Cake Pops! BLAH!

Cake Pops!  Maybe you've heard of them and....maybe you haven't.  They seem to be the latest fad at parties. There are cookbooks dedicated to them and people selling them on Etsy.  Even Starbucks sells them!  So I had to try to make some.  Well..let me say I've made them 3 times now and they still taste the same, NASTY!  My mom even bought the cookbook, I followed the directions and still YUCK! 


For those of you who don't know what they are let me explain.  You bake a cake, crumble it up, mix in some icing and dip them in candy (chocolate) coating.  Sounds good right?  UMMM NO!  They taste like a big ol' goo ball in the middle.  BLAK!

So, if anyone out there is reading this who has had them, please tell me what I'm missing!  Besides looking cute, they've got nothing else going for them!
 

MMMMM Cookies!!! (in my best Cookie Monster voice!)

I've been seeing all these amazing cookies on the party blogs lately so I decided to try my hand at cookie making.  First, let me start by saying...I cannot make icing to save my life.  I have tried a bizillion times and it just doesn't come out right!  I follow the directions to a 'T' and yet it still ends up in the trash! AND, I have never made sugar cookies from scratch!  Nope, my version of sugar cookies are the refrigerated, break and bake! haha

I have been following SugarBelles on FB and she makes it look so easy, so I thought why not give it a try!  I used her recipes and tips and created my very own Ice Cream Cone Cookies!  WOWZERS!!!  They are amazing!  I didn't have a cookie cutter and I refused to go buy one.  Ya know, just in case once again I flopped at making the icing!  I made my own template using freezer paper and I couldn't believe it actually worked!

 
However, I was so sad that my icing didn't set up fully before I put them in the container last night! They did get a little smashed!   But smashed or not, they were delish and I MADE ICING!  WOOOO HOOO!!

So if you're in the mood to bake a great tasting and looking cookie, visit SugarBelle! Her recipes are easy to follow the tips are great!

Bad Blogger!

Gesh, I've been such a bad blogger!  Having 3 kids, trying to cook and eat healthy not to mention the mountains of laundry that have piled up, doesn't leave much time for blogging!  Makes me wonder how people do it! 

Anyways...we've been pretty busy this wk.  We're in the process of selling our house, which is almost final, yippie!  We went house hunting 3 days last week, talk about exhausting!  Wouldn't you know the last house we looked at, and I hate to admit I wasn't very excited about looking at it, turns out to be the one I LOVE!  I  had a "don't judge a book by it's cover" moment!  Granted the outside needs work but the inside is perfect for us...complete w/ pool table, bar and LOTS of room for the kids!  Our offer has been accepted, now we just wait for closing.  Such an exciting time!

I have to admit, I've been doing VERY bad at my diet lately.  I'm just over it!  I've got 10 lbs to go and really have NO motivation.  This is the first week I've gained and that doesn't really help!  We haven't been in the pool so I haven't been exercising.  I thought about running...then woke up from that nightmare!  Thought about riding my bike...then ate another cookie!  :(

On the bright side, everything is almost finished for Kinley's 1st Birthday party!  Here is a sneak peek of one of the decorations I made for the cake table.

My little man started preschool this week.  He's had a hard time adjusting and has cried every morning when I drop him off.  {Doesn't he look so thrilled in his picture!} Once I'm gone, he's over it and has fun.  He's made some new friends and seems to really like his teachers.  Although, he really misses his old buddies and asks all the time to go visit Judy!  Once your kids are in school, it makes you realize that time really does fly by! 

That's all for now...I will work on being a better blogger...for those of you who actually read my boring blog!  Have a great week!

Bleu Cheese Chicken Burgers

It seems the older I get the more my tastes are changing.  I've never liked french onion dip before and now it seems I love the unheathly goodness!  Same goes for Bleu Cheese !  Granted, I still can't do the dressing but the crumbles are oh so yummy!  And let's not mention or think about what the "bleu" really is ok?!   So tonight after going to the grocery, with all 3 kids, {yes call me insane} we got home and everyone was screaming how hungry they were!  I decided to just throw some stuff together and wish for the best!!!   I can't believe how DELISH it came out!!!  I will be adding these to my "make again" list for sure!  Hope you enjoy them as much as my family did!

Ingredients:

1 lb ground chicken

2 green onions (chopped)

1 tbsp minced garlic

1/4 cup bleu cheese crumbles

Mix everything together, make into patties (I got 5 patties out of it & this is how the points+ are calculated), throw 'em on the grill! 

We ate ours on our plate, but they would be even better on a slimwich with tomato and lettace.  I paired it with grilled squash, which was also a first for me.

ENJOY!!

Points +: 4 points per patty

 

Obsessed....

Yes, I admit it...I have a new found LoVe for parties.  From the planning to the paper projects to seeing the vision I had in my head come together on party day.  With each party I get more and more into it and take it a step further! {which I'm sure the hubby loves! NOT!}

It all started by making this simple 'Happy Birthday' banner for Karder's Mickey Mouse party and has now turned into an obsession!  My all time favorite site so far?  www.catchmyparty.com not to mention the many party blogs I follow on facebook! They feature soooo many awesome ideas...some completely over the top.  I can spend hours looking at parties and getting ideas!

With our upcoming pool party...what better opportunity to have some fun and make lots of cool crafty projects?!  So tonight's project was water bottle labels.  Here's a sneak peek!

These are super simple.  Design...print...cut...tape!  Can't get much easier!

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

Another year older...

Most women have a hard time turning 30!  Nope, not me! Breezed right through that one!  It's 35 that's turning out to be the real killer!  I'll soon officially be in my mid-30's!  UGH!  Now I'm starting to understand the whole mid-life crisis thing! I mean think about it, I can no longer say "I'm in my early 30's" which is still  pretty close "late 20's" right?  Ohhhh no, I'm mid-30!  BLAH!

I figured, I can't change the unenviable so what better way to deal with it than throwing myself a Pool Party!  Friends, Family, Sun, Food and Beer!  What a great combo!

Yep, that's it, I'm creating my own little summer fiesta! I'll be raising my glass...or bottle...and toasting to another birthday and becoming yet another year older! 

Happy Freakin' Birthday to me!  ::Sigh::

Cheeseburger...Cupcakes!

Oh yeah!  Nothing better than a cheeseburger....cupcake?!  I saw this featured on a party site and had to try it!  They came out awesome!  Now off to daycare tomorrow for the kiddos so I won't be tempted to eat them!

If you're feeling creative and would like to make them yourself, there is a great tutorial  HERE!