In case you were wondering????

If anyone needs to find me, I'll be over at PINTEREST..... I'm seriously addicted! :)

my latest project... paper mache

these large 16" paper mache balloons...

... will hopefully soon be over sized Christmas ornaments... can you see it?
I would love any tips on paper mache if you have any leave me a comment...

I'm decorating for a Christmas charity event in our local high school. The event is called "Share A Little Christmas" it's through Tanglewood Studios (where Sadie dances) and is to support the New Hope Crisis Center. We are collecting pajamas, & books for the Pajama Program, and food for Tremonton Food Pantry.

We are decorating a very large area and I was thinking about dangling these large balls... (you knew it was coming...) from the cascading stair case just above the stage. Hopefully I can make them look decent! Share your ideas of how to make this work... I would love to know how you would embellish them?

seriously.... this is my problem....

I find yummy looking stuff like this and think... "oh how easy, I need to try that."

...i mean, common' ... pumpkin praline ice cream... i want to lick the screen.

go here for the recipe

and have I already shown you these? remember my acorns from last year? aren't these just as cute?

doughnut holes dipped in nutella (or chocolate or carmel), chocolate sprinkles and a pretzel stick.... Love IT!

Sad isn't it? that even the thought of these deliciously calorie rich treats make my cheeks puff! why can't looking at them taste good and be calorie free? oh well... off to have a diet coke! he he he

never tried cake in a jar?

Click on this link or the one to the side I AM BAKER and see how she did these... I've been dying to try cake in a jar, but this is totally genius!

her website is full of inspiration... the pumpkin spice cake sounds delish! Can't wait to try them! She did this before, the cake in a jar thing, only did 1 cake mix 8 ways. look at that too!

I should be getting paid for saying this! :)

just a few things I've been up to

First of all.... can you believe it's already...

...??? me either!

I grew these sunflowers in my yard, and they were all but ready to bite the dust... so I saved a few and livened up my house with them...

something about a sunflower just makes you smile...

then... add this cute little curious guy and life is good.

He was waiting to go with me to help at the kids school. That back pack was filled with good things like fruit snacks, more fruit snacks, coloring book and crayons.

Happy Fall!

My HEALTHY side! :)

This is my way of packing in the vitamins and greens for the day. It sounds wierd and crazy... but I really like it and swear that it has made me feel better. I drink it 3 times a week. A while ago I had a crazy blood donating experience that kindof made me take a look at ways to make my body feel better. For instance, my legs cramped terribly right after giving blood and I seem to have had a problem with that ever since. If I drink this drink regularly, my legs are fine (it's mostly when I exercise) but the days I don't, I'm a mess. So, that's what GREEN LEMONADE does for me. Try it! I dare you.

Banana Cream Cake... Grandma's recipe

It's one of my favorite things to find something like this... This was in my Grandma's recipe box, something I inherited and love to pull out every once in a while. My Dad has talked about how much he loved this cake...giving it even one more reason to love it!

More than the big fluffy piles of whipped cream on the top of the cake, you'll notice that the recipe has only 7 ingredients (cream being the main one). I was totally impressed at the way the cake came out.


It is light and fluffy, and rich, but not too rich. Dad talks about the way he loved to eat it when his Mom made it for him... It was made from the fresh cream they had, sliced into layers with fresh banana's and more whipped cream on top.


...just doing my duty to pass that on to my son's!

...wish you could be here Dad to have a slice. I think you would have liked it. Notice I said would have... that picture was about the last of it. Soon after we devoured it!!!

if you would like to try it, and are having trouble reading it... (don't you love her handwriting though?...)

Cream Cake:

1 c. whipping cream (whipped)

1 c. sugar Add slowly

3 eggs. add one at a time

1 1/2 c. flour (cake)

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp. vanilla

sift dry ingredients and mix

bake 20 minutes @ 400

{love the little note at the top... GOOD!}

{between the layers I made vanilla pudding with fresh banana slices, and topped it with sweetened whip cream}