baking in the dark

So, I just spent three hours making peanut butter balls in the dark.

Why in the dark, you ask?

Because around 6:30pm, the power on our block went out, just as I was starting to roll the peanut butter balls!

Dave sat there and we got them all rolled out by flashlight, then he helped me light the stove and I stood there and dipped them all. How did I hold the flashlight and do this at the same time? I fashioned myself a lovely head lamp using my headband - I tucked the small flashlight under it and it worked perfectly! I'm very glad that none of you could see me like that though!

Here's the recipe and pictures to go with it!

1 box graham crackers, crushed
1 lb jar creamy peanut butter
2 1/2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup soft butter

Combine all ingredients. Can't get any easier than that!

12oz bag of your favorite chocolate chips
1/2 bar parafin wax

Melt chocolate chips and wax in double boiler. Roll peanut butter dough into bite sized balls. Dip in chocolate and set on waxed paper to harden.

Enjoy!

Well, it's up...

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Originally uploaded by purrfectly_kittenish

... and decorated. Lights by Dave, ornaments by the kids. Photo by me.

yoinked

Yoinked from ron who yoinked it from eden. I admit it, I'm a yoinker (but only when I can't come up with anything to write on my own).

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I'd say that's fairly accurate aside from the fact that I cannot predict the future. I'm sorry to disappoint!

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On another note, we went to Perkins for dinner last night (kids eat free Wednesdays and Saturdays - gotta love that!). I was paying the bill when the Connor came up and asked me for a quarter. I had just gotten three of them back as part of my change so I handed him one. Well, I figured that Mason would want one too and to be fair (without looking to my right thinking he was standing there too) I said "I suppose you want one too?" Pookey (that's the hubby for those that don't know - there is a story behind the nickname) pipes up "Sure, I'll take it!" I guess Mason wasn't there after all, so Pookey took the quarter and walked away. This was very amusing to the cashier who was then laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes. She says "If it were only that easy to get rid of them all the time!" I'm glad we could make her night. To me it was just another episode of the 'S*** Family Theater.' We really never fail to amuse.

30 years ago today ....

.... I was brought into this world.

Today I do not turn 30.

I've decided though that I'm staying 29 forever, LOL.

Happy birthday to me!

Wasn't I cute? (I don't have my newborn picture so this one will have to do)

Milo's unofficial Halloween costume

Ready?



He's a "Jack in the box".

I crack myself up!