Week 6 of the Recipe Challenge

This week I did very little cooking so instead of trying a new recipe I just typed up the one I used for the peanut butter filling on the peanut butter cups for the graduation hat pops. Nice to have a back up copy on the computer of that piece of notebook paper that is in with the candy making supplies.

What You See

What you see...

May not be exactly what you get...

This is my rescue puppy, Schatten (German for shadow). A name that suits him in so many ways. I finally took him for a ride in my new car. I turned the vents in the back to hit him and cranked up the A/C as it was 97 degrees. I looked in my mirror to see him standing there with the air blowing those long hairs around his ears/face and this look was in his eyes that said "I LOVE mama's new car!" Ha that makes two of us!

Loads of Laundry Later

Well, it has been a few weeks now and I have done quite a few loads of laundry using the Woolly Dryer Balls. Living in an area of high humidity most of the year I cannot say that the antistatic aspect is as good as using other methods although this winter will prove that without question. However so far I have absolutely no complaints in that area.


What I have discovered is that my towels are so much fluffier that I can no longer fit them into the same space in the linen closet! This was an unexpected benefit that I thought I would share.

Crochet Baby Blanket and Boo Boo Bunny

I finally finished this baby blanket. The baby is only three weeks old so that's not too bad.




Then I made a Boo Boo Bunny. It always looks cute on top of the package and can be made in pink for a girl. (The glue will dry clear, it just wasn't dry yet when I took this photo.)




Here is a view from the back.


In case you aren't familiar with Boo Boo Bunnies, they hold a plastic ice cube that you can see in this second photo. The bunny is kept in the freezer and when the baby gets bigger and starts getting bumps and bruises you bring out the bunny and he soothes the boo boo and the little one is distracted by the cute holder.

Week 5 of the Recipe Challenge

Marinated Three Bean Salad was my choice this week. I added the photo to the recipe on my computer and printed it out. I usually make it when having pasta but it was also good with garlic bread for a light dinner when I didn't feel much like cooking with the hot days of summer only just beginning.

New Thread

Today I was killing a few minutes in Hobby Lobby until it was time to meet my daughter for lunch and ran across some beautiful tatting thread. It was just too coincidental as I had been looking at some tatting patterns just yesterday as I put them away and was wishing I had some nice variegated thread to make that butterfly bookmark and there it was hanging on a hook, the only one of its color, begging to be taken home! Yeah, I couldn't resist. I have been wanting to learn some new techniques so this may be the motivator.

Not that I don't already have a basket of yarn waiting it's turn to be crocheted into a jacket. That is among other projects. But it has been too long since I did any tatting so I will let you know which way it goes.

Full Strawberry Moon

It is full moon time again and I learned that the full moon in June is known as a Full Strawberry Moon. Makes sense as it is strawberry season. Now I can visualize some fun photos for this but no time for that today.

Cornhole

I learned something new this morning. I had never heard of cornhole. Well, the truth is I have actually played it and made it we just called it beanbag toss. I wonder if they fill the bags with corn instead of beans? I did not order the free instructions as I do not want to be on their mailing list. Besides it is pretty easy to see how it is made other than 'official regulation sizes'. Maybe I am just out of the loop not having any little ones around. Have you played cornhole lately?

Week 4 of the Recipe Challenge

For this week I actually tried a new recipe, which was the Cake Pops for the graduation party and the Hat Pops were a new version of the peanut butter cups so that should count as well. You can see photos of both on the June 5th and 6th posts. At any rate it was a busy week with graduation and working to finish up my back yard so not much cooking was done at meal time.

Graduation Party

Here is the dessert table from the graduation party. The pops made a nice display among the photos and were yummy as well. A nice day and a fun way to celebrate her accomplishment. We all appreciated her uncle hosting and cooking his famous burgers.