Friday, December 20, 2013

$75 Gift Certificate from 39DollarGlasses.com from A Spicy Boy, A Cat, and My Fat Ass


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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

December Kindle Fire HDX Giveaway (Ends 01/01/2014)

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  Sign up to sponsor the next Kindle Fire Giveaway: http://www.iamareader.com/category/kindle-giveaway-sign-ups   Giveaway Details 1 winner will receive their choice of an all new Kindle Fire 7" HDX (US Only - $229 value), $229 Amazon Gift Card or $229 in Paypal Cash (International). There is a second separate giveaway for bloggers who post this giveaway on their blog. See details in the rafflecopter on how to enter to win the 2nd Kindle Fire HDX 7". Ends 1/1/14 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and sponsored by the participating authors & bloggers. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.  a Rafflecopter giveaway

Holiday Kindle Fire HDX Giveaway (Ends Dec 18, 2013)

Holiday Kindle Fire Giveaway   Just in time for the HOLIDAYS - Win a Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash ($229 value)   This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT! Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HDX 7".
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Monday, December 2, 2013

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Kindle Fire HDX Giveaway (Ends Nov 30, 2013)

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Sponge Toffee - Try 2 and 3

Pictures to come!

Fail 1 and
Fail 2

Monday, November 11, 2013

Bread Yet Again

Another Bread Making Day

This time we added more salt and more sugar than indicated.

We did not get a better rise though
Time for a new recipe just to try to get a REGULAR sized bread


These did make great hot dog buns


Here's the bread, it's delicious.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Cherry Cheesecake - SUEPER Success


First Try at Cherry Cheese Cake! A success!


Prior to cooking (45 minutes at 350 F)


After Cooking


After Setting in Fridge for 4 hrs
Oops forgot to take a picture before serving some

Cherry Pie Filling


Enjoy!
Here was the recipe used (Right from the box)
Afterwards - added the pie filling when serving!

Everyone LOVED it!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Sponge Toffee - SUPER FAIL!!!


Pull out ingredients


Ready the pan for finished product

Next 8 pictures was the boiling process

Somewhere around here we smelt burnt sugar. *SIGH*

Guess the heat is too high.

The above 8 pictures were the BOIL process (prior to adding Baking Soda)

The next 4 pictures is after the baking soda and dumped into prepared pan

It grows

Continues growing

This was the evolution of the growing mixture


At this point we already tasted it on the spoon
AND
YUK!!! Burnt Sugar!!

Well, HADDA PLAY WITH IT! YOU KNOW!!
Since it is going to the garbage can anyways
Well, it looked great but was GROSS!
Will have to try again another day!
Good thing we HALVED the recipe!