Trying again

So, in April, I said I was back!  lol  I am still trying to find "me" time, but it is not easy!  I have been doing my gardening this summer, here are a few photos of my backyard...

I am back!

Wow, I can not believe how long it has been since I have been on here.  Had a life changing event happen to me this past winter.  My boyfriends 15 year old daughter has come to live with us.  Let me just say she comes with a lot of problems...
I need to start spending some of my time on myself, so here I am!
Have a great Monday everyone!

Who Pudding

Ingredients

2/3 cup long-grain (not converted) rice               

3 cups milk

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 eggs, separated

1/8 cup of red and green M&M’s

What You’ll Need

double boiler, medium-size mixing bowls, small-size mixing bowl, wire whisk, deep serving dish.

1. With the help of an adult, combine rice and milk in top of double boiler. Cover and cook over simmering water for 30 

minutes or until rice is tender.

2. Preheat oven to 325º F. Beat egg yolks with a wire whisk until frothy. Stir 3/4 cup sugar, vanilla, butter, salt, and egg 

yolks into warm rice mixture. Mix well.

3. Grease a shallow baking dish. Pour in pudding. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

4. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

5. Refrigerate overnight or for at least 8 hours. Top with red and green M&M’s before serving.

Feeds two hundred Whos . . . or four to six yous.

December 2, 2011

Are you kidding me?  I can not believe it is December!  November just flew by!  I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!  Her at my house, we spent Thanksgiving with my boyfriends parents and daughter.  His 14 year old daughter made the best sweet potatoes!


While I was getting ready for Thanksgiving, I decided I needed a centerpiece for my table.
So, I took this plain pumpkin that I had gotten at Hobby Lobby last year...

And dressed it up a little...

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

New Nuances De Couleur Challenge....

Hello Ladies!  New challenges have been posted at Bella Creations!  Get on over there and get in on a challenge!  I started a new color challenge today.  The challenge is to use the color White...yep, just white!  I have always wanted to try this, and I don't want to try it alone, so I hope there will be some entries this month!  Here is my example:

Thanks for taking a peek and I hope you have a very scrappy day!

Are you looking forward to Halloween?

I am looking forward to Halloween!  Since I work at an elementary school, I get to see all the little kids dress up for school!  At night, I hand out candy from my home.  I live in a very busy neighborhood!  Kids get brought in from all over!  Here is a photo I took last year, police on horses were riding around that night!

I just finished another layout, using Lacee's Halloween embellishment kit!

These pictures were taken last Halloween!  That is my nephew, he was a spider!  Here are a couple of close ups! 

I made the flower using  a tutorial from http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2011/09/passion-daisy-tutorial.html  She has several flower tutorials.  If you have never been to her website, you are in for a treat!

October is Reveal Time!

Hi Everyone!  I am very excited to reveal Lacee's October Halloween Embellishment Kit!

Here is the link to the kit video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-JY1u9IQ4

You can purchase this kit from the Bella blog....

www.bellacreations.blogspot.com

Here are my creations using this fun kit...

Using the card kit add on, I created these two cards!

These were so much fun to make!  Lacee's kit is so full with yummies, that I am still creating with it!  Go buy yours today and join the fun!