butt to sit still long enough to post. Ugh, sorry. Anywho. I am having an issue with my child. For some odd reason, this sweet, well mannered, well behaved, child of mine has been HORRIBLE at school! For the past 2 weeks, he has been getting points deducted and notes sent home every other day! Who is this child?! Not mine. He KNOWS better than to act that way. ;) But, I have taken his tv away, no computer privilages, and no outside with friends privilages. And yet, another note.

I fear, opening up his agenda, that is pretty bad. And what makes this worse, he is only in Kindergarten! Come on, how bad do you have to be? LOL. Although in his school, no tolerance, and they mean it. His teachers are great, and he loves it. But it is almost like he has never been around other kids before. Which he has. Especially other boys, maybe this is because he has a little sister at home..... I don't know. One note had mentioned how he and this other child were wrestling on the floor. WRESTLING?!? REALLY!? Were you supposed to be wrestling? "No." So then why were you? "I don't know." FAMOUS ANSWER now a days. Please tell me I am not the only one. And if I am, don't tell me, I like to think that somewhere out there someone elses child is behaving just as bad. ;) Bahaha. I hope this is a phase and he moves on.... He really is a good kid.

I found out today that his teacher goes to our church. Great. Now you REALLY have to behave, LOL. And this child has had such an attitude, I really don't know where he gets it from....... (*Wandering eyes looking away*) :) Who knows. I am not one to warn and warn and warn with no reprecussions, I do what I say I am going to do. This is what I told him: "Remember that I will find out if your bad, and if you lie, it will be worse for you. Also, keep in mind that whenever your bad at school and get into trouble, Your going to be in BIGGER trouble once you get home." I tried to sound all mean and threatning and sound like a horrid mother..... BUT I think he saw right through me. I used to never have to whip his bottom, now I do like 2-3x a week. Sheesh..... Come on son, get it in gear! Please Lord let this pass, and quickly, for the sake of my sanity and his rear end! :)

Friday Blog hops!

2010-09-03T06:56:00.002-04:00

Welcome to Fun Follow Friday hosted by Simply Stacie and My Wee View. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! They wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Fun Follow Friday unless you want to (but we really appreciate it if you do – to help get the word out).

When you visit a blog that you like and want to follow, leave them a comment with your link telling them you are following from the Fun Follow Friday. Of course, we would love for you to follow both hostesses blogs, Simply Stacie and My Wee View, but it isn’t mandatory. If you do follow us, just leave us a comment and we will follow you back.

The main goal is to have fun and follow the blogs that interest you!

Wordless Wednesday-- Stockmar Park

2010-09-01T15:58:00.000-04:00

30 Days of Truth Days 12-19

2010-08-29T17:56:00.000-04:00

Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.

I rarely get complimented on myself physically. I used to, back when I weighed 92 pounds, but now I am a smidge heavier after 2 kids, and NOTHING. Not even from my hubby. We all know men are visual creatures, so this is not surprising to me, sucks, but not surprising. And of course, being the loving hubby that he is, will say "You look fine" "Your not fat". Ok, well that is good, but "Fine" does not mean "Beautiful" or even "Pretty". So there.

Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)

You know, I can't really relate to this question. I love music, but I don't think any of it has gotten me through a bad time.

Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)

Mom,

I used to look up to you and commend you for taking care of twins as a single mother. When we would get our lousy child support from dad, I would feel bad. There were times when we had no power, and it sucked. Hardly any food in the fridge, you were a mess at times, and we had to parent and take care of you. But we got through them. I have always considered you to be a hero to me, you helped me through some extremely bad times, and for that I am eternally grateful, and still think of a lot. I appreciate you living with us and helping out with the kids and keeping me company. BUT. Mom, you kind of let me down. Now that I am grown and have children of my own, I don't understand why half the things that happened, did. I would do WHATEVER it took to keep power on for my kids, make sure there is PLENTY of food on the table, in the pantry, in the fridge. I do not know what has happened to you, when did you become so selfish? You never wanna play with the kids unless it is at home, you don't want to do anything THEY want to do. If you don't want to do it, you don't. This isn't about YOU, it is about THEM. You complain that you don't have enough money to buy them things, yet you have plenty for cigarettes. You tell me that you quit smoking, even though, I know you haven't. You lie all the time, over the dumbest things! I have to guilt trip you into doing anything fun, and the kids beg for you to do things and you blow them off. One day, they won't have me to cushion it for them, they will have minds of their own and they will know. Like when you told B that you didn't want to go to chuck-e-cheese for his birthday, that you would go next time (you said that a week earlier about chuck-e-cheese then) and you told him that you would make him your special one and make sure you spent his birthday with him. HELLO?!!? YOU LIvE HERE, OF COURSE YOUR GOING TO BE HERE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. And did you do anything special with him?! NO?! Do not manipulate my 5 year old! Mom, why do you act so stupid? Your not at all. Why did you steal money from my kids piggy banks? Why are you so lazy? Why do you not think enough about yourself to give a shit about your life? The doctor says: "Stop smoking or you will die or end up on oxygen for the rest of your life" and Ladybug is ALLERGIC to cigarette smoke, yet you STILL SMOKE!!!! Did you know that you are ONLY 45.... 45!!!!!!! Do you want to be on oxygen right now? I make cupcakes for my kids, and the next day they are gone! And I get to tell them that I will make more and I won't dare tell them that their NANA ate them all, couldn't bother leaving some for them! Ugh. When did you get this way? We fight everyday. You spill things, and you don't clean them up, I have to do it, and I am the child. I assumed you would do these things, guess I inherited my OCD cleaning from Dad, THANK GOD. I love you and appreciate you, but it is hard to respect you. You get angry when the kids won't listen to you. Do you know why? Because to them, and myself, your no longer an adult. Your a child. You whine and yell and are so dramatic. Your a hypochondriac, and I cannot understand all of this?! What happened to you?

Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
My husband.

Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.

Caffeine.

Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.

Not sure about this one.

Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.

I'm conflicted. I have gay friends, and I want them to be happy, but I am also a christian woman, and I know that it is still wrong. Although, I don't think any less of them, at all, it is ok with me. See what I mean? Conflicted.

Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?

Religion: Tough. I attend church, and believe in God. But I feel that church is gearing more towards making money than anything now a days. Politics: I LOATHE OBAMA.

Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Well My dad was an alcoholic, so I do not allow it in my house, and no longer drink it at all. I did when I was 18-20, no longer. Drugs, hubby is a recovering addict and I feel very strongly about them. I actually lost a good friend recently, because her hubby is on drugs and she has chosen to ignore this and trust him, and I disagree and think she is being stupid and naive. I did not want him coming to my house, near my children, and I did not want to be at their house any longer. Therefore, we are not friends. But do keep in mind, he has been a complete jerk to me, and I helped him and his family out. So. Goodbye to you. :)

B's 5th Birthday Bash!

