I made this

amazing cast iron skillet apple pie this afternoon! It is insanely good! I don't seem to ever be able to post links correctly, but it is from Southern Living and worth looking up! I also have 2 more apple recipes from the current issue I am looking forward to making, hopefully sooner rather than later :)

Dinner tonight

Was Cobb Pasta Toss

This was a RR recipe, definately not the best but not the worst one either. Of course I am not a big fan of blue cheese or avacodo,so if you like those then you may enjoy this more than I did.

And for dessert, Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate chip pie!! This is crazy good and I will be making it on a regular basis I am sure! So no pic of the pie...

Starting school

I can't believe, or maybe I just don't want to believe that my sweet baby boy is old enough to be going to kindergarten! He actually started Thurs, but now doesn't go back until Weds(31st). I think this is kinda stupid, but I don't have a choice in the matter so oh well.

A week of cakes

So, the cake business seems to finally be picking up a little, however, they seem to be in clusters. I had 4 cakes over the last 5 days! Everyone has been really happy with them and I am hoping they will help spread my name and get some orders from people I don't actually know.

They were having a pot luck dinner for someone's birthday at work last week, so Robert offered to bring the cake of course so this is what I chose for that one. He said it was a huge hit and lots of people asked for business cards, so HOPEFULLY this will bring in some orders!



This one was a 5 yro Birthday. She was very sweet and very excited about it when I delivered it :)






This one was for a friend's mom who was turning 50.


This one was for a guy who works at the Chevy dealership and is leaving to take over a Toyota dealership.

Last weeks good mail

I just love getting good mail! :)

My Dad is awesome!

So I have been mowning and growning again about needing to loose weight and really tiring to get Robert to commit to making an effort too. My Dad and his wife have been dieting most of the summer and he has lost 25 lbs already! So to motivate us, he offered me $100 for every 10lbs I lose and $100 for every 20lbs Robert looses towards a cruise!! Needless to say, I am hoping this is the motivation we both need! I have lost 5 lbs in the past month, but 4 lbs I lost before he made the offer so they don't count towards my first 10 lbs, but still a lost is a lose!

Last pick of the season

The local farm me and the kids have been going to this summer closed last Sat :( It was horribly hot out already at 9am when we went to pick blueberries and peaches one last time and the kids quickly lost interest in picking. It also didn't help that we had to look for bushes that still had berries on them this late in the season.


They really enjoyed the peach picking, however, I ended up w/ a whole pile of peaches that weren't quite ripe yet and as they ripend, had lots of bruises from being handled and dropped by the kids. Oh, well, you live and you learn. I used most of them to make a homemade peach pie. The crust came out excellent! The pie, was just ok, I would much rather have apple pie :)