Oh happy day

So today I finally got my monkey butt back from her dads. She was there for a few days for spring break. I have been waiting because I blocked the sweater last night and sewed the last bits together today. It fits her great. I am super excited I just need to find some cute buttons now. She seemed to like it which is good too.

here she is modeling it. She is missing so many teeth now it is almost creepy. 5 are gone no where to be seen and that makes 7 lost total only 2 have grown back..

here is the back and please keep in mind that I didn't do that hair that was the ex's piggy tails lol. Me and firemonster have been lost with out her all week. We were sick of each other by this afternoon she no longer wanted to hang out with me and was trying to get under my skin just for the fun of it. I took her to the park a few times today hoping she would play and get some of her sauciness out but she would just do things on purpose to push the limit (boredom and sick of me ) and I wanted her to have fun and leave me alone for 3 minutes straight lol. but we didn't get our wish until sis and dad got home. Once they did it was great. We hung out they played on the back porch and all over the house while I cooked spinach lasagna roll ups they were dancing and having a blast. :) I get ben home for a entire day off tomorrow something that hasn't' happened it weeks. So I am going to snuggle him got to bed and enjoy tomorrow.

I am attempting to upload a video of the dance party that was going on while I cooked :)

enjoy and I hope you all did a little happy dance today too :)

blue berry sourcream coffee cake...

So when I hosted the twilight birthday brunch I made this coffee cake and there were a few requests for the recipe, monkey butt is obsessed with it and the whole rest of the family and so I figured that this recipe is just too darn good to keep to my self. It is healthy too 3 ww points her slice. Since I sorta fudged the recipe I made pictures to illustrate then things I made up.

Here is what you will need to make the coffee cake light sour cream, polaner blue berry preserves, brown sugar, butter(slightly chilled), and Kruestez fat free blue berry muffin mix and 1c water what is not pictured here half c. flour (I used whole wheat flour) and a over preheated to 350

So the box mix comes with a can of blue berry's rinse them and set them aside. Then add 1c water to the mix and when mixed add berry's.

Then add three heaping spoons of light sour cream

Then three smaller heaping spoons of preserves

pour the mixture into a 8x8 pan I like to spray it with cake release so I can get it onto a platter.

Then you need to mix together half cup brown sugar half c whole wheat flour and quarter c butter. I find the easiest method for this is with your hands. and the butter is slightly chilled it is easier too.

Then sprinkle over the cake and bake at 350 for 45 minutes



This is the finished product

this is great and it is very moist and yummy...let me know how you like it.

Sunday Sunday Sunday..

So today was family dinner and I am super stuffed to the gills. I just got home form family dinner. We had burgers with blue cheese on them yum yum. I love it. It was sorta my birthday dinner with the family. I made the Guinness chocolate cake again since I love it soo much. I am happy I have soo much.

My sister gave me my present the pioneer woman cook book. I love it soo much and am soo excited because I heard that black heels to tractor wheels is going to be made into a movie and Ree may be played by Reece Witherspoon which would be perfect. I love her soo much and am soo excited for it. If you haven't read the story of her and how she fell in love with her Marlboro man you need to. :)

Isn't she cute :) Every one needs this she really makes every thing fool proof and I love every recipe I have made of hers speaking of which tomorrow I will post my recipe for my blue berry ww coffee cake.
Here is my project that I am working It is starsky jr. I am making it to celebrate monkey butts first year of big girl school. I have been wanting to start one for a while.

Speaking of which I am going to go snuggle her and watch some tv since she has spring break we have been letting her stay up a bit later as a treat. Last night we watched meet me in st Louis and short circuit tonight we are watching undercover boss. :) I hope every one is having a great weekend.

What was I thinking wed.

So Yesterday I was looking around on a new favorite blog Thats So Cuegly and she cut her hair a while back and it was soo freakin cute. Now some of you who may not know me personally might not know I was a licensed cosmetologist. So was Mrs Cuegly. So she had cut her own hair (I know I emailed her to ask) and so just like I like to do I cut off more then I can chew come 12:00 last night I was standing in my bathroom surrounded by a mountain of hair. I did it I cut my own hair. I did fairly well but I went today and had a girl get the bottom neater and check the back. :) So here it is...

