How has the weekend been treating you?
Saturday started out fantastic for me! We were planning to grill out, and it looked nice enough outside. So bright and early we ran to hell-mart to buy the goods for the gathering. I took a detour back to the crafting section to see what goodies had been clearanced while the hubby was looking for some new t’s for work. When he welds, he burns holes thru them, so the cheaper the better I think! They only last a few wears before they are ruined!
Anyway, LOOK what I found *yes, I am STILL smiling EAR TO EAR!*
Those are 12 x 12 LEATHER albums!!! Normally 19.98 and they were only $2.50! Needless to say, I filled the buggy. LOL… Bought every last one of them! Hello Kitty and Spongebob Ribbons for a quarter! And some metal charmy embellishments! The buggy was literally FULL. Granted those albums filled it the most part but, ALL these goodies were less then $30! The little cashier started to throw that clearance tag away, you should have seen her face when I said "Oh, can I have that?" she was like.. "UHHHH ooooooookkkkkkkk" hahahah! I just knew the DSO GIRLS would NOT believe me about the price so I nabbed it for PROOF! hahaha!!! Every time I show them a good buy, they go look at there walmart and find NOTHING… Sorry ladies! hehehehe…
So I came home TOTALLY chuffed about my crafty thrifty finds, set the bags down and peek at my email, only to find out that no sooner had I walked out the door, but DSO crashed! WHAT!!!
SITE DOWN SITE DOWN, somebody hay-ulp!
I spent an hour or so on the phone with the web hosts, and "something" went wonky on their end. They finally got it back up though.
What a joy it is to call technical support over your web site being down, and then have to listen to the guy on the other end yawn about a zillion times, and an hour later tell you that ‘Welp, SOMETHING is wrong on the server for sure but *insert BIIIGGGG YAWN HERE* I’ll have to get some more techs to look at it, I’m not sure what’s going on"
Now if you know me you know I am super friendly kind of gal. Until I’m NOT. lol…
So I said something along the lines of "look I’m sorry I interrupted your afternoon NAP. But that site is a business site, and if you cant keep it online, I will find someone that can" and hung up. The site was back up within 10 minutes of that ehehehe…
So crisis averted.
Dinner was on the grill, when my FIL showed up baring GIFTS! Look what someone gave him {and he didn’t want so he gave us!}
A huge painting!
It needs cleaned, really bad. But its HUGE and I like it! I googled for about an hour trying to find out something about it. I know its not a one of a kind, it has a 167 stamped on the back. So Im guessing ours is 167 out of ____ a lot… lol.
Ever hear of this painter?
Here’s a shot to show you how big it is…
Anyhoo, I thought it SUPER nice of him to show up with a gifty for us, even if he did get it free! Shoot, FREE is the best KIND of gift. LOL
A few family friends showed up for the grilling, then they all (including my hubby and kids) took off for some evening fishing. I stayed home to put up my new crafts and caught up on email.
I got my movies watched today too. One Missed Call wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Resurrecting the Champ, was good but kind of draggggged along.
Look a RECIPE!
The kids were REALLY bummed when they came in from fishing. No one caught ANYTHING. Not even a nibble… so I decided to make them "mommas cheesecake".
I’m going to give you the recipe, but I wanted to give you a little story about this dessert first. It is SOOOo delicious btw. Don’t even LOOK at the recipe if you are on a diet. LOL…
Ok for the story…
we’ve been making it for years, since I was little *of course the recipe has changed over the years* but I can remember making it with my Grandma Nay, my moms mom. She just called it Momma Cheesecake. I always said, "why is it called cake?!"
well anyway..we’ve been eating it in our family for years. Not lately though, not for a while.
well, Sis LOVES to watch Paula Dean on the food network. You know that lady with the REAL southern drawl. Now I have an accent, but LORDY…. that lady is "suth-rn ya’ll". hehehe…
well, the other day Sis yells out, real southern drawl, "Momma Momma, Mrs Paula’s making Mommas Cheesecake come look!"
and sure nuff…
Paula was making her version or "Mommas Cheesecake"! So now my daughter thinks I’m super famous because I obviously TAUGHT Mrs Paula how to make Mommas Cheesecake.
so of course they kids have been hounding me a few days to make it, and when they came home from fishing earlier they were totally bummed they didn’t catch anything…. so this Momma… made Mommas Cheesecake… and everyone went to bed full and happy. Plus, now I’m kewl cuz I know Mrs Paula. (not really, but try explaining that to Sis. LOL)
anyway…
(the old fashioned way is by making the cheesecake from scratch. THIS way is WAY easier!)
for the recipe
Mommas Cheesecake
2 boxes CHEESECAKE FLAVORED PUDDING
2 cups heavy cream*
2 cups milk
berries of your choice
baggy full of crushed Graham crackers
whipped topping
Prepare the pudding packages by adding the milk and heavy cream and mixing with a wire whisk until WELL blended. Refrigerate until set. (about 5 minutes)
While the pudding is setting up, slice up your berries in a bowl, and crush some grahams in a baggy.
To serve (this is the part my kids LOVE…let kids do their own, they’ll love you for it!)
Using a parfait glass or serving dish, layer your ingredient. Layer of graham crumbles (for the crust) layer of pudding, layer of berries, (repeat?) top with whipped topping (or how ever you like!)
*now if you are a cheesecake connoisseur then you may just want your a little "richer". Yes, it CAN be richer. lol.. replace a cup of that heavy cream with EAGLE BRAND SWEETENED MILK. OMG yummmmmmmmmm…..
ok, back. talking about it made me have to have some more. LOL.. and NOW we know why I have put on so much weight this year! hahaha! oh well.. mmmmmm… me likey!
hahhah!
The last thing I wanted to give you today was the scrapbooking sketch from yesterday, since I ran out of time and it wasn’t ready.
Here is my layout…
{credits: Apricot Smoothie Kit by Pamela Gibson}
Took these funny photos at Holiday World last weekend. I swear, out of 2 memory cards of photos I did not get ONE of them with a straight face. BRATS. So my journaling says "All I wanted was one really good picture, All you two wanted was one more really good laugh. Thanks for them All." LOL…
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Well, its after midnight!
Have a "Sweet" Sunday!
~Bunny
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