Fantasy Friday

I was browsing the craft store, looking for ideas for a gift and saw this:




It's the Cricut Cake and I loves it! Oh the things I could do with it!

5 things I'm lovin' right now

1. Pottery Barn Chandelier Knock Off I love the tutorials over at Living with Lindsay , she makes every project seem so easy to accomplish. She took this chandelier and changed the ribbon color and instead of flowers used birds to fit her room design. I love this one but maybe would change the color scheme to something like black and fushia. I think Christa would love that.

2. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches YUM! I must try these. Thank you Pioneer Woman

3. No sew tutu Love love love these, hopefully I can make them for the girls before they are too old to want to wear them.

4. Margarita Cupcakes

5. Photoshop Elements Tutorials: You can find them all over the web but I love Rita's CoffeeShop Free PS/PSE actions and tutorials. Here things are broken down so easily that even I understand how to do them!

One year ago today

You gave me the biggest scare of my life

Here we are one year later and you couldn't be more full of life!

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month

National Brain Tumor Society

I will be forever grateful to the staff and wonderful doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Fantasy Friday

Lord Howe Island

ahh!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was craving oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and I don't really have a favorite recipe so I used the one on the oatmeal container! I forgot to lay out the chocolate chips!

One of the great things about this recipe is I only used one bowl. And I didn't even use a mixer as the instructions suggest. First I mixed the butter, brown sugar and vanilla together. Then I threw in the rest of the ingredients right on top and mixed. Easy!

If you don't have a Silpat, get one!

I then use a regular large spoon to scoop out my cookies. I'm able to fit 12 cookies on the baking sheet. I ended up with 36 cookies. I love, love, love my Silpat. I got mine from Bed Bath and Beyond. No more burnt cookie bottom and raw dough on top!

When I bake cookies I take try to take them out just before they look done. That way you end up with super soft, chewy cookies. The only thing I might do different is cut back on or omit the nutmeg. A little nutmeg goes a long way.

• 1/2 lb butter or margarine softened
• 1-1/2 cups golden brown sugar, packed
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups quick oats cereal
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg(I'd go with 1/4 tsp or none at all)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• semi-sweet chocolate chips (eyeball it, I like lots!)

Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes

Fantasy Friday

I love this house, I believe it is in Georgia. I don't believe I will ever live in Georgia but I can dream about it.

I love the Tudor style, the ivy growing across the front and see there on the left? A bay window. Ahh.

Conversations with an Eleven year old.

Her: Mommie, these things on the edges of my feet are buggin me!

Me: things on the edge of your feet? What things?

Her: These THINGS!

Me: You mean TOES?!

Her: Oh yeah!