Dry Erase Board Humor...

The dry erase board on our refrigerator is a very important part of our family. It's where we can leave important reminders to each other, write notes of encouragement, or just showcase random doodles done by the kiddies, mostly by L. Welcome to the first installment of "Dry Erase Board Humor."

One night before bed, Mr told me to please remind him to grab his tool to bring it back to work in the morning. So, I wrote him a reminder. He didn't find it as funny as I did, but everyone else did, too. And I bout peed myself laughing as I wrote it.

There are the sweet little notes:

 Then there are the random pictures that my lil L draws. Such as this.

 Or her reminder to me that she wants orange juice in her lunch rather than apple juice:

And sometimes, we have to let others know of our greatest victories. Such as:

I really do love my purple marker.

Slacking, but not reeeeally...

I have been slacking on my blogging again, tho I don't think I really have any regular readers for that to really matter. LOL The slacking has been for damn good reason, as I am keeping very busy between housework, wrangling the three kiddies (can someone please tell them to stop growing already?!?), cooking, cleaning, cooking, cleaning, and more cooking and cleaning. blah blah blah. You know the routine, I'm sure many of you have very similar routines yourselves.

 Recently thrown into the mix tho, is REALLY focusing on my weight loss journey. Things started really dragging along on Weight Watchers. The scale just refused to move for weeks, and quite honestly, I got burned out on figuring out and counting points. So some great friends and I have started our own little "Biggest Loser" type group, and the support is just so great to have. It's giving me something to focus on while my life has been seeming to just crumble all around me. Helps keep me accountable. And the weight has started to come off again. Maybe still not nearly as fast as I would like it to, but I have to keep in mind that I already lost a REALLY nice chunk of weight over the last year. And that nice and slow is really the best way to go to get it off and KEEP it off.

So, I'm really hoping to get back into the swing of blogging regularly again. It has always been such a good outlet for me, tho I think that if I wrote what I have been really thinking lately, it wouldn't make for very good reading. It would just be a whole bunch of angry broad ramblings strung together with multiple pictures of my exclamation point tattooed middle fingers. ;)

Ahhhh... Oh well.. What'cha gonna do, uh?

Ry-Tutorial... Part 1.

     There seems to be a bug going around our house. It's a really awful bug that makes people forget how to do the simplest of things, and it's spreading fast. So I have decided it is time to create a few tutorials for future reference, so they can look back and say "Oh! That's what you're supposed to do!" And then... well... actually do it!

First up? Cabinets.

IF YOU OPEN IT?

FREAKING CLOSE IT!!

It seems so simple, doesn't it?

Next up? The toilet paper roll. Ohhh does this one burn my cookies!

IF YOU USE IT UP?

FREAKING REPLACE IT!!!

Really, it won't hurt! I promise!

Hmmm... I wonder what other issues will be needing a tutorial next...

Wordless Wednesday...

Chocolate "Lasagna"

I was trying to figure out what to make for Easter dessert the night before and just happened upon this recipe posted somewhere on Facebook. Facebook to the rescue, right? To say that it was delicious would be a terrible understatement! So chocolatey, so gooey, but also very light in texture. It was the perfect finishing touch after a big holiday dinner!

 

You Need:

• 1 package regular Oreo cookies
• 6 Tbsp butter, melted
• 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 12 oz tub of sugar free Cool Whip, divided
• 2) 3.9 oz boxes Chocolate Fudge instant pudding mix
• 3 1/4 cups of COLD milk
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• mini chocolate chips for the top (next time tho, I think I'm going to melt them and drizzle across the top instead.)

Directions:

1. Crush the Oreo cookies in food processor til it becomes fine crumbs. Pour into large bowl.
2. Stir the melted butter into the mixture and incorporate with a fork til evenly mixed. Transfer to a 9x13 baking dish and press the crumbs evenly into the bottom. Place in fridge.
3. With a mixer, beat the cream cheese til light and fluffy. Add in 2 Tbsp of milk and sugar. Mix well.
4. Stir in 1 and 1/4 cup of the Cool Whip and again, mix well. Carefully spread this on top of the cookie crumbs.Place back into refrigerator.
5. In large bowl, combine both packages of the pudding mix, the almond extract and the 3 1/4 cups of cold milk. Whisk for a few minutes, til the pudding thickens up. 
6. Spread the pudding over the cream cheese/Cool Whip layer. Let rest for 5 minutes to further firm up.
7. Spread the remaining Cool Whip, evenly, on top. Garnish with mini chocolate chips, or drizzle with chocolate. Let chill in refrigerator for 4 hours, or freezer for 1 hour, before serving.
8. Sit back and wait for the compliments. Believe me, they WILL come. :)