2010-08-25T11:19:00.000-04:00

This past weekend, we had our son's 5th birthday bash! It was fun, crazy, hectic, and bittersweet. I was so ill with myself, because the cake was NOT finished when everyone arrived. And on top of that, I waited til the last minute to do it, so the fondant was breaking and too thick and my cake was crumbling beneath it. UGH! Stressed. My son, however, did not care at all. He thought it was "Awesome". I had Alexia, our across the street neighbor's niece, draw the animals faces on. She did good for her very first time! The pictures are shotty, and not real great, but we had a blast! OH, I bought these adorable jungle cupcake liners, and then B said he wanted a cake. HAHA. So, I thought, what am I going to do with these adorable liners? See below to find out! Of course he got A TON of great gifts, and although not everyone was there, I was thankful for the ones who were. P.S. Look at the last photo of the banner, notice anything wrong? teehee.

Wordless Wednesday!

2010-08-25T11:04:00.000-04:00

$ BLLLAAAAAHHHHH................

2010-08-24T20:46:00.000-04:00

OK. Quick snippet of a post. I have not been doing the 30 days of truth, and I will definitely catch up to it when I create an actual blog entry. I am sorry, for my followers, that I have been absent. My kids have been uber-busy with Soccer, Church, School, Swimming, and anything else. Me, I have been doing all of these things with/for them, on top of starting a new job, running the "Snack-It Cafe" at church every Wednesday night, currently Soccer Team mom, School Room Mom, also baking 500 cookies for this saturday, and anything else! :) Oh yes, And I am sick, and feel like utter CRAP. :) I promise to start posting as soon as this weekend is over with! I adore you all!

$ B turns '5' today! $

2010-08-20T15:57:00.000-04:00

Today is a most bittersweet day for me. My baby boy is turning 5. I am so proud of how big he is, and how grown up he acts, but dang.... I miss my little squishy baby! :) I adore him so much, it is almost unspeakable, how much I love this guy! How can one person, love another person, so deeply? I don't know, but I know the feeling! My life would be incomplete without my baby boy. He is just like me, sometimes I am NOT happy about that, and other times he just makes me smile from ear to ear!

I remember when he was born, kind of, he wanted out so bad. They had to go in and do an emergency c-section, because he moved so much, and had the cord around his neck. Silly boy, should have known he was going to be trouble! He was so teeny tiny when he was born, I wish I had pictures, but I saved them to a computer that crashed. UGH. He was in preemie clothing for about a month, then he graduated to newborn size. B was such a snuggler too..... Oh I miss this.

"B, I love you more than you could ever know. Maybe one day, when you hae kids, you will understand what I mean." I adore his sister the same amount, in different ways, but something about the first born. I couldn't part with him, for any amount of time. I missed him when he was sleeping. This is bad, but sometimes I would go in to his room, and wake him up just so I could hug on him and kiss him more. :) I was hooked on that handosme little guy!

Tonight, we are taking him and all of his birthday money, and letting him pick out some toys. Then it is off to Cracker Barrel for dinner.(He loves playing the checkers game)Happy Birthday to a ery grown up 5 year old!!! I love you! P.S. TONS OF PICTURES BELOW!

30 Days of Truth- Day 11

2010-08-20T13:22:00.000-04:00

Day 11-- Something people seem to compliment you the most on.

HAHA. Oh, its the truth, dang.
I would most definitely have to say, MY CUPCAKES!
Yes, I know, you were all thinking body part. But NO, I DO NOT receive compliments on body parts, or anything. I sometimes get a, "I like your personality and smart ass-ness", that's it. So, I choose to say, my cupcakes. If, you have not yet seen any of my cupcakes, there is a Flickr link on my blog. Check it out!

On to my next post.....

$ 30 Days of Truth- Day 9 & 10!

2010-08-19T08:17:00.000-04:00

WOW. So these past two days have been crazy hectic!! Yesterday, I was on a conference call, and my mother was outside with my kids. The next thing I hear is screaming and crying from B. I had to mute and run. My dear mother, let him ride his new big boy bike, off of the curb (with no helmet) and he busted it! He must have turned the wrong way, I don't know, I was inside. And he face planted the concrete, got his eye, chin, nose, knee, even took off his shoe and ripped his sock! But mommy came to the rescue and gave lots of hugs, kisses, peroxide, neosporin, and spongebob band aids. He is much better now, still looks rough, but better. But on a great note, 'B's Birthday is tomorrow, AND hubbs ordered me an edible images printer last night!!!!! And my at home job will start Monday!!! SO HAPPY! Sad though because my baby, is turning 5 Friday, time goes by WAY TOO FAST. :( On to the 30 Days of Truth:

Day 9- Someone, who I couldn't let go, but just drifted.

This is a hard one.... I am not sure. If we drifted, then obviously our friendship/relationship didn't mean enough. And if I couldn't let them go, I wouldn't hae. Maybe my best friend Nick. One time he was dating a female, that I did not care for, and we got into a HUGE argument and didn't speak for months! Of course, I WAS RIGHT, lol (don't go there), and they broke up and we started to speak again. That's really the only one I can think of..... Sorry it wasn't super juicy! :)

Day 10- Someone I need to let go, or wish I had never met.

Now this one might be a smidge juicy, hubby is NOT going to like this, but here goes.
Mine is not the someone I need to let go, it is the someone, I wish I had never met.
His name is Adam. I met him one night at the Wal-Mart, he was helping me load a desk into my car, and we just hit it off. I was broken up, from my now hubby for the one millionth time, so I was ecstatic to be "moving on". It was great, he was super sweet and hot, and was just fun to be with. We never became "BF/GF", it wasn't like that, per say.

It eventually came down to him or my hubbs. I was so torn, and I didn't know who to choose..... Adam, didn't really want a GF at the time, or anytime soon, but he would have made his way there with me.(I just couldn't picture myself married to him). Hubbs, wanted me then, and always (I knew I could marry this one, and have children with him, and be with him forever). So I chose my hubbs! I was happy with my choice. Although being a stupid teenager, I still spoke to Adam and lied to my hubbs about it, and this put a rift in our relationship. We had many fights over this character and so many bad things seemed to follow. So, although my time with Adam was fun, I still wish I hadn't have met him, it wrecked my relationship for awhile with the hubbs.

I am glad that I have grown up and no longer act this way. Stupid teenagers, lol. I would never change this for anything, although we went through some crappy and horrible days after this, I still would have chosen my hubbs. To me, it was never, a choice.

30 Days of Truth- Day 8

2010-08-17T21:45:00.000-04:00

Day 8- Someone who made your life hell.

This person, I hate to say, was my twin sister. She really was a complete jerk to me, she thought she was cooler, prettier, and better than me. I love her, and we didn't get along very well, but good enough. She hated me. I don't know why, but she did. I remember getting into physical altercations with her, and my mom yelling, "Don't break anything or kill each other!!!" Thanks mom. :) Never have I been in a physical fight with ANYONE, only my sister. Strange. Twins are supposed to love one another, and have the bond, that is unspeakable. THAT IS NOT US. She was mean to me, and I was mean to her.

