Sunday, December 7, 2008

Frunchy Mama

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Ecoever Dish Washing Liquid

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The Dish Washing Liquid is nice, since it dose not have a smell and cleaned the pots and pans nicely. I liked it the first few days of using it, but after that I was not impressed anymore. I did tell myself to keep trying it. So I did. I have days that I like it, but most the time my hands still feel oily and so does my dish cloth. I some times have too change dish cloths almost every time I did a load of dishes. I like my dish cloths to last at least the full day, before i toss it with the towels to be washed. Yes it is eco friendly! But no worth 5.00$, in my eyes.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

When The Soul Mends By Cindy Woodsmall



I got this book with Paperbackswap.com. I had wished for this book almost close to the time when I finished reading #2 When the Morning Comes (Sisters of the Quilt). So I received the book from the site fairly quickly. I was sure lucky. This book was the final book to Sisters of the Quilt. I don't think this book was as good as the other tell the middle. I still enjoined this book like I did the other two. But with this one I wanted to ring Martin's neck! Kinda crazy how I wanted to reach in and ring his neck. I already new what was going to happen for the ending. But some of the middle parts you will have no idea!

I cant wait to read more from this Author.

Knitting~~Enterlocking Scarf~~

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This is a very nice scarf. I saw it at the Knitting Shop here in town, and i loved it. So when I saw it as a free patter on Ravelry I snatched it up. So I sat down to start knitting it, thinking this is going to be way advanced for me. But you know something? I wasn't not at all. It did take me about an hour to understand the patter, but after that I was ready to go. So I caste on and started working. When I got the the turn part I was a little lost, but when you turn it you start a NEW ROW. AHHA I figured out the pattern. Every time you turn your work you start a new row. After that it was really easy to do. I just have to remember to count my rows!

Turtle Cake



Turtle Cake

1 box chocolate cake mix
Ingredients to prepare the cake mix
1 pound Carmel pieces (unwrapped if you can find)
2/3 can evaporated milk
1 cup chopped nuts (your choice)
1 cup chocolate chip pieces (you could use peanut butter)

Pre Heat Oven 350*F. Prepare cake mix. Pour half the cake mix in a 9 x 13 baking dish. Then bake in the oven for 15 min. In the mean time measure the evaporated milk, pour it into a sauce pan. Add your Carmel pieces the sauce pan. Allow time to melt. Take cake out of oven and pour Carmel pieces over that cake, then pour the remainder batter over that. Cover with nuts and chocolate pieces. Bake another 15-35 min. The cake may seem a little soft in the center. And that’s ok.


I got this recipes from a Fundraiser Book, you cant buy it any were that I know of. Anyhow this cake is really good! It is easy to make. As long as you have the carmel pieces with out the wrappers, other wise it takes forever to take all the wrappers off. That's when you get the kids help! I would only have them help you with mixing the cake, and taking the wrappers off the carmel pieces. This is a fun cake to make and to eat. I have yet to try it with peanut butter pieces yet.

The link below has a different verity of making this same cake

Dump Cake

Dump Cake

1 box cake mix (white or yellow)
2-4 cans pie filling
1 cup melted butter
1 cup chopped nuts your choice


Turn oven on 350*F. Open cans of pie filling, pour into 9x13 baking dish. Pour cake box mix over that (yes just the flour). Then pour the melted butter and the nuts over that and bake. 35-45 min.

I made it the other day with two cans one cherry one apple I put the apple on once side and the cherry on the other, but I think it needed more fruit for my liking.


This cake was very easy to do. You can allow your kids to help. You can melt the butter before hand int he microwave, and allow it to cool so that your kids can help. I used 2 cans of filling 1 apple and 1 cherry. I put one on one side and the other on the other side, so it was like having 2 different deserts. This would be a great cake with you desert. You could take it ready to bake when you get to your friends or family's dinner party. Or you can take it already baked off.

Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookies

We have all made the cookie recipe from the back of the Nestle Milk Chocolate Chip Morsels, or even the Semi-Sweet. I personally prefer the Milk Chocolate. Well I made them this year for Thanks Giving and they were not as good as normal. Well maybe because my oven was not working correctly. Maybe because my taste are changing. Who Knows.