Doing Nothing
Yesterday–since I was staying home from church, tending Miss Chompy Sniffles, it ended up being one of those put-your-feet-up, kick-back-in-the-chair sort of days where it kinda feels good to sit and do a little bit of, you know…
nothing.
I could have made some serious headway on the baby’s ripple blanket, but alas…
it was too much of something, to fit into the category of…
nothing.
I really thought about catching up on some light reading, but again–too important to be considered–
nothing. So they just sat there staring at me.
I thought, for a while, about baking something poofy and warm that would make the house smell like Snow White’s cottage in the forest, but it was too much trouble, and…
well, you get the picture.
There are just some times when it has to be ok to sit back and soak it all in and let everything else be big and important and necessary, on another day.
Believe me, it felt just lovely, thank you very much.
{ A Grateful Heart }
“With our Father’s help, all of us can choose to feel more gratitude. We can ask Him to help us see our blessings more clearly, whatever our circumstances. Giving thanks in prayer can allow us to see the magnitude of these blessings and all of our other blessings and so receive the gift of a more grateful heart.”
President Henry B. Eyring
Hunger Games Movie Premier
After a fair bit of deliberation and months of humming and hawing and after being offered a special pre-release showing time of 7 pm–on March 22nd, by the University Cinemark in Orem, Utah…
we’ve finally decided to take on The Hunger Games!
If you’d like to join us, and see this incredible movie–before it’s officially released, and without waiting in any lines–now’s your chance!
We may have taken our time deciding, but you’ll want to let us know ASAP—as space is very limited. Leave a comment here and I’ll give you the official details.
Come on–we can bite our nails together. Besides, we’d love to have you!
:}
Cream Cheese Lemon Bars
I know, I know. It’s not spring yet and I could possibly have curbed my craving for something luscious and lemony until the flowers were blooming, like a good girl. Perhaps that would have been more seasonally appropriate. But then I thought…
seasonally appropriate? What does that even mean? And then a better question would be–and do I care? Hmmm….
Apparently not.
:}
Ingredients:
1 box lemon cake mix
1/3 cup butter- softened
1 egg
8 oz cream cheese – softened
1 cup powdered sugar
peel from 1/2 lemon – grated
2 Tbsps lemon juice
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg. Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Blend in the powdered sugar. Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth. Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture. Into remaining cream cheese mixture, beat 2 eggs, and vanilla until well blended. Spread over the cake mixture.
Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely. Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars. Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.
I found this scrumptious bit of loveliness on a pass through Recipe Tips and sincerely couldn’t resist.
Yeah…like I tried.
| Cream Cheese Lemon Bars |
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Ingredients
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 1/3 cup butter- softened
- 1 egg
- 8 oz cream cheese – softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- peel from 1/2 lemon – grated
- 2 Tbsps lemon juice
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg.
- Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
- Beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Blend in the powdered sugar.
- Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth.
- Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture. Into remaining cream cheese mixture, beat 2 eggs, and vanilla until well blended.
- Spread over the cake mixture.
- Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars.
- Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.
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Rainbow Granny Bunting
Well, I just haven’t had this much fun in a lonnnng time–and then to have the results turn out oh, soooo adorable!! Huge, unexpected plus.
What started out yesterday as an enormous pile of granny triangles—became magically transformed…
into the sweetest little bunting I’ve ever seen in my livin’ life—with just few more stitches to link them all together.
Last week, I searched the crochet universe until just the perfect triangle caught my eye over at Crochet With Raymond. It was love at first sight I tell you!
After a few days of crocheting these fun little Grannies I found the perfect way to link them together over at Carina’s Craftblog.
I love this thing so much I can hardly stop taking pictures of it. Like having a celebrity living in the building. Now all we need is to throw a party to celebrate this sweet little work of art.
And so I can hang it up and just stare at it for a few days.
:}
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