Sunday Night Dinner

For the first time in my life I made dinner all by my self. This could sound crazy my for the longest time meat grossed me out. I couldnt look at it or even eat it until about a year ago. Sunday night I decided to give it a try. Everything was going alright until I realized that I bought turkey cutlets and not chicken. One meat I really cannot stand is Turkey so I knew this would not go well. Seeing that they were so thin I burned them on the BBQ which made them very dry. I mixed cut up potatoes with onion soup mix and baked them in the oven. These by far were the most delicious. My boyfriend of course was sweet and said nothing negative but its the thought that counts right.


On a side note: Im on Oregon and have met so many dogs. I love dogs so much and they love me. Baxter and Sherman are by far my favoirte. :) But I miss my puppy.

Wedding Madness

My cousin is getting married in 14 days and I have been runnung around like crazy trying to get everything ready. Being the maid of honor I need to make a speech but I have yet to do this yet. So far I have planned the bridal party, bachelorette party, most of the wedding and now im attempting to get myself ready as well. She is having it at a gorgeous antique garden in Salem Oregon. (http://www.historicdeepwoodestate.org/)

For those that are interested here is what im wearing:

This dress but in black and cropped.

 I want my hair in a side messy bun.

With these cute bobby pins from Etsy. :)

Forks.. the land of the crazies.

Wow! Some people are way to into Twilight. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the movies, they are a good time but im not sure why some people worship it. While in Ocean Shores we were only about two hours away so the ladies, and my father, went to check it out. I had no idea the town would have been so Twlight crazy. Everything had renamed from Bella's cafe to Jacob's coffee stand. You could even buy "Twilight" firewood. Assuming this was the day after the release of the third movie people were everywhere. We spotted at least ten stores that sold only Twilight items and oh boy were they over priced. After seeing Bella's house (not the one from the movie) and checking out the town we made our way to La Push. The beach was beautiful but again covered in Twilight crazinees. I give the town only five more years of stardom and then it should die back down.

Food, Family, Beach, and Vampires.

Wow do I love Ocean Shores. This was my second time going but it seems to get better each time. Our semi-anual family reunion was held at a cabin in Moclips, Wa. It was a cute little cabin with two stories. Each story had three bedrooms, two baths, and a huge TV. Hot tub and beach access were included. We all had a great time and I got to meet my two newest cousins Beckett and Skyliee. I had lots of fun and relaxation but ate way to much and stopped my gym routine. Its going to hurt to get back into it.

Quinault Rain Forest

Summer Time..

and the livings easy.

Oh how the sunshine brings out the best in people. It always seems as if people are in a better mood when the sun is out. Less than one week and I will be laying in the sunshine next to the beautiful ocean. I cant wait. In the mean time I made some delicious cupcakes. Katie hooked me on the pioneer woman and I adore this recepie. Try it.




Ingredients


1 Tablespoon Melted Butter

1-⅓ cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Grated Lemon Zest

2 whole Eggs

¼ cups Olive Oil

⅔ cups Whole Milk

1 cup Flour

½ teaspoons Baking Powder

½ teaspoons Salt

1 teaspoon Minced Fresh Thyme

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FOR THE GLAZE:

1-½ cup Powdered Sugar

2 Tablespoons Melted Butter

3 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice, Or More As Needed

Preparation Instructions

Here’s what you do:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a muffin pan with melted butter and then dust with a little bit of flour. Pulse the sugar and lemon zest in a blender until combined. Add the eggs one at a time, then gradually pour in the olive oil and milk, pulsing until emulsified into a thin batter, about 30 seconds. Don’t overblend or the cakes will be too puffy.

Whisk one cup flour, the baking powder, salt and thyme in a small bowl. Add to the blender in 2 batches until just combined. Pour the batter unto the prepared pan and bake until the cakes just start to pull away from the sides of the pan and spring back when lightly touched, about 25 minutes depending on your oven.

In the meantime, make the glaze: whisk the powdered sugar, melted butter and lemon juice until smooth, adding more lemon juice if too thick. Drizzle over the cooled cakes and garnish with a thyme sprig.

The start of something new..

Now that I have time to update a blog I thought why not start one. Special thanks to Katie Smith who helped me get started. She ROCKS :) I promise there will be more to come..