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Birdy Berries

I have this funny little dream–of walking out into the yard, on a cool summer’s evening…

with a pretty little china saucer in my hand…

and picking fresh strawberries, right there, from my own little patch and sitting on the porch, in a swing–eating them with real cream and just a pinch of sugar.

So we planted a few, and they grew into a few more…and each year


we add a few more, in the hopes that someday…

my silly dream will finally come true. I even have the china saucer…and the cream.

But we have one problem.

Anybody know a sure fire way to keep the robins out of my strawberry patch–that does not involve letting Bird-slayer Beanie out?

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Oreo Surprise Cupcakes

Ok, I’ll admit it. I’ve been on quite a cupcake…roll…for the last few weeks and I can’t seem to quit it. Humor me, I beg you.

If you are a serious Oreo fan–like my sweet Jillian– how will you ever resist a chocolate cupcake with a dab of cream cheese and a teeny tiny Oreo in the center?  I just bet you’ll be running out after ingredients for this yummy cupcake within the hour. But wait–if you’re a truly serious Oreo fan, then you probably already have the ingredients in your pantry. That’ll save time.

Oh, and something else that will save you time is right down at the bottom of this page. You’ll be pleased to find our new printable recipes now located conveniently below the regular food posts. I know, it’s taken a while–but finally, finally we got it figured out so that you can quickly print what you’re after without the photos and without–in most cases–my witty banter. Yeah…you’ll miss that.

:} Hope you love it!

Oreo Surprise Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 pkg. chocolate cake mix

8 oz. cream cheese

1 egg

2 Tbsp. sugar

48 mini Oreos

1-1/2 cups Cool Whip Whipped

Preheat oven to 350 degree.  Prepare cake mix according to package directions–and set batter aside. In a separate small bowl, whip together cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth.

Fill paper lined cupcake pan with 1/4 cup of batter.  Drop 2 tsp. cream cheese mixture on top of batter in each cup.

Top with 1 cookie  and then cover evenly with remaining batter.

Bake for 18-20 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.

Top with Cool Whip and another cookie just before serving.

All the recipes on the site should be updated within the next few weeks. Patience my dears–I’m revamping as fast as I can. So…what do you think?

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Oreo Surprise Cupcakes
 
Print
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg. chocolate cake mix
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 48 mini Oreos
  • 1-1/2 cups Cool Whip whipped topping
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degree.
  2. Prepare cake mix according to package directions--and set batter aside.
  3. In a separate small bowl, whip together cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth.
  4. Fill paper lined cupcake pan with ¼ cup of batter.
  5. Drop 2 tsp. cream cheese mixture on top of batter in each cup.
  6. Top with 1 cookie and then cover evenly with remaining batter.
  7. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
  8. Remove from pans and cool completely.
  9. Top with Cool Whip just before serving.
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These Days…

I’m…

hoping that Miss Jiff is finally learning who her real friends are…before we have her de-clawed. I mean it.

planning a few new Harry Potter-ish things for my depleted little Etsy shop. Go Gryffindor!

still giggling over a bumper sticker we saw last week.

squinting at the tiniest little stamped tag I’ve ever seen. How do they DO that?

getting ready to laugh my guts out with the nutty bunch of clips called “Kid History.” Check them out!

amazed that the old time bad guy from Mario Party has started to feel like a friend. Wait, maybe that’s bad.

considering hiding in the closet to eat these incredible, light as a feather scones…from Barry’s. Fine. I’ll share.

wondering how those teeny tiny babies got to be so big…so fast…

when I wasn’t looking!

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Harry Potter–Through the Pensieve

With the very last Harry Potter film coming out next month, we’ve really had the “bespeckled git” on our minds these days. With the end in mind it seemed only right that Gracious Rain take over the entire Theater #7 at the University Mall Cinemark in Orem, Utah for the event–with our usual crazy premier blow out beforehand. We can’t seem to stop ourselves from making a party out of things–always.

If you happen to be even a small bit of a fan–please, please, watch the following. It’s amazing…and of course it will likely make the die-hards bawl.

Yeah…we’re in deep my friends.

Trailer #1

Trailer #2

Is it just us or are there quite a few folks out there who wonder–What will we ever do without our beloved Harry Potter?!

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{ Family }

“All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family—someway, somewhere, somehow—and much of our joy in life comes as we correctly recognize and properly develop those family relationships. We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love and serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our character.”

John H. Groberg

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