11 years of memories....

This past Friday marked 11 years that my QT has been my cutie.....we spent the weekend in Fredericksburg shopping and eating and on Saturday, we drove over the New Braunfels and "floated the river" (which was beyond FUN!!! and I have the sunburn to prove it).

Sadly....this is one of only 7 or 8 that we've taken together in the past 11 years (he's kinda camera shy and I'm always trying to find a flattering angle for me)....lol

Hey There Cupcake....full post

Remember a couple of weeks ago I gave you a sneak peek at a little project I was working on.....

Well...here it is!!! It's a cupcake in a jar....cookable in 3 minutes via your microwave!!! All you have to do is add the "wet" ingredients and frost to your heart's desire (it's a good thing that these little gifts are left up to the recipient to decorate 'cause baking is NOT my forte!!!)

Here is the gift (8 oz. jar - a little over 1/3 cup yellow cake mix - some mini m&m's)....

Dump contents into a bowl....

Add 3 tablespoons water....1/2 tablespoon oil....and 1/2 egg (I add mini m&m's on this one and that is why it's baby poop green PLUS the chocolate is so heavy that it doesn't cook into the cupcake, it just hangs out at the bottom - so I would suggest NOT adding chocolate chips or m&m's, etc.)

Mix and pour back into jar (I sprayed the jar - inside and out - with Pam so that the batter wouldn't stick too bad).....

Microwave for 3 minutes (as you can see it WILL overflow (ths picture is only about 1 minute into cooking) - not to worry).....

Depending on how the overflow looks, you can frost after it cools or you can trim off some of the excess batter that spilled over and then frost and decorate!!!

SUPER CUTE, huh? I got the idea from Lauren . She includes a recipe for homemade cupcake batter but I tried it and it didn't work....so, me being the short-cut gal, I divided up a cake mix and it's added ingredients to make my own. Please try her mix if you prefer (I'm a terrible baker and that could be the reason it didn't work - 'cause her cupcake is WAY cuter than mine so she did something right).

I'm baaaaaaack....

and have quite a few things to share, however....I still need to take pictures. I promise to have that done in the next day or so!

Check back and see what I accomplished at the Retreat....I even counted shoes in the dark!!!

AWARDS!!!!

YIPPEE....I received my very FIRST blog award a couple of weeks ago (I even had to ask what to do with it...hehehehe) and now I've received my SECOND. So...I thought I'd better post them and pass them on!!!


This award was given to me by Jenn...

And....I now give it to (in no particular order):

Jamie - Her layouts are absolutely STUNNING!!!

Lisa - Her artwork is always AMAZING!!!

Yvette - Everything she does is so DIMENSIONAL!!!

Karen - Her artwork is SO FAB....ALWAYS!!! (not to mention the music on her blog always make me sing or dance)

Vicki - Her stuff is MAGICAL!!!

This award was my 2nd and was given to me by Carla.... AND Pamela since it took me so long to come up with this post...hehehehehe

And....now I give it to (in no particular order - going to newly discovered blogs):

Melissa at The Polkadot Chair - she does a little bit of everything which fits me to the T

Amy - CTMH consultant who's work is always neat and tidy!

Rachel - ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS has fun stuff on her blog!!!

Melissa P - LOVE all her layering and glitter!!!

I've seen where several of you already have these awards and everyone who visits your blogs can see why....thank you for constantly giving me and anyone else who keeps up with your blogs inspiration to create!!!

Weekend Retreat.....

I'll be gone all weekend...scrapbooking all day and night with little sleep (hopefully) so check back next week for pictures of everything I created!!!

Have a good weekend and enjoy the HEAT if you're in West Texas.....