When she moved out, (while I was in the hospital after a car wreck), she got anything and everything she wanted! Talk about favoritism. It stunk. She still does. My grandmother pays her credit cards, her rent, got her a brand new suv, pays for her multiple plane rides home, trips, anything. I remember, one time I called my grandmother and asked her if she could help me pay for a root canal, and she didn't have the money. Then my sister gets a boob job?!?! REALLY?!?! LIKE, I WANT A ROOT CANAL?!?!?! NO. ugh. So, this is how it is. She still gets whatever she wants.

She's designer, I am vintage. She is labels, I'm whatever matches my style, she's materialistic and gorgeous, I don't care, LOL. Anywho, this is my person. We are trying to get along better, but she trys to make everything about her, when it isn't necessary. She "came down here to see my son for his birthday", yet pitched a fit b/c she had to drvie over here. She wanted me to get his gift, so she didn't have to carry it on the plane, they didn't have it, So I asked her to look. Guess who DIDN'T get a birthday present?!?! ugh. Anywho.

30 Days of Truth Day 7- And I have been tagged!!!

2010-08-16T17:36:00.000-04:00

Day 7- Someone who has made your life worth living for.

I would have to say...... probably my husband. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have my beautiful children, the funny in life, a best friend, or a loving companion. So for that, I thank him, and love him dearly. We have been through our severe ups and downs, and in the end, here we stand together. I love you baby! I look forward to 80 more years of funny, happy, sexy, lovey-dovey moments with you!

Now on to the tagging!! I was tagged today by a beautiful, sexy, hilarious, mama!! Jana over @ Boobies, Babies, and a Blog, has tagged me with 8 questions to answer.

Heres the drill, I will answer the 8 questions she came up with, then I tag 8 others and ask them 8 questions! Sound easy enough?! It is! :)

Here are my answers for hers:

If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?

It would be how sarcastic I can be sometimes.... Sometimes I am too sarcastic and it comes off rude.
What was the last argument you had regarding?
Too be frank, it was about sex. I feel I don't get it enough, lol. I have the sex drive of a 16 year old boy!
Do you read while you're in the bathroom?
Sometimes! It helps to keep my mind off of other things!
Do you believe sex offenders can be rehabilitated?
I want to say yes, to an extent, but I don't think so.
Did you have a good childhood?
I'd say I had a GREAT childhood, other than the beatings I got from my dad, it was delightful!

Fill in the blank: Money can't buy you _Pure Happiness_.

What is the last lie you told?
I told my mom I was trying to make it in time to get her, I wasn't. I was training for a job with a friend, and we talked more than trained, and I wasn't in a huge hurry. Sorry.
What's one thing (people and pets excluded) that you cannot live without?
Ice Tea and Texas Pete Hot Sauce!
Tell me 3 things you ALWAYS buy at the grocery store?
Fruit Snacks
Bubble Bath
Dr. Pepper

My 8 question for my 8 friends below:

If you could be a fruit, which would you be, and why?
Have you ever had a one night stand?
If you could have plastic surgery, no matter what the cost, what would you get?
Cats or Dogs?
What would be your last meal, if you knew, you were going to die the next morning?
What kind of car do you drive?
Would you ever bungee jump or base jump?
What is your talent?

Now on to my 8 dolls of choice:
Food Floozie
J~ @ Babies, Boobies, and a Blog
Duane Scott
Mommy the Coupon Hunter
Peace.Love.Lipgloss-- http://brandiefleming.blogspot.com/
Southern Cinderella
That 22 Year Old Housewife
Nikki @ You're My Cuppy Cake

$ 30 Days of Truth-- Day 6

2010-08-15T14:15:00.000-04:00

Day 6-- Something you hope you never have to do.

I hope I never have to go through the pain, my aunt did, and bury a child. This is my greatest fear.
I hope I never have to go through a divorce.
I hope I never have to hear the words: Cancer, Alzheimers, or anything else that might affect my family in a tragic sense.

I know this is more than one, but I have a lot of worries and fears, I will worry myself to death sometimes!! geez. Stupid Anxiety. :) My cousin passed away when I was 15-16 and I was devestated. He was my favorite, and we were so much alike, he was one of my best friends. We hung out a lot, especially, after he moved closer to where I was living. My grandparents would tell me how much a like we acted, this was NOT a compliment at the time. LOL. We were rebellious and had our own minds, and did what we felt was right, even if it wasn't. I miss Andrew so terribly, I can only imagine, how my aunt foo-foo feels.

Andrew is in 'The Gap' shirt.

30 Days of Truth- Day 5

2010-08-14T11:48:00.000-04:00

Day 5- Something you hope to do in your life.

I hope to do a few things in life actually. Here is my list:

Raise great christian children/adults, possibly future leaders, smart and happy. (I would say independent, but in some selfish way, I hope they will always need me for something)
Stay married til the end.
Adopt a child one day.
OWN MY OWN BAKERY!
Just be happy.

This is a short and to the point list, I feel like my last 2 days of truth, were miserably long. Sorry. :)

30 Days of Truth- Day 4 & Friday Blog hops!

2010-08-13T09:46:00.000-04:00

Day 4- Something you have to forgive someone for. (This story will jump all over the place & its long.)

This is a sad subject for my family.
My hubby probably does not wish for me to share this, but it is 30 days of TRUTH, and this is the truth. When I was pregnant with our son, 'B', my husband was working at a tattoo shop. He had decided to try Cocaine, and became addicted, I did not find any of this out for a year and a half. He was acting weird, and distant, and was always picking fights. We would have some awful fights, over nothing, it was like he was picking fights with me. And of course, we would fight and scream and yell, and he would leave. This went on for awhile. He wouldn't eat and he always had "headaches and stomach aches". Stupid me never caught on, why, because I assumed he would have never done that to me.

We moved out into our own house, he wasn't making great money, but decent. I made him quit the tattoo shop, because we were having a baby, he didn't need to work in that environment. And he got a job at a tire shop, making ok money, enough to move out. My mom moved in with us and we were all living together. The bills were split ,and I remember not being able to pay bills, but yet he made enough money to do so. I was so confused, why isn't the power on? Where is the gas? What is going on? I always got, slow week, didn't make that much. OK. So, I will get a job. "NO, your job is here raising our son".

So, I stayed home. We still fought, it got so bad, he would leave for days and I wouldn't know where he was. One day he called me, crying and upset, and finally told me he was in Savannah (6 hours from here) and he had been doing drugs. I was shocked! Kind of. I knew something was up, it had to of been drugs, or he was cheating. But I knew something wasn't right. So, he quit. Or so I thought. We were ok for about 2 weeks, then it was back to the same, he was blaming me for not trusting him. I had 'B' during all of this and he was ok for a little bit, then it was right back to it.

