Chocolate Covered Cake Balls

These equal heaven... saw a link to a website called Bakerella and as soon as the page opened I fell in love... so many things I want to try from that site. She has Great photos and explains how to do things wonderfully... lots of fun to read through the comments and get some hints and hear how everyones attempts turn out. The first thing my daughter and I have tried making are the cake balls... and everyone loves them... so we decided to try a few more and make each batch a bit different... first ones were just chocolate cake and chocolate frosting.. next batch I made using mint brownies... they were good.. but not Great... moved on to chocolate cake with peanut butter dipped in chocolate... oh wow.. those are my all time favorites right now...(neighbor boy says they taste like the reese peanut butter cups) Next we did a batch with chocolate cake and very strong coffee... these just got finished today and they are a very close second if not a tie for the peanut butter ones... Neighbor has suggest using coconut in a batch and I want to do a batch with a walnut in the middle....you can also use white cake and white chocolate to dip in..so many possiblities.. endless really! (family and close friends dont read this next part) We are planning on making a bunch of these up for christmas presents.. buy some cute candy boxes and little paper cups... each type of cakeball will have a different sprinkle on top... it is a great mother daughter type project.. and the guys and neighbors have loved being the sample tasters :) Be sure to check out the great website where I found this wonderful, fun, super easy recipe... you can get there by clicking right here Bakerella Cakeballs Don't forget to look around once you are there... so many wonderful things.

Proud Mom

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A few months ago my youngest son Brian was accepted into Washington Youth Academy and He is doing so great. I am so very proud of him and proud to be his mom. He has always struggled in school and been behind the other children and if I did not stay right on top of it he would end up screwing around instead of doing school work and would end up in trouble. He went to live with dad a couple of years ago and that proved to be a situation that he was not ready for yet. He ended up basically failing all of his classes and getting involved with the wrong group of kids and started using drugs. I started looking for alternatives for Brian since there was no way what was happening was going to work. I heard about WYA on the local news and looked it up and then sat down with Brian and we talked about the pros and the cons and where his life was going and how he needed to decided the road he wanted and get his backside on it. He did what he needed to do.. with a little prompting.. and got himself enrolled in this wonderful program. The weekend before he left for the school he spent a couple of days with me.. and then he had a pass to come visit a month ago and the difference was just amazing... a child who was full of snide comments and who was rude and disrespectful and could not sit still... came and spent the day with me and not only had he gotten even taller but he also could sit calmly and look me in the eye and visit and be respectful and was wonderful to spend time with. This Sunday we are going to visit him at the school for family day... there will be a picnic and things to do and I know I will cry and embarrass us all but they are happy tears as I see him opening doors to a wonderful future for himself and I am so proud of him and all he has done and all he will do. Way to go Brian!!!


That photo is on my flickr.. you can click on it to see more and I will be adding more after Sunday too :)

The Dock

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Today was amazing... it was so sunny and relaxing and fun. I got an order yesterday for 20 of the "feel your boobie" keychains and a couple of custom bracelets. Today my daughter and I decided it was a good reason to head into town and get some supplies. We also picked up a small basket and some fake flowers for her to make something for me. On the way home it was so sunny and we had the windows down ( heat on a little bit ) and some good music in... we just were not really ready to be home yet so we stopped at a couple of the beaches on the island. We took some fun pictures and picked up some cool shells. If you click on the dock photo it will take you to my flickr page that has some of the photos :)

Great Cause, Good Friend...

is looking for some help.. she is looking for etsy/artfire donations to add to a basket that will be part of a silent auction, fund raiser for the local schools jerseys and other miscellaneous sports items they need. Check out her blog here ndn-chick. This is a great way to help out a good cause and get your shop name out there.. and it is fun :)

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