DARN MOSQUITOES!

Such a busy time of the year...at home and at work.

I hope everyone is having beautiful weather....it has been absolutely gorgeous here in West TN. Oh how I wish it could stay like this all the time...I love all of the beautiful mixed colors of God's creations.

Even all of the little country critters....except for those "Pesky Little Mosquitoes".

I think I know who loves critters more than I do......

Hubby did some research and found a non-chemical bug killer

 (for the pesky ones) called....

"Mosquito Barrier"

which we will be ordering.....here is the link if you are in need of it too....

 http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/

I don't care what time of the day it is these "Pesky Mosquitoes" are attacking me .....and I don't like it especially when I am shooting photos!

"Sweetness"

God Bless

&

Be Safe

~Linda~

Yummy Yummy.....Good for The Tummy.....not really but it sure does taste good.....

Birthday celebration at work....

once a month we celebrate the birthdays for that month in the office.

We order lunch....usually pizza, I normally bring my lunch cause I can't eat regular pizza, and I bake the cake. We did order a pizza with a white sauce (Alfredo Sauce) and it was pretty good....you might want to try this sometime if you like Alfredo Sauce. Now at home I make pizza usually every Friday night and I use Cream Cheese for the base on my side of the pizza and use pizza sauce on hubby's side of the pizza.

We had 2 birthdays in March so we celebrated them yesterday and I made this wonderful chocolate cake.......if I have to say so myself.

Best-Ever Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

It was a "Big" hit at work......but chocolate always is.

What You Need
(recipe found at kraftrecipes.com)

8 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix - I used chocolate fudge cake mix

1pkg.  (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding - I used instant chocolate 

fudge pudding

4 eggs

1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream - Any kind will do

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup water

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (Do not thaw.)

2 Tbsp. PLANTERS Sliced Almonds

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.
CHOP 2 oz. chocolate. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, oil and water in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in chopped chocolate. Pour into 2 (9-inch) round pans sprayed with cooking spray.
BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min. Loosen cakes from sides of pans. Invert onto wire racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.
MICROWAVE COOL WHIP and remaining chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Let stand 15 min. to thicken.  While making this I thought it was not going to turn out right...but it did!
STACK cake layers on plate, filling and frosting with COOL WHIP mixture. Sprinkle with nuts. Be sure and put the cake in the refrigerator...the icing gets a little stiff and kind of like fudge....it will not be real sweet...which is the way I like it.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Prepare using 1 pkg. (1.4 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding, BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Make Ahead

The fudge-like texture of this cake improves when it is stored overnight in the refrigerator.

How to Store

Keep refrigerated.

This cake will go good with Vanilla Ice Cream or just with a good cup of coffee. It is a very moist and light cake.

God Bless

&

Be Safe

~Linda~

A Little Cleaning Up....

The weather has been very nice so we got out and started cleaning up.....first of all we have so many leaves to rake out of our several flower beds.....which last year I started combining as much together as I could. Just can't seem to find enough time to get it all done these days......but last weekend we did have some helpers....and they were terrific!

Caleb helping Grandpa shovel leaves and acorns......acorns were everywhere...we have very messy squirrels!

Working so hard you can tell Caleb is putting all he's got into it.....but boy did he sleep good that night.

Then the ride...

not a hay ride...

but a "leaf" ride...lol

They had a blast helping Grandpa!

And of course there was lots of play time....

Kelby caught this lizard...it was pretty feisty at first...after about 10 minutes Kelby had him tamed...played with him forever before letting him go.
 

God Bless

&

Be Safe

~Linda~