Happy Weekend All!
I had a fun weekend of projects! Thanks Katie Boyd for running around and picking things up with me.
Began the weekend off with some planting while my husband was at the NRA Annual Meeting Saturday. Cory and I were able to get my tomato plant going and I planted the hosta in it's pot when he was in Indy.
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| Tomato Plant |
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| Hosta and Friends! Aren't they cute?! |
Since Cory and I couldn't go up to Chicago to visit our cousins Chad and Kirsten since he had the NRA meeting, we had our cousins Katie and Harold over. Katie stayed the day and ran around Lafayette with me, while Cory and Harold went to Indy for the meeting. She also helped me pick out the Hosta! I'll admit though, if it wasn't for Katie I might have bought more, the flowers looked to wonderful. I can't wait to have a yard so that I can have a veggie garden and flower garden! :)
Oh! I almost forgot, we received a cute postcard that was from my sister Cassandra who is studying abroad in Germany. She was able to do a bit of traveling around before classes started. This card made me smile since I spent almost a year in Australia.
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Cory and I then ended the evening (once he got back up to Lafayette) with some popcorn that I made with my new Whirly Pop! Shout out to Nancy Blackwood who taught me how to use one and make some pretty scrumptious popcorn!
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| Some of the best popcorn ever! |
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| First you put in the oil (amount depends on how much popcorn you're making. |
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| Measure out how much you need. |
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| Oil in first, then the popcorn kernels. |
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| Let it heat up and start turning! |
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| Once it becomes hard to turn, take it off the heat and open it up! |
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| Looks perfect! |
Then today when we got home from church I caught up on a bit of baking. I am very grateful to have a KitchenAide, I don't have to do as much, the machine does it. :P
My first bit of baking was making up a new batch of caramel sauce. I found it on Pinterest when Cory and I were visiting at his parents house a couple weekends ago. It is SUPER easy to make and it tastes really nice on ice cream and in coffee.
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| Butter, Brown sugar, salt, water and heat'er up! Let it boil for 3-5 minutes! |
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| Take it off the heat and add evaporated milk and vanilla! |
AND THEN................DONE!
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| Voila!!! |
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| Jar it up and put it in the fridge! They did say to put it in something plastic if you want to put it in the freezer. |
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| I just love Ball Jars, so pretty! |
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| Beautifully risen yeast! |
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| Add in some more ingredients and GO! |
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| Let that rise for a couple hours...... |
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| After punching it down and letting it rest, I cut it up and starting rolling. Now you know you're a teacher when you take the picture and see a face and it's not what you had intended at all. :) |
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| Braid it up |
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| Cover it up for an hour to rise and pull it out, now time to go in the oven. |
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| Cover them in egg wash. |
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| Bake and YUM! |
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| Homemade bread it so pretty! |
Now to end, a lot of you have been wanting to see some pictures of our new apartment for the next year. Well, we still have the spare room that is going to be the craft/workroom and it is still under construction, but here are some pictures from the rest of the place.
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| Kitchen |
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| Living Room |
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| Hallway |
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| Front door |
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| Dinning |
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| Porch that sadly flood every time it rains. It's like having a person pond. :P |
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| Full bath |
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| Walk in closet |
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| Then in our bedroom we have a toilet and vanity, which is quite nice. |
God bless!
