Monday-Monday Recipes ba-da-ba-da-da-da

Monday AHHHH!!

No, I did not know that today"MONDAY" that one of the Sky Rim add ons are coming out but why do we have to have a two hour conversation about it instead of doing school???? The boys are driving me bonkers,"no, I'm not taking you to Game Stop" "well how about Best Buy?" " no, I am not going to Best Buy!" I am not buying any games I don't want to know what is in the add ons or how many add ons there are or what would be cool if they did this or that PLEASE just be quiet open your books and do your work...

Mamas & The Papas Monday, Monday Lyrics

Songwriters: PHILLIPS, JOHN EDMUND ANDREW

Ba-da ba-da-da-da
Ba-da ba-da-da-da
Ba-daba-da-da-da

Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
So good to me (ba-daba-da-da-da)
Monday mornin, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh monday mornin, monday mornin couldnt guarantee (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
That monday evenin you would still be here with me

Monday, monday, can't trust that day
Monday, monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh monday mornin you gave me no warnin of what was to be
Oh monday, monday, how could you leave and not take me

Every other day (every other day), every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever monday comes, but whenever monday comes
A-you can find me cryin all of the time

Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
So good to me (ba-daba-da-da-da)
Monday mornin, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh monday mornin, monday mornin couldnt guarantee
That monday evenin you would still be here with me

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever monday comes, but whenever monday comes
You can find me cryin all of the time

Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
So good to me (ba-daba-da-da-da)
Monday mornin, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh monday mornin, monday mornin couldnt guarantee
That monday evenin you would still be here with me

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever monday comes, but whenever monday comes
You can find me cryin all of the time

Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Cant trust that day (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
It just turns out that way (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Whoa, monday, monday, wont go away (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Monday, monday, it's here to stay (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Oh monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)
Oh monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da)

Monday, Monday lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

I don't know what it is about Monday's of course Ox goes back to work and I don't ever know how long he'll be there and school has to start back and there is no guarantee of normalcy there ...When it says every other day of the week is fine ...I just have to remember that line

Do I have any recipes to post, yes I do, I'm sorry about my little rant

Chocolate-Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Ingredients:

¾ stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped, divided
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1¼ cups buttermilk
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter or spray the 12 molds in a regular-size muffin pan or fit with paper muffin cups. Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet.
2. Melt the butter and half the chopped chocolate together in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from the heat.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, egg and vanilla extract together until well combined. Pour the liquid ingredients and the melted butter and chocolate over the dry ingredients and, with the whisk or a rubber spatula, gently but quickly stir to blend. Do not over mix the batter. Stir in the remaining chopped chocolate. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
4. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until a thin knife inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a rack and cool for 5 minutes before carefully removing each muffin from its mold

**Things I changed because I didn't have all the correct ingredients I used salted butter so I omitted the salt



 recipe adapted from http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2010/01/14/chocolate-chocolate-chunk-muffins/

You will want to check her site out too she is having an awesome give away for her sixth anniversary... I am not participating for the reasons of I don't have facebook, don't have twitter, don't have pinterest, thinking I won't have much of a chance but that's okay I have big reasons why I don't have these things and have a much happier life without them granted pinterest would be fun but the last time I tried to join I found out I had to have facebook what's up with that?** UPDATE I can PIN through email that's a good thing**

Well I successfully made a crepe...One goal crossed off my list

I used a basic recipe from all recipes http://allrecipes.com/recipe/basic-crepes/

When I started making them and they were turning out I had that happy giddy moment of success and then there was the, now what?" crepes have to have a filling think, think what am I going to make then I remembered there were apples that needed to be used up so I made spiced apples

Here's my recipe for that

Spiced Apples

I used two apples sliced mediumish I like my apples a little chunky and not mushy when cooked

3 tablespoons of butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons cinnamon (you can use less I like cinnamon)

1 dash of all spice

Instructions:

put all ingredients in a frying pan over medium heat, give it a stir, cover for the first 10 minutes or so stir every now and then, turn the heat down if at any time the apples are sticking, the covering of the apples in the pan should steam the apples and keep all the yumminess inside, then uncover for about 5 minutes till the juices become syrupy

I filled the crepes with the spiced apples added a little syrup from the apples on top and dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon and served with cream ...these were so good my husband gave them the name "Apple Pie Crepes" he said they reminded him of a slice of warm apple pie

Friday Foto "Sunset"

The colors of this muted lake sunset taken well camping has become inspiration for my next crochet blanket

the pinks and blues and slight purple hues will be a perfect combination

Thursday Life Moment's" Deodorant"

