Terrific Tuesday

Ahhh...summer vacation...I'm enjoying having my boys around all day, and settling into life as a WAHM again after deciding not to return to work full time :) Soooo content with that decision.

So here we have a Terrific Tuesday.

Woke up early before, the boys, and enjoyed the peace and coffee.

Gathered my goodies for chicken gumbo in the crock pot...:)

and THEN...the mail came with a goodie box of FABRIC!!!

So that's a nifty Tuesday as far as I'm concerned!! How was your Fourth of July weekend?

Spotlight on COFFEE!

Coffee anyone?

I loooooooove coffee.

Three Weeks Til Craft Show

Okay, the craft show is officially on countdown!! THREE WEEKS until my very first craft show!! I have nearly everything ready to go, just have a few to-do's:

Bath bombs
Soaps
Package bath salts (some in jars, some in refill bags)
Finish LSU/Saints/Skulls bibs (big seller down south!) :)
Finish chalk cloth mats (come ON fabric.com with my chalk cloth!)
Finish flower pen bouquets
IF time,
Military sewn items, bibs, bears,
Minky Bears (oooh got a box of minky goodness in yesterday!

And of course... all the hang tags, labels, etc involved..plus practicing set up! :)

Wonder how much coffee it will take to get it all ready??????

Random Recipe--Gluten Free Mocha Cake

ENJOY!! (No, I will not pay your gym fees for eating this cake. Eat it and be happy damnit.)

GLUTEN FREE Mocha Cake

1 box devils food cake mix (to make it gluten free, use Pamela’s Luscious Chocolate Cake Mix)
1--8 oz cream cheese
1--3 oz cream cheese
3 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp hot water
1 Tsp coffee granules
3/4 cup butter
6 1oz choc squares (semi sweet)
1 Tsp corn syrup
1 stick of butter

Mix and bake cake according to directions. (I use 2- 8 in round pans)
Cool cake.

To make Icing:

Cream 3/4th cup butter and cream cheese. Mix sugar in.
Mix on high speed until fluffy.
Reduce speed.
Have ready the hot water and coffee granules dissolved in it and ready to pour in mixture.
Mix until well mixed, scraping sides of bowl.
Put icing in between the 2 layers of cake and on the outsides of the cake.
Put cake in fridge for 1 hour.

To Make covering:

Cut choc squares into pieces.
Put corn syrup, choc pieces and 1 stick of butter in sauce pan.
Melt on low heat.
Let sit for 5 minutes.
Remove cake from fridge.
Put wax paper along edges of cake (along bottom of pan so choc doesn’t get on pan.)
Pour the syrup over the top of the cake, let it run down sides.
Chill in fridge for 15 minutes.

YUMMMMMY!!