Ignore my goofy smirk so this is a cute little flip on the bottom..

here is with cute flip and some back combing...

and here is full out peg bundy bar hair. Have a good night guys :)

Fo Juliana

Okay so I finished Juliana today. It is very nice. I love how soft and cozy it is and all the different ways I can wear it. I went with s.s. sleeves with a picot edge. I thought it was more delicate and matched the look of the pattern better then the two by two ribbing it called for. I also opted for 3/4 sleeves. I am very happy with it and very happy it is over lol. I am not so happy with the pics of it but that it what happens since it is Tuesday and I am on my own with out the hubby (unless I want to let the 6 year old take the pics ...nope not really)

Here is how it looks when it is wrapped and pinned in the back...

Here is tied in the front (allot like what I saw the detective on castle wore last night)

Here is kinda twisted in the front and then tied in the back very cute also...

as you can see lots of styles I will get lots of cute outfits out of this one

and the last very exciting thing of the day is that I got a package from Lynn at fiddlesticks. I am very excited about willing this. (the goat ate a big bite out of the candle shortly after this pic was taken btw) I will have to let you know what I do with all the yummy yarn :)

Well I have had killer allergy headache all day and am going to call it quits early :)

Reasons I love my life today...

I am feeling pretty darn blessed today and enjoying my birthday. These are some of the reasons why..

Diet soda and chocolate cake. (yeah I know lol I am one of those people but the chocolate cake is a splurge it is usually just diet soda) I love love love this Guinness chocolate cake it is only getting better it is rich and thick (but not overly sweet) It is almost like cheese cake

Delicious malabrigo yarn. YUM YUM YUM

The fact that I am done with the body of juliana and just knitting the sleeves which are almost done. :)

Fire monster has been a good girl today and who wouldn't have a brighter day with that smile...

watching monkey butt read books to her self all on her own that she has never read before. She is too smart :)




The stack of great little treasures my knitters and monkey butt brought me :) Coffee in the new blue mug was awesome this morning a new fav...

and this one is a doozie My hubby. I love him soo much. I am going to miss him today but I am very thankful for the fact that he is working hard for us. He is such a great guy handsome sweet thoughtful and I am soo in love with him its crazy. Yesterday night I sent him to the store to grab diapers after I threw dinner in the oven and since it is less then a mile away I figured by the time he got back I would be able to pull dinner out. well a while later I realize the cheese on top was very VERY dark and he was still gone. What the heck was taking him so long he only needed diapers!!! Well about the time he walked in the door and I was dishing every one and complaining that he took so long he gave me this...This is huge because for one it is adorable and matches very well for two I wasn't expecting anything because money is tight and my party was my present. and for three

He took time to find this book. He talked to me about it early in the weekend and found it with out me being any the wiser...


He knows the way to my heart lol (nothing like a vampire hunter and a severed head on my birthday My heart is all a flutter)

Lovely day with lovely ladies

What more could I ask for

So the New Moon Birthday Brunch went off with out a hitch. It was wonder full seeing my favorite ladies in the world. They are just the best people I have ever met. I have missed knitting with them soo much but with Monkey butts school it is just to hard I can't make it. So it was just a joy to see them all today.

I apologise for the poor photo quality today I couldn't find my camera and had to use my phone.

Here is a very poor picture of the spread we had in the end. It was great. You can even see fire monster eating a cupcake in the back ground that the lovely Jean brought her and the flowers she brought me. (well almost flowers..I can't wait)

Here is fire monster and the adorable cupcake Jean brought her that sucker lasted her all day she would come back and eat on it every now and again.

Here is the blue berry sour cream coffee cake it was very good and very moist. I loved it I still have lots left.

Here are the chocolate pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with cream cheese filling. They were good but there were so many other goodies I took all the left overs of these and put them into the freezer (they freeze great for healthy snacks or hubby's lunch they are 3pts)

Here is the Chocolate Guinness cake it was great and it has a great cream cheese frosting. I was nervous but it was very good thick and rich. I will make it a yearly tradition for st. patties day.

I also made cheesy hash brown casserole and cheesy olive bread

And this was my little take away treat for the ladies some magnetic bookmarks and a card with skittles (they make a hot air balloon). It was sooo soo wonderful. I had a great time seeing everyone. I couldn't have been surrounded by a group of more wonderful women. After they went on their way and hubby went to work me and fire monster fell into a food coma and she napped until 7 and I lay there stuffed to the gills dozing and knitting. and now we are laying on the couch watching walle and hanging out (since she took like a 4 hour nap and she usually doesn't nap at all) but it is great she has been a great little buddy today and all it all I couldn't have had a better day. great friend great food great family what a life I am soo blessed. :) I hope all of you feel as blessed as me today