I was so depressed, fighting all of the time, never seeing him. Poor baby, I hated this for him, he didn't know. But I did. One day, he decided to go to his dads, and try to get better. HAHAHA. What a joke! He was doing drugs WITH his dad, and on top of that, he changed his passwords for everything. I was infuriated, if you hae nothing to hide, why did you change all of it?! Got into it one day, heard a voicemail from a girl, who "had a great time last night". THAT WAS IT. I let him have it. I am not taking this crap anymore. The gas was shut off, and it was winter, and I had a new baby. He called his mom and they bought us a hotel room for the night, but not without first laying into us, and letting us know that she would call DFCS. Are you kidding me?!?!

I am thinking all is fine, bills are paid and here he is spending it all on drugs! How dare you!? I am a great mother! So. Things were rocky between everyone for awhile. I decided he had to go, didn't care where, just not here with us. Well, one day I came home, and SURPRISE! My 2 digital cameras were gone, a Tv, A dvd player, and some other things. Someone broke into our house?! NO. HE got into the house through, the garage door, and stole and pawned these things for drug money. UGH!!! I HATE YOU! How could you do this to me?!?!? To our son?!?! He moved in with his mom, & my mom, B, and I moved out. (His mom thought she had magical powers, and that she could heal him, since I was the one corrupting him.)

We got a 2 bedroom apartment and started over. I was working, and had 'B' in daycare, and took my mom back and forth to work. It was stressful. Some days I was so depressed, I couldn't get off of the couch. My mom had to feed my son, because I couldn't do it. It was so sad. I would call him everyday, 10x a day, he didn't want anything to do with us. He was made to get a job, and I asked him to help buy diapers and food, his mom didn't think he had to do that. I hated her too. One day, he screwed up, and his mom kicked him out. And of course, he stayed with a guy, he was doing drugs with.

Well I packed all his crap up and drove the hour and a half to his place of residence, and tried to drop it off. He wasn't there, and the stupid woman wouldn't let me leave it with her, dummy. So then she came at me, while I was on the phone with HIS mom, and so his mom called the cops. I left. To make the night even worse, I was pulled over, found out my license was suspended (I assumed the ticket was paid), and almost taken to jail. GREAT. Thankfully though, the police officer who pulled me over, was the one that was called to the house. He knew how bad of a night it had been, and he let me go, but someone had to drive me all the way home. At this point, I was done. I didn't call anymore, I didn't let 'B' leave messages, I didn't care.

I moved on. I started hanging out with my friends, and spending so much time with 'B', and enjoying life. His mom called me one day and told me he called her. He told her, "He couldn't do it anymore, and he loved me and 'B', and he wanted to go to rehab". She took him the next day. I was relieved, yet, not getting my hopes up. Went and saw him one day and he looked so good. So much better, he was ecstatic to see me and 'B', he couldn't stop hugging and kissing us. This was refreshing to me, I missed that. Well finally his time was done, and he came home. Then he dropped the bomb on me. We were moving. Wait, what?! I don't even trust you yet, and you want me to move an hour and a half way from my family?

Call me stupid, but I did it. BEST. DECISION. EvER. We got our own apartment, and things were great! It took a long time for me to trust him again, and I checked in on him at work, and went through his phone, wallet, anything I had to. And, he wasn't lying or hiding anything from me, and slowly things were better. Here we are today, married, 2 kids, gorgeous house, he works for the state, and I stay home. And life couldn't be better. He will be 4 years sober next April!!!

I love him with everything I have, and we have been through SO much, I have NO doubt we will be married for forever. I love you baby, and thank you for all that you do. Thank you again for choosing us and deciding to get sober. I adore what we have, and am very happy! Oh yes, I had forgiven him, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I don't completely. Maybe its just a way to stay aware, and on my toes, and know that it could change at any moment. I am trusting it won't, but I can't see the future, I can just hope and pray for the best.

30 days of truth- Day 3

2010-08-12T08:19:00.001-04:00

Day 3- Something you have to forgive yourself for.

Wow, there are so many things that I beat myself up for. Only one really came to mind and stuck. NO JUDGING, if you do not agree with what I am about to tell you, Please do not tell me.
When I was 16, my boyfriend and I (now my husband) got pregnant. We were in NO place to have a baby, I didn't have a job, he was working for his dad. I was living with my mom and grandfather at the time, NO WAY, could I have had that baby. First of all, my dad would have literally killed me, my family would have disowned me. Not pretty. I love my family, I never wanted to disappoint them. it just happened. Now keep in mind, we were having protected sex, and I was on birth control.

Come to find out, something failed. So, there I was, stuck. What should I do? My mom asked me if we were having sex, of course I said NO, and then stupid me had to tell her a week later I was prego. That sucked! HAHA. I did not tell him. I know, horrible. But I felt it was my decision, my choice, my body. Besides, who knew what he was going to say, and I didn't wanna hear it. So, off to the clinic I went. I received some counseling, and some meds. You can see where this is going. For those of you who care, I was literally 3 weeks prego when I did this. And to be 100% honest, I was fine with the decision I had made. It was hard, especailly for a 16 year old, and for one who has always wanted a family. Just not then.

I fought with myself back and forth over this whole mess. It was heart-breaking and brutal. And you cannot judge someone, about something they did, until you have been in their shoes. I just want to say that never again would I do this, I now know, all children are children of God. The pain was unspeakable. I told him that I had to have it done b/c it was in my tubes. He felt awful, but relieved, I believe. But to this day, I still wonder sometimes, what if. And don't worry, he foudn out the truth, and we didn't speak for a couple days. But, knowing what all I have been through now, there's NO WAY, I could have gone through that with a child. But that is another story.

30 Days of Truth- Day 2 & The Naughty List

2010-08-11T14:29:00.001-04:00

Day 2: Something you love about yourself.

I adore the fact that, at any moment, I can be spontaneous and crazy. I also adore the fact that I am a PHENOM baker, I really don't know who I got it from, maybe my grandmother on my dads side. Either way, I enjoy my body sometimes as well. Not the fat parts I complained about in Day 1. My eyes! I love the fact that I am so open-minded, about anything! I love how I am not afraid to speak up, and I dare someone (even my hubby, who wouldn't dare) walk all over me! I tell it like it is, I am a realist, like it or not, I will tell you the truth.

Now on to the naughty list:

1) I went through the U-Scan and someone put $5 bills in the $1 bill slot, and I got $20 back, instead of $4. :) NO judging!

2) My daughter had pringles off of the floor for breakfast one day! She pulled the can out of the pantry before I got up, and spilled them on the living room floor. So, there you go.

3) Sometimes I pour Pine-Sol into the sinks and toilets, and flush/rinse, just so it smells like I cleaned! LOL. No judging! I am a busy person, I don't have all day to clean! :)

Follow me back Tuesday & 30 Days of Truth-

2010-08-10T08:14:00.002-04:00

Well you guys know that today is Tuesday, which means, time to head on out to the Tuesday blog hops! Also, I was over on Jana's page (BBAB) and she has started the '30 days of Truth' over at Angel Believes. Well, I was so in, the questions are great! Here is a link if you would like to join in!

Day 1- Something you hate about yourself.

