8/8/15

Mini Donut Ideas


I have a mini donut maker and I have never tried anything except brownie donuts and cinnamon sugar ones. Thanks to Pinterest I have a lot of new ideas. 

Mini Snowball Donuts

Ingredients: 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp salt, 2/3 cup… http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2015/02/20/mini-homemade-snowball-donuts/

Mini Cinnamon Sugar donuts

Baked Mini Donuts Recipe, Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts - can be made in mini muffin pan if you don't have a mini donut pan.

Baked Gingerbread mini donuts

Baked Gingerbread Mini Donuts. Need a mini-donut pan? No prob.

Chocolate mini donuts

Chocolate Mini Donuts with Ganache Glaze {Low-carb, Sugar-free, THM:S - also peanut and gluten free if made with non-contaminated ingredients}

Vanilla bean mini donuts

Vanilla Bean Baby Doughnuts -  Doughnuts:  2 c. flour  3/4 c. sugar  2 t. baking powder  1/2 t. salt  3/4 c. buttermilk  1 t. vanilla extract  2 eggs  2 T. butter, melted  Seeds from one vanilla bean  Oven to 425°F. Spray donut pan with nonstick cooking spray.  Vanilla Glaze:  1 c. powdered sugar  1 T. milk  ½ t. vanilla extract  4 drops blue food coloring


8/7/15

Friday Funny to make you chuckle...


This week has been full of busy times. Lots of new exciting things going on in my regular job but lots of computer challenges this week. My Thirty-One business kicked off with a bang by a lovely party at a local restaurant on Tuesday, followed by a Facebook online party Wednesday and another Facebook party on Thursday. I haven't had time to stop and catch my breath. It has been fun but stressful at the same time. So I needed a good laugh this morning. Which is exactly what I got when I opened my Facebook today. I just thought this was the cutest thing I have seen in awhile. 


Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.


JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

8/6/15

Crochet


I have been saying for a long time that I wanted to teach myself to crochet. So I got some yarn, a needle and a you tube how to video. Got this far and decided this was not something for me. 


If I was talented I would make these....


And this....


And this looks so soft that I would love to be able to do something like this...

quick and simple afghan 200x300 How to Crochet a Blanket with 8 Crochet Afghan Patterns

An ultimately a poncho sweater.


But alas, I just don't think I have the talent for it. 





8/5/15

I love getting gifts....


My daughter found this at the thrift store Saturday. They are made of wood and stand up. I absolutely love them. I am a fanatic about Rudolph.


Today, my friend Stevie, came to my office and gave me these cute towels. I love them.


Yep, I love getting presents.

8/4/15

A little vintage today....


My sister sent me pictures yesterday of a couple of vintage items she bought. Do you remember when paper towels hung from the bottom of your kitchen cabinet? I love this. I need to find me one.


But what I really loved was her mug tree. Back in the day, I always had a mug tree with assorted coffee cups on it. Until Rachel sent me a picture of this, I had forgotten all about them. I definitely want one of these. I have several vintage mugs in my cabinets and never can figure out how to display them. So glad she reminded me of mug trees. 


So of course I had to research mug trees and see what else is out there. Here are some I liked. I am not big on this shade of green, but I actually do like it because that is a vintage color of green.

Vintage-Retro-Tea-Coffee-Mug-Cup-Holder-Tree-Green-Metal-For-6

Of course I love the wooden ones. This one matches my kitchen table. 

6-COFFEE-MUG-CUP-VINTAGE-BROWN-WOOD-MUG-TREE-HOLDER

I don't believe these are vintage, but I do love the roosters.


Again, not vintage but I do like this one as well. 


Makes me want to hop in the car and run to thrift stores today.




8/3/15

Weekend wrap up


It is time for another week end wrap up. I actually got a chance to go to a Thrift Store this weekend. I haven't been in awhile. So when my daughter asked if I wanted to go, of course I said yes. I saw this cute little fall centerpiece. I liked it but it just didn't hit my fancy. But when I saw the price, I realized I could make it cheaper than what they were selling it for. 


But I did snap up this little fall basket for just $2.99. I fell in love with it.


Several years ago, I found a Pyrex Snowflake Garland cup for .99 cents. But I never could find a match. Well, I finally found it Saturday and guess how much it was? Right, another .99 cents. So I bought that as well. 


Saturday night I had my two granddaughters for the night. They went to church with me. After church, we stopped and had some lunch. I couldn't believe the serving size on the mashed potatoes and fries. The girls were thrilled with it. Alexis said she loved the mashed potatoes because they tasted just like her school's mashed potatoes. I have to admit for restaurant style, they were really good.  


After lunch, we went to a baby shower for a girl at church. She had a great turnout and got lots of stuff. 


I won this pretty bowl full of marbles. Going to put it in my beach bathroom I do believe.


After the baby shower, I got about a 30 minute rest before time to head to my granddaughter Shelby's birthday party. For months she has looked for the Queen of Hearts Daughter in Ever After High. She hasn't been able to find her anywhere. Imagine her excitement when she opened the gift I got her and it was Lizzie Hearts. The funny part was I wasn't even looking for it. I had planned to buy her doll clothes for her American girl doll. Imagine my surprise when I saw her on the shelf at Walmart.


It was a crazy, hectic busy weekend but a fun one.