Day: October 2, 2008

Fabulous!

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So, in case you missed it, Shrew left me a great recipe in the comments a couple of posts ago.  I MUST repeat it here where everyone will see it because it was SO easy and yummo!!!

Here’s what it looked like fresh out of the oven:

And look at that sauce that’s underneath!!!

And here it is in my bowl:

WAY too good!  Thanks Shrewbie!!

Here’s the recipe from Shrew’s comment:

BEST CAKE…Hot Fudge Sunday Cake…
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nuts, chopped (pecans or walnuts)
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup cocoa
1-3/4 cup hottest tap water
Preheat oven to 350F. In an ungreased 9 x 9 inch square pan. Stir together flour, sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. Mix in milk oil and vanilla with fork until smooth. Stir in nuts. Spread evenly in pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Pour hot water over batter Bake 40 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes. Spoon into dessert dishes or cut into squares and invert each square onto plate and top with ice cream. Spoon extra sauce on top of ice cream.

“I took this from “Cajunrecipies.com” but Betty says it was a WWII ration based cake…where ever it came from it is so yummy I dream about it.”

De-licious.

Thank You, Snyder’s!

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Run, RUN I say!!!  Run, to your nearest market and treat yourself to a bag of these little beauties!  I bought a bag of these yesterday “for the kids” and the kids never saw them because they were gone before they came home.  I shared two of the seven servings with Neighbor (she needed a little afternoon pick-me-up) and the rest of them, somehow, disappeared into me by the end of the afternoon.  A real “guilt-free” snack at 140 calories per serving…(7 pretzels counts as a serving-  *cough*gasp*)

Pictured above is bag #2.  Something tells me the kids won’t see any of this bag either.

It’s Showcase Time!!!

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Every year, my Mom, my sister, and I spend a day together travelling to our local Showcase of Homes.  Local builders, decorators, and furnishers showcase their latest projects and the results are always incredibly stunning.  I vacillate from year to year between disgust and envy, discouragement and creativity.  I have come home from the tour repulsed by the “large-ess” and excess, content with my modest 110 year old house.  Other years I have come home achingly jealous, wishing that my home could be half as grand as those that I toured.  And still others, I have come home inspired by decorating ideas, motivated to make my old, cozy, warm and blessed home sparkle.  This year, I already know what I will take home with me…I am content, therefore I will be content even after the tour.  And I don’t begrudge others their “large-ess.”  Well, not *too* much anyway.  😉

I will be looking for ideas…my living room will be the next room tackled this fall, once the weather gets too cool for porch work.  I already bought new window shades…they were on fabulous sale!  How could I resist?

I think these (photo from the JCPenney’s catalogue) will look quite nice hanging in my windows…you’ll be able to see the crown molding.  In fact, hang on while I snap a photo of my much-in-need-of-attention windows….

Okay, so here is one of them…there are five of them in the living room.  Need some love, don’t they?  We have lived here for ten years, and this is the only room that hasn’t been redecorated. 

And how about this ceiling?

I know what I want to do with it, but since tin is a bit above the budget at the moment, some fresh paint will have to suffice.  Someday….

Wow, I digress.

I intended to show you a couple of examples of the houses I will be seeing this weekend!  Take a look:

And another:

I’d better get cleaning…it’s easier to come home to an old, clean house after the Showcase than an old, messy one!