Yes, hate is a strong word, but we all use it.
I know it says 'something', as in 1, but I have a few
.
I hate the way I look. Honestly. I used to weigh 87 pounds at 21 years of age, since I have had kids, I now weigh 138. This to me is unacceptable. And I know some of you reading this are like, "I would kill to weigh that!" But its true, this to me is fat and ugly, and I do not like it. I do not wish to weigh 87 pounds again, honestly, I see photos of myself from a mere 4 years ago, and I look TOO thin. Maybe 110.

I have panic attacks. And some are controllable and some are not. Mainly if I am out of my comfort zone, and not around anyone I know, I wig. If I am at home alone for longer than an hour and I can't get in touch with someone, I wig. I think I am going to die or something bad will happen, and no one will find me for days. I have this fear of that happening and my poor child would be here with a dead body for days. Although, my hubby comes home at 6:30, lol, I just have that fear. This is why my mom lives with us, and the fact she has nowhere else to go. Silly, probably even crazy, but that's me.

Also, I am a screamer (Just like Jana, lol), and in the same way. I scream when I am angry. I feel bad because my dad used to abuse me and my sister when we were younger, and so I just feel guilty for screaming. I just say, well I would rather scream then spank them. And this isn't an everyday occurrence, but trust me, we have our moments in this house.

I do not like to go places that are 15 miles or more away from my home. I am horrible with directions, I can manage around the town, and into the adjoining cities. But if I have to get on the highway to go anywhere, someone better be with me. I get lost in .02 seconds and I will wig, lol. My husband says I'm directionally challenged, this is why I love him so much, he is a highway-direction-map superman!

Well that's it.... tomorrow will be Day 2 for me and the question is: Something you love about yourself.
I have posted a page of the questions if you would like to follow along! Just check it out under my header.

Monday Minute!

2010-08-09T13:23:00.000-04:00

It is that joyful time again, we like to call, MONDAY. Over at The Daily Dose, Ian is doing his usual awesomeness, and this 'episode' is co-hosted by Kendra from Baby Bits! By the way, she came up with all of the questions!

What was your "oh no, I'm turning into my Mom/Dad" moment?

There are so many moments, I can't place a finger on just one, gahhh. Mainly with most things I say on a daily basis, there are those that creep out, that sound like my parents! Saying something is different than turning into something. Please Lord, I WILL NOT turn out like my mother. BAHAHA.

What current commercial do you find the most annoying/funny?Most annoying commercial? Not sure, I have been using my dvr, so it is hard to know. I did see one the other day where I about fell out laughing, but now, I can't remember. dang.

If you could only eat one color food for the rest of your life what would it be?
Are cupcakes considered a color? LOL. Probably white or brown..... Brown for tea, chocolate, lots of things!

What is your current Facebook/Myspace/Twitter status?
FB: Something about wanting to create cookies.
Myspace: HA! Don't use it ever.
Twitter: Something about my kids, I think.

'F***', Marry, Kill from this list below. Women pick from the men, men pick from the women.

•Snookie (from Jersey Shore), Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White
•Regis Philbin, Justin Bieber, Perez Hilton

Ok, I would probably Marry Regis, he is just so charming!
I would probably 'F' Justin Bieber, lol, young I know, but Regis is too old and well perez?! yuck.
And I would hafta off Perez! LOL. He is an annoying D*uc*ebag!!

And if I were a man, lol, I would Marry Betty White, 'F' Ellen, and kill Snookie!!! :) Just f.y.i. ;)

$$$$$................

2010-08-06T13:16:00.002-04:00

First day of school:
Today is 'B's very first day of school! He is in Kindergarten this year, and holy cow, I am getting older. I was really worried for him, I thought he was going to have a meltdown, and I was going back home with him. As much as I would have loved for this to happen, just because I will miss him not being here, he didn't. Not one stinkin' tear or sniffle or worrisome question. I guess he was ready. Breaks my heart, but I know, he will love it! He went in, hung up his book bag, gave his lunch money to the teacher, and then found a seat at a table.

Where he started to color and cut out pictures. OK then. Do you think I could possibly maybe get a goodbye from you? *Nothing* Bhahaha. I just kept saying, "OK, I am leaving now.... I love you, have a good day, are you OK? You know I am leaving right?" LOL. And all I got in return was, " Bye, Love you, OK, yes, yes ma'am" :) Such a big boy now. More to report when he gets home.

Scavenger Hunt:

Now Wednesday, since it was getting closer to school starting, I made a scavenger hunt for the kids to do. There were literally 4 things to grab from outdoors, and I made them easy, It was too hot outside to be out there long. But I made them find things like, a purple crayon, a mini hair bow, red & yellow block, a 'little people', flower, rock, leaf, grass, a car from the game of 'Life', a juice box, and a handi snacks cheese & crackers. Of course, the last two they had to find, they got to eat for a snack. It was actually quite fun.

Will be posting pics below. B enjoyed it more, he is into that sort of stuff, Ladybug not so much. We decorated strawberry containers, I had been saving for days like this, and tied some string to them to make then easier to carry. Then, I printed out their list, and off we went. Ladybug didn't want to put a check in the box, she wanted to color the whole page, and B was in hunting mode. He wanted to get it found, check it off, and go to the next. All in all, it was fun, hot, and entertaining!

Cupcakes:

Also on Wednesday, my neighbor and good friend Kate, asked me if I would make some Cookies-n-Cream cupcakes for her to take to work. Of course, I am all for this, so off I went to purchase cookies and some cupcake containers. I just adore making cupcakes, especially, for someone so sweet. The icing was ready to be piped on, and crap!, stupid random cookie chunks kept clogging me up. Argh!

I didn't have this problem last time I made these! Oh well. Next time, I will make sure they are finely chopped. My food processor and I are having issues. I don't like the way it works, and it doesn't like the way I yell and hit at it. LOL. Sounds like my marriage some days!!! (If your reading this: "I Love you baby.") The finished product turned out nicely, I used double my secret ingredient, and added some crushed cookies in the batter. YUM.

I am pooped. Off to clean the house. Hubs has been out of town for work, so I have been slack on 'my chores', this house is a wreck. (Yet again, if your reading this, I love you baby!!!) I added an adorable picture of one of our danes Milo with Ladybug!

$ Day of Law $

2010-08-03T13:07:00.001-04:00

Well, today I am stuck in the office with my attorneys and with some other people. Cannot really go into much detail, not yet, anyways. But let's just say that I was wanting to stay home and bake up some new cupcake flavors and not here doing this tit for tat meeting. SO. This I guess you could say is going to be a short post, I really just needed something to do, to keep me from going insane. On another note, how was everyones weekend? Mine was OK, did some bathroom remodeling ( will def post pics) and some swimming with the kiddos. I wish it weren't so rainy here, but I guess rainy is better than, 110 heat index. Ahh the ramblings of a bored, should be at home, mommy. Until my next post. Please pray I make it out of here without screaming infidelities at some ignorant mindless little man! :) ::Kristin::

OOOOhhhhh AAAhhhhhh....!!!

