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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Just a delicious recipe.

Start with Pillsbury crescent rolls.
Please note Fern sitting on the carpet,
intently staring at me, waiting me to drop something.
Anything.

I can't take credit that this isn't a recipe that could, possible, be on Pillsbury website but since I haven't looked, it's mine. ALLL MINEEE!!!! As mentioned previously, we have my family over for brunch last weekend and didn't know what to make. Often we make the pillsbury cinnamon rolls but to be honest, they're not super good. I mean, they're good... just not awesome. So husby and I were brainstorming ideas and we collaborated to come up with this recipe. Semi-homemade cinnamon rolls. NOM.

I just bake them according to the packaging.

And, because my husby is adorable, he bought pre-mixed cinnamon and sugar.
Best $8 I ever spent....
(PS, mixing cinnamon & sugar is just as easy and way cheaper.)

Put the cinnamon/sugar on a plate

Unroll the crescent rolls.

Break apart the rolls and place each side
in the cinnamon/sugar.

Place on a buttered pan.

Then I melt some butter, about 4 tbsp and mix in the leftover
cinnamon/sugar

And drizzle over the top!

I just made that super easy powder sugar/butter frosting.
I think I used this recipe.

Matt is a frosting drizzler.

And I'm a dipper.

Friday, April 6, 2012

IN LOVE

Um, I die. This litle girl is so cute it melts my heart. Not like it takes a lot to melt my heart, I'm totally the girl who cried at the picture of the dog sleeping by a soldier's casket and it doesn't even take me a full Hallmark commercial before the tears start flowing. I'm a sap, what can I say?

I know you guys have met my little Brendy before, I introduced her a LONG time ago. Like, a year.

I first learned about Compassion International when I was at a Michael W Smith/Amy Grant (Yes it was a Christian concert but she sang Baby, Baby) concert. They both sponsor children through this organization. While Christian orgs are not the only ones I support, I do try and do right by the Snoop GOD and honor him through my charity work. Soapbox-out. Anyway, Compassion is a Christian organization that center their focus on the compassion of Jesus in order to best help others. I wasn't super sold on this idea because all I kept picturing was Sally Struthers trying to get me to donate pennies a day to keep these kids alive but I knew she was eating my pennies. After doing my due diligance, I decided to go for it. For the low, low price of $30 a month, you help your sponsor child and their families survive. Literally, your money keeps most of these family alive. It gives them food to eat and water to drink. It clothes and shelters them. Some kids are orphans, Brenda is lucky, she's not. She has a whole family to love her, other kids are not as fortunate.

This is just the most recent letter I received from Brenda, we sent her money for Christmas and the dress below was picked out by her. She also picked out new shoes, purchased an amazing amount of rice, flour, and beans for her family. And she bought sweets to share with her classmates. This letter was extra special to me because she took a crack at our name. It's a tough one I have trouble with sometimes. I think she's a genius.

Anyway, if honoring Christ is as easy as loving this sweet little girl who is half way around the world, count me in.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

March Run Stats aka I'm Doing Awesome

I kinda thought I'd be logging more miles with my 2012 goal but... I still think I'm doing ok. I ran 20/31 days in March (technically 24 if you count the days I mapped a run with furbaby on top of regular run). Plus I worked out 25/31 days. Totals for the year are; 57/91 days running and 72/91 days exercising. Plus I was super sick for four days in February so... I fell pretty good about myself. My clothes still fit. I haven't weighed myself in a month, which actually feels really good! And I've been trying new things to keep me going. I need to get back to Yoga, it really does center me and I feel like it takes away my stress. I just love to run and this goal keeps me lacing up my shoes even when I don't always feel like it.

Here's a link to a cute YouTube video by Nike.

March

February

January

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

She's back & pics

Do you ever feel so bored you don't feel like doing anything? That's kind of how I've felt the last month. I don't know why. The weather here in MN is FABULOUS, got to spend a week in FL with the LOML, I've been running REAL fast, pretty much a whiz at WWF (Words with friends, but like I needed to tell you), my tiny tower has 72 floors, my house is pretty clean. Everyone is pretty healthy... I've just been so bored! So much has happened that I should want to blog about but every once in a GREAT while I feel like social media is running my life and I need a break. I don't tweet, facebook, pin, check-in, blog, instragram... You name it, I don't do it. Now I have a TON of pics I can't wait to show you.

I probably should have blogged about a new recipe husb and I came up with or the fun brunch we had with my family last weekend. The face that we've owned KY stores for a year. Speaking of KY, UK Wildcats pride! Baseball is starting. The babies are getting teeth and eating baby cereal. Our baby sitch, or lack thereof. My March Run stats... I mean, kind of a big month. I'll just post pics instead. They're way more entertaining.

PS, we'll be in NYC end of June and I want to do a race, preferably around Manhattan so if you know of anything, let me know.