Crochet {wristers}

Made some wristers. The multi-colored ones I made the pattern for but have misplaced it, when I find it, I will post it; the blue ones I found a pattern online!

DH's Birthday Cake

I am still eating from the pantry, so I had to get creative to make DH's Birthday Cake!

Here is the recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

(I doubled the recipe because I have a VERY BIG pan!lol)

1 white cake mix
2T cocoa powder
3/4 cup coffee
3/4 cup haf & half
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs

Mix it all, put in pan and bake 35 minutes @ 350.

Icing:

2/3 cup cocoa powder
8T hot coffee
8T butter, softened
4 c powdered sugar
1/4 t cinnamon

Stir together cocoa and coffee. Beat in butter. Beat in powdered sugar and cinnamon. Beat for 1 minute on low, then 2 minutes on medium. This is sooooo yummy!!:)

Let cake cool, then frost!

Everyone LOVED it!:)

Monday Menus

Sorry, it's a day late! I am struggling with meals this week as we are depleting our pantry with the pantry challenge! LOL

Monday: Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches (how sophisticated!!)
Tuesday: Venison steak, mashed sweet potatoes, Mac & cheese, peas, and birthday cake(it is DH's birthday!)
Wednesday: Spaghetti
Thursday: French Toast
Friday: we are going to eat out I think, because it is payday and we haven't eaten out in a while!
Saturday: Mini tacos
Sunday: fend

Last week we had pancakes, and I am always looking for new things to put in the pancake batter. So, I had a box of Jello SF vanilla instant pudding, so I threw that in there and made vanilla pancakes! They were yummy!:)

Monday Menus & Pantry Challenge

I am finding it harder this week than last week to eat from the pantry! lol I am out of salsa and cream cheese... not good! Has it really only been 10 days?? Last week we bought milk, cherries(way good sale!!) and ice. That's it! Tonight, we have to go buy more milk.

Oh, and it snowed!!

That is my husband and oldest son's cars covered in snow! And DS17 doesn't have a back window right now, so I feel bad for him having to deal with the snow! It was a Snow Day today, so the boys were home from school! I actually love snow days! LOL

Let's see, what else... Oh, I made some crocheted wristers... I will post a pic later, with my pattern, for anyone who wants to try them!:) I am working on the first "bought & paid for" hat for a friend!:) I was able to buy the yarn and then put the rest in the gas tank. My unemployment is messed up again, so anything I get right now is going into the gas tank.

Menus:

Monday: Spaghetti, Double Chocolate Snack Cake

Tuesday: Buttered Noodles, fruit

Wednesday: General Tso's Chicken, Rice Noodles, Brownies

Thursday: Venison steak, mashed potatoes, corn, mac & cheese

Friday: Pancakes & Sausage

Saturday: Chicken Fried Chicken & Gravy, mashed potatoes, peas

Sunday: Mini Tacos and whatever leftovers we have on hand!

Crochet {Jester Hat}

So, I made this Jester Hat and it was supposed to have PomPoms, but I didn't have enough yarn to do the PomPoms. So, I improvised! It is really big, so the next one I make will be smaller!:)

So, that is 3 down, 7 more to go for my Etsy shop! I also sold my first hat today!! A friend wants me to make a flap hat for her and I get to choose the colors!:)

Crochet {Hat for me!}

I made myself this hat from this pattern: Nubby Newsboy Cap from Speckled Frog Crochet.

I didn't have quite enough of the green to finish the hat, so I used black to finish. I had a major headache today, so I look horrible in this picture! I was depressed about money and my unemployment did not come this week, because of some mix up on their part, so I was crying, which lead to the headache, so I laid down for a good part of the day, and when I got up, I decided to make this hat! lol

Crochet {Hat}

I made this hat for DS10 today. He loves it!!:)

I used this pattern: Flap Hat.