2010-08-02T09:26:00.002-04:00

HOLY SCHMOLY! Over at Tidy Mom, she is doing this most wonderful giveaway, and I hope and pray, I WIN! She is giving away a 'Silhouette' Craft Cutter... Isn't it small and pretty! Well she was able to test it out and did some fantastic projects! You must go and check them out here! I wonder if I could possibly use edible ink with this and fondant paper. Hmm.... Oh the possibilities! Nevermind you can do cupcake wrappers, really!! This is right up my crafty alley! Any who, if you are interested in entering this fantastic giveaway, head over to Tidy Mom's Blog, and check it out! Deadline is August 7th!

A great giveaway!

2010-08-01T10:15:00.000-04:00

Hey guys,
I know there are a ton of great giveaways out there, but this one is a great for the kids!
Over at Country Girl, City Life, she has a $25 GC giveaway to Build-A-Bear workshops! You must follow the rules though, which include: But hurry the deadline is August 2nd!!

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$ Frazzled - Not Dazzled $

2010-07-30T13:29:00.001-04:00

My daughter will be the death of my sanity. I repeat, MY DAUGHTER WILL BE THE DEATH OF MY SANITY. Here lately Ladybug has been sooo great! So helpful, manners, learning to say prayer before dinner, clearing her plate, and what not. But today! WOW. Today was a completely different child. Woke up, things were fine, made a grocery list and headed out the door. My mom came along with us and when we got to Wal-Mart, my mom said she had to tinkle.

Well, Ladybug heard her and needed to go to, and her brother as well. I started to walk towards produce when I hear Ladybug screaming bloody murder. Of course, I know she will be fine, she just wanted mommy. I started to duck and dodge her view of me, mean, but hey sometimes you gotta not be seen. Well some genius customer at a register near her was pointing me out to her, making it 10x worse. THANK YOU MR. At this point, she is getting louder and louder. I walk my not so happy little butt over there and when I walk up, there is an employee (in 60's) shushing my daughter!

Wait a second, you mean to tell me that MY DAUGHTER, is the ONLY child to ever scream in Wal-mart?! Do you really want her to scream? Her brother does that to her and she gets LOUDER. ugh. Sometimes people need to MYOB. Well when I got to her she was still crying and on the floor, so I grabbed her arm to help her up, and she gets mad. And when she got mad, do you know what this angel did?! It is 9:30 AM, so there isn't hardly anyone in the store BUT workers.

They are looking at me like I am killing her and need to be detained! Any who, do you know what she did!? She pulls her feet up to her chest at the same time I am pulling her off the floor, and there she is...... Screaming, Crying, and Dangling by her arm in the middle of 8 different employees! WOW. We have just hit an all time low. She has never acted like that. So once I get her up in my arms, I carry her to the potty and proceed to talk to her very calmly. Even though, she is STILL screaming and it is echoing out to the store, I sit her down on the changing table and calmly tell her that big girls DO NOT act that way.

If she wanted mommy to go with her, all she had to do was say so, there was NO need to do what she just did. "Yes Ma'am mommy".... All of that for nothing! She still went to the potty, with ME, and still when I came out I got the evil eye from all of them. I even had one lady watching me til I went out of her sight. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! She is 2 and a spoiled little butthead sometimes, don't look at me like I did something wrong. Oh, and to the woman who Shused my daughter: "SSSSSHHHHHHHHH.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Please tell me it only get better from here.

Now back to the most boring and mundane task I like to call: Laundry. At least it isn't screaming at me. I really thought DFCS was going to show up and arrest me! UGH. Ok, I'm done, Promise.

Thursdays Blog Hops & Sick baby boy

2010-07-29T08:25:00.001-04:00

Over at The Kings Court Iv, I have joined, the Twitter Blog Hop. Then over at The Two Savvy Sisters, I joined, Buzz on by Thursday!

Getting your bunny legs on and Hop on over! (Yes,lame, I know.) One of those mornings.

My darling 'B' woke up yesterday morning with a smidgen of a fever. So, in went the Motrin and ice water, and he told me that he felt fine and still wanted to go about our day. Are you sure? YES. OK. So, off we went to the IHOP for some Minionade and pancakes. Which, by the way, that Minionade rocks! I kept asking him over and over if he still felt good enough for a surprise, and of course, he was. His fever hadn't returned yet, so off we went, I could tell he was sick because when we pulled up to the mall he got super upset and just started to cry and tell me that 'THAT IS NOT A SURPRISE'! "Whoa! Hunny, how do you know?

It is THE MALL, there are a ton of things in there that could be a 'surprise' ". He realized how he was acting and immediately calmed down, we walked in and just sat down on a bench, then after 5 minutes we walked over to the playground. They had a blast at the playground! It is super cute, it is a section in the middle of the food court, where there are roads, cars, boats, bridges, rocks, rivers, and trees which are all made out of foam and covered with a plastic type cover and painted. So in other words, they are soft and very durable, they can walk on them, stand on them, the cars have slides built in to slide down them. It's pretty cool. Well, while they were playing, I snuck off (my mom was watching them) so I could go purchase our movie tickets.

My kids have NEVER been to the movies. Ever. So this ought to be fun. I bought tickets for Toy Story 3, and holy cow, $32.00 for tickets! This is probably why they have never been. And on top of that, of course they were hungry, so I bought a SMALL bag of popcorn and a combo with a Large drink and 5 mini hot dogs, this cost me $17.00! I will be waiting for the next movie they want to see to come out on dvd. Any who. I watched them play for about 15 minutes and then we headed over. We walked in and I got all the usual questions: "Where are we going?" "What are we doing?" "Why is it so dark?" "Look at the cool cut outs!" "What is all of that noise?" LOL.

So I told them we were at the movie theater, I literally got a look from the both of them like I had lost my mind, then I said "its a place with NOTHING but movies playing all day on HUGE screens. The look was a little better, then I mentioned TS3, and they seemed happy. Not over joyed, like I was hoping for, but happy would do. We went in sat down, there were literally 4 other families when all was said and done, which made me feel 10x better. I DO NOT DO THEATERS. The last time I was in one, well the second to the last time, I had a panic attack (b/c of all the people) and had to leave 5 min. in. So, I was skeptical and felt better once I saw how little people were in there.

Any who, movie was great, kind of a tearjerker near the end. Yes, I shed a tear or two, I am a softy. :) Ladybug fell asleep about an hour in to the show and B stayed awake the whole time. I think he liked it, but he was just, not feeling too well. Got home and of course he didn't want to eat much dinner, and he went to bed and fell right to sleep. (Another sign he is sick, he is actually sleeping) This morning he has a Dr.'s appointment and when he woke up he had a higher fever than yesterday. Not to mention, he scared me, I woke up and he was in the kitchen getting some water.

