One of best things about blogging is discovering so many fun and beautiful blogs (so many creative ladies out there!)....reading encouraging posts, seeing how similar life is even when individual lives can be so different....and getting new recipes:)
My friend, Donna has been sharing pumpkin recipes this week. Did I mention pumpkin is one of my favorite foods?? She has several yummy ones here and I thought I would throw in my two sense...or one I would love to try. I found this recipe at a new blog I discovered this morning - such a nice site with an etsy shop and even a country store. It was here.
This looks similar to what my mom used to make and call dump cake. But Pumpkin Crunch Cake sounds so much tastier!:) I know this will remind me of her. Hope everyone has a yummy weekend.
Pumpkin Crunch Cake~
1 yellow cake mix
1 can pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup melted butter
whipped topping
Combine pumpkin, milk, egg, sugar,pumpkin pie spice, and salt in bowl. Pour into pan.
Sprinkle dry yellow cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle pecans over top. Drizzle melted butter over everything. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool completely and top with whipped topping.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
At Last........
THANKFUL THURSDAY....and just one week before the "big" Thankful Thursday!! A few blessings from this week for today, though.
**Thankful for my friend, Hannah, and her husband having Hubbie and I over for dinner Tuesday night. What an enjoyable evening - and the london broil on the grill was beyond yummy. I really don't cook alot of beef but Hubbie SO loves it and, yes, he had about three helpings...totally lovin' life at that meal!!
**Thankful for Donna who so helped me focus and organize my thoughts this week. She is such a sweet friend - and my brain is total mush lately?!?!?
And LAST, but not least....
**This is the LAST week we will be in our cozy apartment. If all stays on schedule, we go to settlement on Monday. Hurrah.
**Last night was the LAST time we will have to trek down to church (from the apartment) for the mid-week service. With our area's traffic, it is a LONG trip. Grrrr.
**Today is the LAST treatment in this latest round of maintenance treatments to keep my lymphoma "away"! Praying for clean scans in a few weeks.
Hope your day is blessed as well!!
**Thankful for my friend, Hannah, and her husband having Hubbie and I over for dinner Tuesday night. What an enjoyable evening - and the london broil on the grill was beyond yummy. I really don't cook alot of beef but Hubbie SO loves it and, yes, he had about three helpings...totally lovin' life at that meal!!
**Thankful for Donna who so helped me focus and organize my thoughts this week. She is such a sweet friend - and my brain is total mush lately?!?!?
And LAST, but not least....
**This is the LAST week we will be in our cozy apartment. If all stays on schedule, we go to settlement on Monday. Hurrah.
**Last night was the LAST time we will have to trek down to church (from the apartment) for the mid-week service. With our area's traffic, it is a LONG trip. Grrrr.
**Today is the LAST treatment in this latest round of maintenance treatments to keep my lymphoma "away"! Praying for clean scans in a few weeks.
Hope your day is blessed as well!!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
My Favorite Season is..........
Well...here it is Tuesday evening and I've almost forgotten to answer my own question. What a goof - on Tuesday mornings, I'm out the door earlier than most days for Bible study and, then, well the day gets away from me. I did like reading everyone's comments about the seasons - isn't God so good to give us all the different seasons?
I do like fall. I love: flannel sheets (and flannel jammies), the smell from fireplaces when I go out to walk the doggie (and how cute he looks in his little argyle sweater), all the yummy-flavored creamers that make me want to keep drinking coffee, and I like my fall/winter wardrobe so much better than my summer one.........but,
I have to admit, I LOVE spring the best!! The daffodils (and yellow forsythia) beat out even the beauty of fall leaves any day for me! Its no secret that I really don't like winter but knowing - because of God's great faithfulness - that spring is just around the corner helps me survive those long, too cold months. Spring totally renews me...emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Now...I just have to remind myself of that when winter digs in its heels all too soon around here!! Thanks for all your comments.
I do like fall. I love: flannel sheets (and flannel jammies), the smell from fireplaces when I go out to walk the doggie (and how cute he looks in his little argyle sweater), all the yummy-flavored creamers that make me want to keep drinking coffee, and I like my fall/winter wardrobe so much better than my summer one.........but,
I have to admit, I LOVE spring the best!! The daffodils (and yellow forsythia) beat out even the beauty of fall leaves any day for me! Its no secret that I really don't like winter but knowing - because of God's great faithfulness - that spring is just around the corner helps me survive those long, too cold months. Spring totally renews me...emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Now...I just have to remind myself of that when winter digs in its heels all too soon around here!! Thanks for all your comments.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Leaves or Daffodils
I was just curious...........I was reading my recent issue of Country Living magazine this weekend and came across this quote:
"Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils." - Cyril Connolly
So I was wondering...do you agree or disagree?? Not that I'm getting too deep...just which season is your favorite? I'll share mine tomorrow! Have a beautiful Monday:)
Friday, November 13, 2009
A thought to ponder over the weekend - hoping it is a great one for everyone.
The LORD hath done great things for us;
whereof we are glad.
Psalm 126:3
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Random Blessings This Week
Thankful Thursday.....and today I am thankful
*for sweet little Sarah's first birthday yesterday! She, her brother and sister and her mommy and daddy are among our dearest friends - and what a sweetheart she is!
*we finally have a settlement date for our new home....there could actually be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel!
*the group of 6-8 tiny birds that gather on our small balcony every morning - they are so pretty with their pale yellow heads (no I don't know my birds at all) and just remind me of God's faithfulness.
*we have over 20 ladies signed up for our first ladies' day trip at church (that, yes, I am organizing and so did not want it to be "a flop"...little faith, I know)
*my best friend is going to be a "Mimi" in just six days - baby Sophie is on her way - and now I won't be the only grandma among us:)
*my Precepts Bible study this semester - very intense and, yes, a bit more of a commitment than I had realized..but so rewarding and exciting - digging deep into the word on your own!
*that life is just plain good!!
*for sweet little Sarah's first birthday yesterday! She, her brother and sister and her mommy and daddy are among our dearest friends - and what a sweetheart she is!
*we finally have a settlement date for our new home....there could actually be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel!
*the group of 6-8 tiny birds that gather on our small balcony every morning - they are so pretty with their pale yellow heads (no I don't know my birds at all) and just remind me of God's faithfulness.
*we have over 20 ladies signed up for our first ladies' day trip at church (that, yes, I am organizing and so did not want it to be "a flop"...little faith, I know)
*my best friend is going to be a "Mimi" in just six days - baby Sophie is on her way - and now I won't be the only grandma among us:)
*my Precepts Bible study this semester - very intense and, yes, a bit more of a commitment than I had realized..but so rewarding and exciting - digging deep into the word on your own!
*that life is just plain good!!
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