Month: September 2012

 

Today is the first full day of fall so naturally Frosted Pumpkin Cookies were in order!  My kids love pumpkin cookies.  The mere collection of ingredients even gets an “I love you Mom” from the teenaged boy who may actually live to consume them. So gather up your stuff and watch the love come to life.

 

You will need:

–  1 Cup of Sugar

– 3/4 C Butter or Margarine

Mix together and then add:

– 1 Egg

– 1 Teaspoon Vanilla

– 1 Cup Canned Pumpkin (make sure it’s NOT canned pumpkin pie – it won’t work here)

Using your electric mixer (optional), combine until well blended.

 

In a separate bowl, combine:

– 2 Cups Flour

– 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

– 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

– 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon

– 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg

– 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Mix well and add to sugar mixture.  If preferred, you may add 1/2 Cup of Walnuts before baking.

On an ungreased cookie sheet, place rough spoonfuls of dough and flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 10 minutes and place on rack to cool.

 

Now you’re ready for frosting!

This is a very simple frosting.  It doesn’t really have a recipe.  You will need powdered sugar, milk and a small amount of karo syrup.  Mix to the desired consistency and drop in the middle of the cookie.

Enjoy and good luck keeping them around until the end of the day!

 

 

Weird, I know.  But there is a reason behind it.  One that has meaning to me.  One that makes sense.

Over the last 3 years I have struggled with what to name the blog I was going to start someday.  Afterall, you want it to make sense, you want it to have meaning, you want it to be memorable.  The best I could come up with was my own name, I mean, it’s my name, that means something, doesn’t it – well at least to me?  Thus my usual –  I can’t decide so don’t do anything at all.  Until Labor Day weekend, that is.

The neighbors invited us to their lake cabin for the day.  We’ve been there many times with no particular revelations, until this day.  The day my 15 year old was driving five of the six of us to the lake.  The day I should have been concentrating on keeping him from killing us all in a fiery crash instead of taking in the sites.  The day I first noticed it.  The blue silo.  It was standing tall.  Standing on the hill in the distance.  I don’t know if it is new or if it’s been there for 50 years.  All I know is today, it (the silo, my subconsious, whatever) spoke to me.  At that very moment, I heard “you need to be out on your own”.

Ok, so I know it sounds a little crazy, but my dear friend and neighbor Lisa clarified it for me.  In her office, they refer to siloing as taking on a project or issue on your own, without assistance.  Something they want to avoid.  Something I want to discover.

I’m very lucky to have a great job (plus a couple more), but the reality is, I want to work for myself.  I want to be creative. It’s my passion.  It’s what I dream of.  It’s why I have an Etsy Store and it’s why I’ve started this blog.

I know there will be times when I am frustrated and may want to just give up. Those are the times that  I will think of that blue silo, in the hot sun and the ice cold snow and still standing tall through it all.

 

My favorite word.  My go to when I don’t know what else to do.  Punt!

 

For nearly three years I’ve wanted to start a blog.  A craft blog to share my very favorite things in the world.  Maybe it will keep me accountable to finish what I start or maybe it will just give me another excuse to procrastinate some more.  Anyone who knows me well, knows I do my best work at the last minute.  Why finish today what you can do tomorrow?  Right?

What if I have nothing to say?  What if no one follows me down the field?  No more excuses.  Just punt and get going!  Take a chance and get it done.  First and 10.  Here we go.