I walked in and he is wheezing so bad, like he couldn't catch his breath, and I made him lay down so I could pat his back and break up some of the stuff. Ugh. Poor thing, I don't think he has ever been this sick, I hate it for him. He just wanted a Popsicle for breakfast, fine with me baby, of course ladybug did too. But she isn't sick, so she received some pop tarts and fruit salad. :) Well I should be getting in the shower and heading to the Dr. Hope you all have a great day, and for those of you in this horrid heat, STAY COOL. I think yesterday or the day before our heat index was 117, in GA!!! Autumn hurry home.

$Wordless Wednesday!

2010-07-27T23:00:00.000-04:00

Another award!! I am too happy!

2010-07-27T21:27:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to say thank you to Wickkett over at Bowwowpet!! She has graciously bestowed this lovely award to my blog! Now, it is my duty as a gracious award receiver, to pass this on to 9 other blogs as well as, tell you guys 7 things about me! Try not to get too bored. :)

7 Things About Me:

1) I have a fraternal twin sister named, Cherie, who I actually envy and truly adore!

2) Currently am working on making my dream come true, A Cupcakery, I do hope to succeed.

3) I have 2 beautiful children and a most wonderful hubby that I could NOT live without, any of them, For real.

4) I am fanatical about Big Band, Jazz, and any music (ANYTHING, clothes, cars) from the 30's-60's.

5) DO NOT JUDGE, But I find Kristen Stewart, gorgeous!

6) I have a love for Great Danes, mainly when they are potty trained, and not up to no good. ;)

7) Last but not least, I hope to take up photography soon, I love it.

Now on to the 9 lucky winners!!!

1) Food Floozie

2) Me & Mine In A Small Town

3) High Heel Happy

4) From Lazy To Lady

5) Haup Light

6) If You Think Round Is Funny

7) Mommies and Beyond

8) Pixies and Bears

9) Single Mom In The South

To the winners: Thank, Link, 7 things about you, then 9 lucky winners... It's that easy!

An award!

2010-07-27T09:50:00.000-04:00

An award!!! Today I received an award from a most wonderful lady, TV , over at TVs Take! Thank you so much!! Now, with this award, The Outstanding Blogger Award, I get to pass it on to 5 lucky blogs!
First of all, I want to say that, I have joined a lot of blogs since I have been blogging. Some blogs are useful, informational, sweet, inspiring, funny, and right up my alley. I just love them all, trust me, if I didn't, I wouldn't join! :) Now on to my 5 picks:

This Lil Piglet -- Love this blog, smart and funny lady, and yummy and creative ideas.

You're My Cuppy Cake -- Nikki over here is just too darn cute, and I love reading her blog!

Too Many Heartbeats -- This blog by Teresa is very inspiring to me, if I am feeling down, I hop on over.

Bermuda Bluez -- Now, if you love dogs, Jeanne has the most adorable babies! And I love reading about her and their adventures! It's a fun blog to read!

Bo's Bowl -- OK, WARNING. If you are dieting or trying to not eat everything in sight, NOT THE BLOG FOR YOU. Grant it, he does make A LOT of healthy dishes, but dang, some how he manages to make them look soooo sinful for your waist. MMM... Love this blog for so many reasons!

2010-07-26T09:56:00.000-04:00

HAPPY MONDAY!!!

Ok, so maybe not if you hate your job, stuck in traffic, sick, or tired. But, at least it is a Music Monday, and hopefully something to get you into your week. This weeks theme is: Beach Music!!

What is your favorite tune that reminds you of the beach or puts you in the mood for the sun, waves, and sand?

2010-07-24T10:06:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, Its Surfin' Saturdays over at Chubby Cheeks Thinks!!! I just adore this blog, this lady is just wonderful, and her kids are so adorable! Get in on the fun!

On another bloggy note, today in Georgia, the heat index is going to be 110. OK, suffocatingly miserably HOT.

'Dear Fall, if your listening.... Please grace us with your presence ASAP. I need red, orange, & gold leaves falling, cooler temperatures, hoodies, apple cider, crisp mornings, pumpkins, cinnamon, Everything about YOU is beautiful!!!!
Sincerely yours, Kristin'

$ Carnival fun!

2010-07-23T23:38:00.000-04:00

$ Last night, me and the hubs, took our kids to the little carnival out here. Well first let me say, little wasn't the word. There were literally 10 ride, maybe, and a couple were already broken. The games were a smidge immature (inflatable pool filled with a running hose with ducks floating and you take a net and fish one out) WIN. $3.00 for that?!?! I can do that at home for free. Any who. My kids enjoyed themselves and that is really what matters. Miss ladybug decided that she did not want to ride a thing, 'B' on the other hand, wanted to ride everything!

Which he did, well the kiddie ones anyways, a couple of times. He rode a few kiddie rides, and I was going to ride the mini coaster with him, but it broke as soon as we walked up. They had a cute little spinning dragon ride he wanted to try, but after watching it, he decided not to get "dizzy" on that one! We walked around and kind of got into the enviroment, when it hit us, we NEED a funnel cake! YUM. Nothing says carnival food like Funnel Cakes!

So, hubs went to grab us one to split and a drink, boy was it hot, I think 97 degrees. UGH. Turned around and there he was, no funnel cake, no coke. "Ummm, where is our plate of 'greasy sugary heaen' baby doll?" Hubs- "HA, I am NOT paying $5 for a funnel cake the size of a moon pie, and I am NOT paying $5 for a drink I can purchase for $.49 at the QT". LOL. Ladybug decided to ride ONE ride, no problem, at least she was riding something.

It was a fish themed ride where you got into a fish car and spun in a circle moving up and down. She loved this ride! She rode it 3x. After that, she was dizzy and they were sweating like crazy! :) So at this point, the 'rents had had enough fun, and off daddy went to pawn off our leftover tickets on some poor family! :) So, me and the kiddos went to the car and hubs went back into the carnival, and returned with cotton candy and a candy apple!!! Cotton candy is my favorite, thanks baby! Candy apples, not so much. :)

Then off it was to the local Iron Horse BBQ (DELICIOUS!) and we had a nice quiet, cold, family dinner. Remind me to never go there so close to closing time. The Brunswick stew was cold, got a new "hot & watery" one and the fries were frigid, kitchens closed, sorry. 25% off later, unsatisfied and grumpy. Man, this was supposed to be a fun post about the carnival, lol, nothing but griping, when did I get so old and un-kiddish with carnivals? Ah, well any who, the kids really did have fun, and I hate that we couldn't stay longer, but it was deathly hot. And they had rode the rides they wanted, multiple times, and they were too dizzy to continue on.

Maybe when they are older and it is spring or fall, we can go to the Six Flags out here and get them on some real rides. That will be fun. I haven't been to the Six Flags out here for 15 years! hahaha. Isn't it funny how when you live somewhere for so long, you don't explore the state. Our newest neighbors have lived here 5 months and have been 3x with their kids! (3 and 15 months) My almost 5 year old and 2.5 year old have never been, poor neglected children. :) Well just returned home from working the concession at the church movie night. It was so much fun, more like sitting around chatting and eating, letting the kids play and watch a movie in the gym. Not so many people showed up, still fun!

