Happy Sweet 16!

Here is my Sweet 16 Gift Basket I made for my stepdaughter a few weeks ago. It was so much fun to make! I made 16 wishes for her and individually wrapped 16 gifts. I bougt the basket and hot glued her name with Scrapbook Stickers I found at the drugstore. I also got some scrabook supplies and cut out 16 (various) gliiter card stock, and used scrapbook stickers again to mark each gift 1 - 16. This way with each wish, she could read them in order.

Our wishes for her were

1. SWEET - wishing you a happy & sweet 16 (we gave her a box of bubble gum)
2. LAUGH
3. TURNING 16
4. DANCE
5. FRIENDS
6. HEALTH
7. MEMORIES
8. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
9. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
10. FAITH
11. PLAY
12. SPOIL YOURSELF
13. HEARTS
14. WISHING
15. TIME
16. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Night!

Last night we made chocolate chip banana bread and it was DELISH! I like how the recipe allows for 2 loafs. Easy to make and easy to eat lol. Always a popular treat around our house.

Ingredients
1 cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
2 tbsp Mayo
6 Ripe bananas (mashed)
3 cups Flour
1 1/2tsp Salt
1 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 cup (or bag) Chocolate Chips

Directions
- Preheat oven to 350
- spray 2 bread loafs with cooking oil and lightly flour (tapping out the excess)
- mix shortening & sugar until fluffy
- add eggs and beat well
- add mayo & bananas
- stir in salt, baking powder & baking soda
- bled in flour slowly whilst stiring
- fold in chocolate chips

Bake in oven for 50 - 70 min (depening on your oven). I usually bake at 40 min. then keep checking every 10 min until they look done.

Hope you like this recipe as much as we do! Super yummy!

Friendship Cookies

This weekend I made 'Friendship' cookies to sell during our bake/garage sale fundraiser at the local friendship Centre! All the proceeds went towards the 'Relay for Life", all proceeds go towards the Canadian Cancer Society! These cookies are super easy to make and taste just as fresh a few days after being baked. Let me know how it goes if you try them :)

Friendship Cookies

1 Large Egg
1/2 cup Cooking Oil
1 Box of Chocolate Cake Mix (2 layer size)
1/4 cup Water
1 Bag (reg) White chocolate chips

Beat egg and cooking oil in medium bowl until combined. Add cake mix and water. Beat until just moistened.

Add chocolate chips, mix well. Drop 1tbsp. of mix at a time onto cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes and let stand for 5. I find this makes just about 3 dozen cookies.

I was told that 1 cookie was about 85Calories (for those who count calories whilst eating cookies?!?!?) lol

Have fun and good luck! If I can cook them, my lord, ANYONE can! :)

Todays Quick Project: Flashy Homemade Recycling Bins!

Jail and Honey Bee Bail....I ain't got nothin' to fear when the Pussy Wagon gets here!

I know more then I knew before.....

Your lovescope for March 10, 2010 Although it would be nice to think that you trust your sweetheart implicitly, the current planetary position encourages you to go down another road. This could mean that you continue to become more and more suspicious and disgruntled over an incident that arouses your mistrust. The worse thing you can do today is to withdraw in hurt silence. The best would be to discuss your deepest fears, and find them untrue.

Live life through your kids :)

Your horoscope for March 9, 2010 Change is very much in the air today, Angela, as well as the disruption that often comes along with it. You can expect all sorts of things to go wrong today. While none of the malfunctions are major, they do combine over the course of the day to fray your nerves and try your patience. Try to stay calm and keep your perspective. All will get resolved in time. In the meantime, why not forget about your troubles for the evening? Since the oven isn't working anyway, why not invite some friends out to dinner?