Deodorant
 Let's have a little talk about deo, I can't ever find one that works or the smell throws me off, I like it for a few hours then it gets nasty. I don't like deo period, but I need deo it's very much a love hate relationship I've tried probably every single kind and smell out there... I've tried the just use rubbing alcohol method.. the all natural approach...Ive tried making homemade deo.. I just have not been happy with any deo ..last Friday I told my husband I needed deo 'that was a mistake' .. so we were at Sam's and he said, "go get some deo" ...the shock on my face did not show but I'm thinking no I need variety, I need time, this is a matter of smelling good or stinking this an important decision for me how can I get deo here... I moseyed over to the deo isle and there were FOUR only FOUR choices (how am I supposed to pick from only four)  I know if y'all have read some of my previous post my sweet hubby is impatient so four options to him is all the better he's thinking maybe this wont take long four options is not a hard decision ...well for me its a train wreck I sat and pulled each box out and looked at the brands and the prices and then the scratch and sniff test.. I was not happy I didn't want any of them the most expensive one would of probably worked but again my hubby is cheap so I would of got "why do you need that one"  I was stuck between a rock and hard place...I wanted hubby to scratch and sniff he rolled his eyes and said "its your deo?" well he's no help so I grab the mid grade deo and get on with it .. but then I get home and start wearing the deo for a few days and all my brain says is NO! NO! NO! So I spent way to much money on this package of deo and of course Sam's sells everything in bulk so now I have three ...NO! this wont do deo's ... will I tell my husband that I hate the deo and wasted money NO! I throw one in the travel bag and Ill try to use the other deos when I'm not leaving the house but I still have the dilemma of I don't have a deo for every day I grab my old travel bag deo out for the first couple days cause its not bad than yesterday we went out for yarn so thought might as well go pick out deo well I'm out and hubby is out of town.. We are always out of milk so that's where the deo will be bought the grocery store... Stitch runs in the grocery store with me...(not sure if that's a good thing) we walk to the milk isle and pick up the milk he starts heading towards the check out isles I tell him to, "hold up I need deo" he's not happy but I let Stitch get over it and head to the deo isle I start looking at all the different kinds the elimination process begins... and Stitch is complaining that the gallon of milk is freezing his numbies "fingers" off.. he's in his I need to make jokes mood ...I grab my first choice out and held on to it but I had to make sure so I start smelling different ones and pull out one that makes me gag Stitch says, "what?" I let him smell it and he looks at me and says "It smells like powdery baby crap" I look around thank goodness no one was around for his description I wanted to scold but busted out laughing instead and in all honesty he was right you know when your baby has diarrhea and you clean him up but it doesn't matter how clean you got his bum with the baby wipes he still has that smell so you try to mask it with baby powder but it's still there yup that was the smell of this deo ...So we get in the car with milk and a deo in hand... my other two kiddos didn't feel like coming in the store they looked at us and said, "What took you so long?" Stitch says, "Mom had to get deo", the two kiddos in the back rolled their eyes, Stitch looked at them and said "at least she doesn't smell like POWDERY BABY CRAP" After the brief explanation on the way home Stitch had everyone laughing..
All the while I was thinking of Monsters, Inc.

Mike: Can I borrow your odorant?
Sulley: Yeah, I got, uh, Smelly Garbage or Old Dumpster.
Mike: You got, uh, Low Tide?
Sulley: No.
Mike: How about Wet Dog?
Sulley: Yep. Stink it up.

"Crochet Washcloths" Hump Day Hookerry

Crochet Washcloths

All Crochet projects were put on hold last week when a certain Birthday came up out of the blue I ran through what to do and came up with crochet washcloths

I chose a spa color theme when it came to the patterns I got suckered into cyber world and spent hours probably days looking at crochet washcloths. Here's a picture of the designs that were chosen, my favorite one is on top, I wanted to do 3 different ones for my benefit just to play with stitches and patterns

All stacked up to have a ribbon tied around it and a sweet birthday card. I will have to say I'm a little hesitant to give them away I have the wan ties

So I have not done much else in the crochet corner, finally finished block four on the crochet cable blanket last night and started the new crochet cable pattern with block five....the first pattern project ....GUESS WHAT?? DID YOU GUESS?? YUP!!! I ran out of yarn I'll try to make it to the yarn store to get more before the weekend.. don't worry its made with a common brand yarn so I should not have a problem finding more  ...The Surprise project has not had any work done on it but I have a remedy for that 

Larksfoot crochet pattern I think will be added to my stitch to learn this year 

Tuesday Thinkers "Superhero or Villain"

Learning is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged
                                                      John Casper Lavater

John Casper was a physiognomiest what is that ???


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/physiognomy
phys·i·og·no·my  (fz-gn-m, -n-m)

n. pl. phys·i·og·no·mies

1.

a. The art of judging human character from facial features.

b. Divination based on facial features.

2.

a. Facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character.

b. Aspect and character of an inanimate or abstract entity

??Never knew it was an art to judge people by what they look like??

Makes you think?

When I look at pictures of physiognomy it reminds me of modern day comics finding human character and creating it in comical form don't we all have a little superhero or villain in us I wonder what character best describes us?

Recipe Monday

Sour Cream Pancakes

were my choice for Sunday Pancakes

I always use this recipe from Smitten Kitchen I love her blog you should have a looker well your at the recipe

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/01/edna-maes-sour-cream-pancakes/

Edna Mae’s Sour Cream Pancakes
Adapted from The Pioneer Woman Cooks 

7 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/ 2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butter
Maple syrup

I'm not much of an instruction person I just mix the dry and the wet ingredients and add together cook like any other pancake, On Sundays I'm in a laid back mood so I just go with it

MUFFIN MONDAY

We were doing Muffin Mondays before we moved the kiddos enjoyed it but the move kind of threw my schedule out of whack this morning I actually got up and made muffins I went with a carrot cake type muffin (just for every one to know carrot cake is my first choice when it comes to any dessert bar) I had some carrots that needed to be used up in the fridge so pulled those out ran them through the food processor and than started combining recipes

this is the one I started with

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fluffy-carrot-muffins-with-cream-cheese-frosting/

I did not use the cream cheese frosting even though it would of been really good I didn't want all the extra sugar (there is already a full cup in the batter I might try substituting it with honey and applesauce next time) and fat from the cheese in a breakfast muffin... I did not have any veggie oil so I used half butter and half olive oil instead I added cardamon because I LOVE it and added raisins... these muffins were really really good but I will try to make them healthier next time

 

Carrot Muffin Recipe

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon cardamon

1/4 teaspoon ginger

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 eggs

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup olive oil

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups shredded carrots

1/2 cup raisins

I just add the dry ingredients stir together than add the wet whisk together than fold in carrots and raisins  scoop into muffin pan bake at 350 for 20 min made 12 regular size muffins



Friday Foto Knockout

Knockout  Rose