tuesday ten - ecards

my love for ecards goes deep.  they are hilarious. and entertaining. and a complete waste of time/life. but again, my love goes deep, and if loving them is wrong, i don't want to be right..   linkin' up --         let the fun begin                       i could have gone on for days - DAYS i tell you.  now go ahead, act like these aren't all hilarious. i dare you.   one last thing to leave you with for the day.   not an ecard, but an equally loved and funny find from pinterest!  

pinterest addicts welcome.

i wrote this post once already, then blogger decided to get crazy on me. so here we go, round 2. i basically started by saying that i have a serious addiction to pinterest. i. just. can't. stop. and i don't want to stop.  it feels so dang good to pin a recipe i'll never make that looks delish. oh, and now that my schedule is cleared up, i'm vowing to make/do more of the stuff i actually pin.  i mean, that is the point, right??   onward -- take a looksy at some of my latest pins!   slow cooker pork and green chile stew   cinnamon applesauce heart ornaments   pumpkin whipped cream and pumpkin lattes   DIY gold staples   healthy spinach artichoke dip   mini morning workout   "secret ingredient" kung fu panda soup   burlap dry erase board   and last but certaintly not least - clean eating pumpkin butter     so again, i'm going to try my hardest to get my lazy butt up & at 'em and actually do something with my pins instead of stare at them in amazement.  honestly, i'll be needing to do that mini morning workout if i have that pumpkin butter staring me down.  happy pinning folks.    and if you want to follow along - go HERE  

pinterest lately.

we all know i love pinterest.  a little too much perhaps?  nah. so here's what i've been pinning lately.. come follow along - here i am! cake mix snickerdoodles green tea face mist apple cider pancakes with cinnamon + sugar topping upgraded s'more - choc chip cookie with marshmallow & pistachios amazing maxi skirt thumb tack decorated pumpkins tomato soup mac n' cheese imperfectly perfect bedroom - please be mine well lovelies - after work, our work picnic & gymnastics class later, we'll be on the road to the shore.  YAYYYY, so excited! be back monday - have an awesome weekend!

pinterest dump.

a few things i've pinned lately in my quotes, thoughts & things i love board.

for your viewing pleasure - enjoyyyyyy!

yeah, i love people with these cars who think that they're featured in the fast & furious - you're not, so slow down before you kill myself & my kid.  thanks.

you don't watch sons of anarchy?  this is why you should.  jax teller is the man.

i love this - the words & pictures make me smile.

yeah, a lot of parents missed the memo on this.  i'd rather give max memories than any materialistic thing.  that's what i remember from my childhood - not my toys, my memories!

everytime josh says something like "you're crazy" or "you're impatient" - well he knew all of that before we got married, so who's the crazy one now?! :)

i actually LOL'd at this one...




happy tuesday!

Ooey Gooey Berry Butter Cake

I'm not taking a stitch of credit for this amazingly pretty and delicious cake I made.  I got it from Pinterest, but it originates from HERE...  Don't let the recipe intimidate you.  Here is why.  It intimidated me...  Most recipes don't, unless the ingredient list is a bazillion ingredients long, or it involves half a day, or something crazy like that.  This did, and for one reason only - it involves a spring form pan.  Why is that so scary to me?!  I've never used one, never made a cheesecake or anything else that involves a spring form pan.  The weird thing?  I have a spring form pan, that I've never used, stashed in my basement storage room in a box that is still not unpacked from when we moved to this house(ummm, 4 years ago.).  I knew I had this pan, and it's a good thing I did because I didn't start baking until about 8pm, and I wasn't going to go out and buy one at that hour.  So I went to the basement and rooted through a bunch of important boxes junk until I found the dreaded spring form pan.  Digging through my junk was the scariest part about this whole entire cake, let me tell you that.  There were also cobwebs down there too, eek.  Anywho -- DON'T let the recipe scare you, for any reason at all.  It was easy, that is if you know how to use measuring cups and a mixer.  Which I do, phew.  This cake travelled with us to an early Easter dinner on Saturday with my in-laws and it seemed to be a huge hit.  It's oeey gooey, how could it not be a hit? You all know how much I love the ooey gooey stuff.  Here ya have it..............

no scary ingredients here!  had everything on hand with the exception of the fresh berries.

is this the world's biggest blackberry or WHAT?!  the picture doesn't do it justice, it was a monster.  i didn't even put it in the cake, i ate it, i thought it had to taste better than any other blackberry being that big and all.  to my disappointment it didn't.

Two things - I made this the day before it was served, and while it was good, I think it would have been amazing right after it's been baked & sugared.  Second, I would do it without the parchment next time and just serve it with the spring form flat sheet under it, the parchment paper got kinda weird and icky when I cut the cake.  All in all, this was delicious and I'll definitely make it again soon!

Lately...

I've been pinning a lot of stuff like a crazy woman lately.  I go through spurts.  Sometimes I do a lot of "doing" and sometimes I do a lot of "pinning".  But, I think that's how I flow.  Gotta pin and get inspired to actually get ideas for the whole "doing" thing.  Also, and honestly, I haven't had a ton of time for the doing.  We've been battling illnesses in the house for what seems like forever, plus working full time, running a house, oh and just the small jobs of bein' a Momma and Wifey to my boys.  Here are a few things that have inspired me lately...  

lemon monkey bread...  i'm crazy about lemon lately!

I love these, maybe not for Easter, or in pastels, but the concept - love.

lemon garlic tuna burger, this looks so great for spring/summer

Peanut butter blondies(I'm a sucker for a blondie!) with chocolate ganache(and an even bigger sucker for ganache!)

I adore this - I have a ton of beautiful shells I collected on our trip to Sanibel and this would be the perfect  setting for those.

tomato & corn salad, HOW delicious does this look?!

I'm attempting to grow my hair out - long.  But I think this will make an appearance during the "growout".

I love this cute little skirt - I want to make it for my niece. 

and last but certainly not least - gotta post the ecard funny!

Happy Monday friends.  :)