$ All Rolled In To One

2010-07-22T23:06:00.000-04:00

WOW. Where have I been? This has been one helluva week for me! I haven't blogged for such a long time! OK, so you know the drill with me, its all random and rolled in together. First off, 500 Cookies was a lot to make and decorate in 3 days! Especially since it is just me and I literally have 1 cookie sheet! My thing is cupcakes, ya know? Secondly, we had a most slendifurous vacation bible school week!!! I adored it, I helped with the nightly snacks for all of the kids and just enjoyed the company of all the ladies. Such fun. Thirdly, DRAMA. I do not know how you can go through life avoiding it. Even when it feels like it is stalking you. OK, so now that you have had a clip of it, on to the stories.

500 Cookies:
This was not as much fun as it sounded, I spent multiple nights up til 5 am finishing these, ALONE. It was crazy, I was exhausted, mentally and physically. I kept telling myself over and over, "I am never doing this again". Finally, I came to realize, holy cow. Little ol' me just made 500 cookies and I survived!! Whew. At some points, I was having conversations with my animals, this is how exhausted I was. If I had to decorate or bake ONE MORE COOKIE, I was sure to lose it. But they turned out looking good, and tasting wonderful, oh about that. HA. My dumb butt completely screwed up the recipe for the first 9 batches! I left out an entire stick of butter out of each batch, and I added MORE sugar than normal (b/c I thought with all of that butter, it needed more sugar)..... But to my relief, they were PHENOM, better than the original recipe, so I tweaked it 2 more times, and there was my own recipe!!! The photos below, I tried to emboss some with a stamp, worked ok, then tried to use edible ink and a stamp on the icing. DID NOT WORK. So I free-handed them, sorry if they look sloppy! :)

Next.......

vacation Bible School:
For those of you who hae never attended vbs, it is so much fun! Last year I helped in my sons class and loved it sooo much. But this year they did not need my help in his class, so I followed my mother, onto snack committee. This was harder than it sounded, having to get out (sometimes up to 70) plates out at a time and then having to re-do it within 3 minutes for the next crew, wow. But we got to snack on leftovers which was yum. Met some new people, and at the same time, helped out our church.

Next......

DRAMA. Yes, I have it in my life, more often than I would like. My "friend", whom I have been in huge arguments with over the past couple of months, has decided to try and speak to me at vbs. OK. If you know me, you know that I am not one to just quickly re-coop from nasty words. The first night I completely ignored her, yes I know childish, whatevs. The second night, I couldn't ignore her, we were stuck in the same hallway alone and I just had to. So, of course she was gracious and kind and spoke to me like we were friends, and my husband heeded a warning my way. He said: "Great, now she is going to think you two are best friends again, watch...." Me: "No she won't, she knows we are not on 'friend' speaking terms".... Dang if he wasn't right, yes I said it, HE WAS RIGHT. Next day, her 'husband' decided to join her, HA, what a show. And he looked at me and said "Hey Kristin", well I was carrying in 250 cookies and was about to drop them, so I ignored him. Teehee, shut up I know, I loathe him! Well, then he was in his daughters class at snack time and guess what?! I had to see him AGAIN. Well I was really busy with snacks and chatting and he continued to stare at me and kept looking at me. I mean STARED at me, like all stalkerish (even my new found friend Melea asked me if I knew him b/c he was staring os much). So, I proceeded to walk my butt back to the kitchen and clean some trays. OK, boring, yes but hold on, its getting good. So, like my hubby warned, Christy text me that night and proceeded to chew me out about "what a mature christian woman to be so welcoming and how it is a hospital for sinners not a hotel for saints". OK, HOLD ON, HAHAHAHAHAHA. WOW. Do you realize that her husband told her about me ignoring him and she was upset?!?! :) :) Well, since you have now ticked me off, here goes. I told her "the last time I checked she was NOT GOD, and that I did not have to speak to her husband if I did not want to. The last time he text me he called me a "self-centered biotch who was a horrible selfish friend". YEAH, Let me jump right in and strike up a convo with him, I would be GLAD to! And there it went, we were off like racing horses, nipping at each other til the end. UGH. Why me?! So, I told her that it wasn't very christian of her to JUDGE me like that. Why would I want to associate myself with someone like him. Keep in mind, I knew him before he met her, him and my husband were best friends. Any who, she provoked me, so I went at it. Immature, I know, but jeez. Well he text my hubby and said that we owed them $250, really?!?!?! That's funny b/c we used that $250 to buy groceries for our house b/c YOUR family (him not included he was kicked out for caught doing drugs) and so I took in HIS family and took care of his kids while his wife moped on my couch for days! I fed them, played with them, watched them, bathed them, tucked them in at night! And on top of that, I babysat those children for 3-4 days a week for months with no pay or anything! Just to help out his wife, and on top of that WE purchased his kids Christmas last year b/c he used their money to buy drugs! So, let me send you a bill, for the $150 for Christmas and the countless hours of babysitting. Also, my husband took the wrap for them years ago and got into extreme trouble and bailed out HIS butt b/c he had a new baby and new marriage! So, where is that $1,000 you owe him for your half of the cost? So, if that isn't a good friend, something is wrong. In retrospect, YOU owe ME. Then he told my husband I was yet again, a self-centered biotch, and my husband said I am my own woman and if I choose to not associate myself with him, then good for me. Thank you baby. :) Whew. OK, I am done. I had to get it off of my chest. So angry with some people, how dare you? I am not a doormat like yourself, I do not let ANYONE talk to me that way and then turn around and be their friend. My own husband does not speak to me that way. I am a strong woman and I do not need someone to tell me how to live my life, been doing it just fine for 26 years! :)

On a brighter note, after all of those cookies, I was having a moment. I needed a fix, I HAD to bake some cupcakes. In fact, I made 72 regular and 72 mini, in 2 hours! :) And man they were delicious, strawberry, double chocolate, and vanilla. My new favorite were the strawberry with chocolate icing and chocolate with strawberry icing. Mmmm......

I have posted a few ~~dozen~~ pictures, I hope you guys have had a great week!!! Can't wait to catch up on all of your posts!

$ Five Question Friday $ Social Parade $ Fun Follow Friday $ New Friend Fridays $

2010-07-16T08:39:00.000-04:00

1) Do you collect anything? Not really. I have been wanting to start collecting anything cupcakes. :)

2) Name 3 celebrities that you find good looking. Matthew McConaughey, Twilight boys, Kristen Stewart.

3) Do you have any scars? If so, what is the story behind it (them). I have 2 scars from having my wonderful kids, and then I hae a scar on my knee from running around a pool, and falling, and a rock went thru my knee, and my teeth. Scars from being attacked by cats and dogs (wounds of war from rescue) and that is pretty much it. Oh yes, a scar on my forearm from touching the top inside of the oven. haha.

4) What is a food that you like to eat, but others might think its gross or weird? Anything with Ranch and Texas Pete on it, oh and buttered popcorn with cut up candy fruit slices! YUM.

5) Have you ever seen a tornado in real life? Yes, multiple.