CRAFT ROOM!!!

Well, of course I would love it if it was fancier and prettier. And all of that may happen over time, but I believe I have finally organized my craft room/closet/den of happiness and here are the pics to prove it.

Is this too lame?

Well I finally got around to doing the paper doll cut out thingee I wanted to do. Now while the attached examples are no indication of artistic merit on my part, I did figure it out. It is really easy, I just had never done it before. I would love to be able to cut out lovely intricate cukoo clocks or something, but I guess this is a good start.

These are supposed to be witches but they kind of turned out looking like trees.

These are supposed to be people but they kind of look like they are from another planet.

Sorry my posts have been so sparse, but I have NOT forgotten this blog.

Book Review

Sleeping Naked is Green is a hilarious book. What I like best about it is that it understands that sometimes this eco stuff (while really important) is a pain in the butt. And sometimes eco people (while brave and wonderful) can be really self-important too. I think the point of the book is do your best, but don't take yourself so seriously that you make people want to avoid your calls. My favorite part of the book is when our heroine returns after a business trip and finds out what happened while mom and sis house-sat (all the while trying to keep the green rules). Highly recommended by yours truly!

And here is the blog the book is about. She no longer updates on a regular basis, but if you have never read it before, it is all new to you.

www.greenasathistle.com

I will post...I promise...

Just as soon as I can think of anything postworthy. I have blogger's block :)

Here is a random picture for your viewing pleasure.

And in the meantime, you can always check out my other blog.

www.stylinggame.blogspot.com

Slight change to the original idea...

Invent a new cookie recipe is what the list says, but I suppose as the maker of the list, I have the option of improvising. I have tried to come up with a few cookie recipes, but basically I like chocolate chip cookies, and absolutely I don't enjoy any chocolate chip cookies as much as I like MY chocolate chip cookies. I have no need for a new cookie recipe, but I don't have a go-to for cake. NOW I DO. So I am checkin' cookie recipe off the list, cuz I think this idea was brilliant.

Chocolate Cherry Dr. Pepper Cake

Ingredients:
3 cans Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper soda
1 dark choclate boxed cake mix
powdered sugar
chocolate chips

Mix one full 12 ounce can of the soda into the chocolate cake mix. Once you are good and mixed up, you are done. NO MORE INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE. Pour into a oiled and floured cake pan (I made a sheet cake) and bake as directed.
While the cake is baking, pour another can of soda into a sauce pan and add a bunch (I basically used half of my powdered sugar bag) of powdered sugar. Stir the mixture up until no lumps and boil until it is a syrup.
When the cake comes out of the oven, use a butter knife to put holes all over the cake, then pour the syrup on top. I made two cakes and this batch of syrup made enough for both, so if you are making one cake, either only use half or maybe half the syrup recipe?
Then put some chocolate chips in a bowl and moisten with some more soda (not too much or it will be too runny- better to have to add more soda than to have too much). Melt the chips and soda in the microwave till you get a smooth frosting texture.
Spread the melted chocolate over the top of the glazed cake. The chocolate does a nice job of hiding all the holes you poked.

Now you have a delicious cake. I took this to a birthday party at a restaurant last night and even the waitress had a fit over it. This is so moist and rich. You would never know that there is not butter or eggs involved.

p.s. Sorry for the approximated measuring. This is just how i cook.
p.p.s. Sorry that the only picture I have is of the "morning after" syrup sitting on my stove.

WHAT??????!!!!!!!!

Ok, so I basically have a black thumb but I have been trying to garden a little because I fancy myself a farmer at heart (even though I would be a starving farmer because I SUCK at it). But yesterday on my every so many days stroll past the ole Zuchini plant, this is what I found:

WHAAAATTT???!!!

When did this happen? I think magic zuchini elves welded this onto my plant in the middle of the night. How do you go from nothing to giant so fast? I don't pretend to understand.

Also, please check out the new blog I have with my best friend. It is lots of fun!

The Styling Game

To Kill a Mockingbird

So beautiful. I am spellbound. I understand why people name their kids Harper and Scout after reading this book. It is so amazing. I love it when a book haunts me. This one will for a long time.

P.S. I have done 27 of the items on my list. More than a 1/4 of the way through.