Deliciousness!

I made cheesecake stuffed strawberries last Sunday and they were divine! They were so easy to make. They would be great for a wedding reception because they're easy and a hand food. They're just fun, pretty, yummy, little desserts.

1) Cut out the center of each strawberry

2) Make cheesecake filling

3) Fill strawberries with cheesecake goodness

 

4) Dip strawberry in graham cracker crumbs

I also added chocolate chips on top to some of them. 

There are so many different ways you could change it up.

Examples: Dipping them in nutella, drizzling chocolate over, 

or filling strawberries with different cheesecake flavor.

Here's the recipe if you'd like to try them

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

from Nutmeg Nanny

Ingredients:
-1 lb large strawberries
-8 oz. cream cheese, softened (can use 1/3 less fat)
-3-4 tbsp powdered sugar (4 tbsp for a sweeter filling)
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-graham cracker crumbs

Directions:
1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.

Love Me Some Puzzles

I just love doing puzzles! I remember doing them with my dad around Thanksgiving, I believe. I'm not very fast, but it's just fun figuring out where the pieces go and seeing the picture once it's completed. I usually put in a movie while I work on them. I am finding I like puzzles that either have lots of things going on or lots of different colors. It's just a tad bit easier that way.   :)

I did this 500 piece puzzle one weekend back in the middle of September. It got me excited about Christmas. It's just around the corner you know!

My roommate and I did this 1000 piece puzzle in 1 day!! Can you believe that?! We worked on it during both sessions of General Conference on Sunday and finished it that night. The whole reason we did this was to stay awake and it worked like a charm. I did pay attention to the speakers too... maybe even better this time. By the way, the talks were amazing.

Sudoku Xtreme

I made a sudoku puzzle the other week and I wanted to share it. It actually didn't take me long to do, which was surprising. It ended up being really hard so I had to fill in more numbers from the key to be able to complete it. My roommate was working on it, but I don't think she ever finished... and she's an avid sudoku person, but she's just been too busy to just sit and work on it.

School Update

Well, I finished all my course work for school on August 30th (technically the 31st because it was at 2:15 a.m.) and I was SOOO happy to have completed it!! (I started crying. I couldn't believe it!) My roommate, Jen, wanted to treat me to dinner for completing school. So we went to one of our new favorite places in town. Once again it was delicious and I was able to bring some home for leftovers.

Chocolate brownie cheesecake

That same week on Friday and Saturday (Sept 2nd and 3rd) I took my final. I spent all day Friday doing the objective portion and then spent Saturday doing the 8 transcriptions. I got the scores back about a week and a half later. I scored a 98% on the objective portion, but sadly didn't pass the transcription portion, which to me is the most important part. I think I was so burnt out from the previous day that I went too fast with the transcriptions. Lesson learned: take your time! I had to wait 2 weeks to retake the transcription part again (lame and stupid) so I just did that this week on Monday through Wednesday. I had 48 hours to complete it so I took almost the whole time. I better have passed. I really do think I did though. Well, here's to hoping I passed and can move on to the next chapter in my life... finding a job!!

Building of a Temple

Like I've mentioned before, there is a Temple being built close to my house. It's so neat to watch it come to life! I drive past it every so often to see the progress. These pictures were taken a month ago so they aren't very current, but I still thought I'd share. Now the steel beams are up to the 3rd floor.

They set up a little visitors center in a trailer on the site of the Temple. It's really cool! It has computerized pictures of what the inside is going to look like, architectural drawings, 2 binders with aerial shots and the builders actually working on the temple, Mormon Messages DVD to watch, a block of the stone they're using on the outside, and a big framed picture of the Temple hanging on the wall. They called a missionary couple to serve there the whole time it's being built. They know a lot of facts about what's going on. It's cool to hear the latest updates from them. I've been two different times, both times taking different friends to show them.

Also with the visitors center, they also built a little viewing area so you can park and sit or take pictures and not be in the way of the workers. Well, obviously your not in the way when were way back here, but it's better than nothing.

The top of the crane is how high the temple is going to be. It literally is going to be the tallest building in town!

Lasagna

A few weeks ago I felt like having lasagna so I ventured out to make some from scratch all by myself. It took way longer to make than I thought it would. Probably because I read the directions over and over making sure I didn't miss any of the steps. My roommate was kind enough to document it for me since it was my first time.

 

Jane and Lucy: Best of Friends

~Summer pictures of Janey and Lucy~

Buddies... 

Even though Janey acts like she doesn't like Lucy

 sometimes & can be a pest to her, these pictures

clearly tell a different story.
 

 

 

 

 

  

Getting into mischief

 Where's Waldo/Janey?!?!

She climbed up there by herself.

Little stinker!

 

They take turns.

 

They LOVE boxes.

 

 

Lucy loves sleeping RIGHT next to you.

 

 

 

 Sleeping positions... These kill me!

 

 

 

 

She sleeps with her eyes open sometimes. Kinda creepy. 

 

 

The little white speck in the corner is her paw.

She has it tucked under her head. 

 

 

Lucy sleeps in the oddest positions and places.

How can she be comfortable?!

 

Regular occurrence 

 

  

 

Janey loves the ottoman in front of the window.

 

Notice her foot in between her front legs.   

   

 

 

 

 

They both LOVE cardboard. Out of all their toys, 

they pick cardboard that came with a package in the mail.

Yes, I did put the bunny there, but she carries it in her mouth up

and down the stairs everyday while she whines. It's so cute!

 

Exhibit A: the bunny. 

 

I peeked into my roommate's room one morning to see

if she was home and this is what I saw. She's told me

they do this, but I hadn't seen it yet. They love their momma!

(I promise she's not dead)