Cascarones

Living in Houston for 3 years I had always heard of cascarones but I never had made them! 

We bought them at the grocery store last year and had a lot of fun with my family over Easter weekend 2019! 

This year I tried making my own and I had everything I needed to make from home! 

Eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and tissue paper or construction paper to make 

homemade eco-friendly confetti!

I was also able to use all the innards of the eggs for all the recipes I made throughout the week... 

...chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, carrot cake, dog treats and dog cake. I learned that 1 egg is 1/4 of a cup- so when I measured out eggs it was easy! 

Cant wait to post photos of my crushing the egg on Ryans head! :)

Enjoy the tutorial! 

BLT's

Its really fun to make recipes from ingredients from other recipes!

 I had milk in the fridge from making ranch (with Ryans wings last night, and the carrot cake) and I had bacon in the fridge from our chicken alfredo pizza! 

So I thought....Sunday lunch...lets have BLT's!

I followed this recipe and I followed the order that was listed.

2 pound loaf of bread

1 cup lukewarm water

1/3 cup luke warm milk

3 Tablespoons butter

3 3/4 bread flour- I use King Arthur

3 Tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 active yeast

Hubby cutting the fresh warm bread! I LOVE the way my house smells when I bake bread!

Can't wait until our garden will produce lettuce and tomatoes! For now these are store bought!

Puppies looking for a dropping!

Now we have fresh bread for the week and Ryan can make his Peanut Butter and Jellies for lunch! 

Tulips!

This is the first year I grew Tulips inside!! 

It was so EASY!!! ...and this is coming from the person that has killed bamboo, mint and cactus... seriously... I think I overwater and over love!

I even took a couple to school and my students helped me with them. 

Those came home 2 weeks ago and sat in the window with my home tulips!

 I LOVE tulips!!!

I love this setup!!

We got these table mats on clearance from 

Bed Bath and Beyond and I absolutely love how refreshing they look!!

Sunday dinner has never been more beautiful!

I can't wait until my tulips outside start to bloom! We will definitely plant more for next year! If I could just have a front yard of tulips and not grass I would love that! 

Teaching from home...

Wow, what a change our society and world is going through. I am now an online teacher. What's really nice about our school is we still get to meet with our kids daily on Zoom! 

Its so nice to see all their faces! Makes my teacher heart sad that I am no longer in the front of the classroom, greeting them each morning and seeing their smiles! 

I miss my kids. I miss their hugs. I miss my school.

Here are some pictures of my lovely co-workers living their best life un-kenneled and being let out 17 times a day!

My puppies know when I am sad, at wits end, or need to cry..... I would love to bring my puppies to work with me. 

They definitely bring so much comfort and calm me. They are the real rock stars here!

 I gave in and bought myself computer glasses. They protect my eyes from the blue light that the computer gives. I am now on my computer from 7:30am - 3:45pm (with a lunch break of course) I found myself that first week feeling lethargic and always on the verge of a headache. I had one last Tuesday that caused nausea and caused me to throw up. I have not had any of those episodes since getting these glasses. They help so much. 

My animals loving me being home! I have had Mushu on my shoulder a couple of times, although he is gaining more courage and traveling more!

My new classroom!

I took a half day to plan out all the standards I had yet still to teach. 

I teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade and I have the document with all the standards left to teach but it was nice to have a visual and every window in our house has paper in it! 

Poor hubby- he only has one window to watch the birds! 

 I am trying to make it fun for my students. They give me responses on FlipGrid, and when I give responses back I have a sequin jacket, heart sunglasses and a rose gold microphone! Anything to help them smile and look forward to checking in!!!!

Yes....some days I am business on top and casual on bottom. Not all days because I am starting to stand when I teach...but some days yoga pants are needed!!

Oscar hopped on the bench with me...such a sweetheart!

Necessary Zoom calls with the staff that I miss!

I will never take for granted eating lunch with them again!!!

This is Jennys last year teaching... I may have to con her into coming up to Legacy next year for one last lunch with us! These ladies are SO AWESOME!

-Sunshine

Homemade Bread and Baked Goods

Another pizza!

We like Italian Fridays!

So I tried to make....

Chicken Alfredo Pizza 

with broccoli and bacon!

(When I make pizza I bake the crust for 10 minutes first!)

I couldn't sleep one night, so started cleaning, then I thought... I think I have carrots in the fridge that need to go... I should try and make carrot cake!! This is the first time I have attempted this!! So at 2am I was chopping carrots and watch Survivor!!

Carrot Cake

 The pictures shown are the next day...when the cakes had cooled and I made frosting!

I then wanted to attempt making my own hotdog and hamburger buns! Ryan told me that one of his favorite meals at school growing up was chicken patty day, so I picked some chicken patties up from ALDI and make some homemade buns to go along with them!

Homemade Buns 

(In the bread machine)

 and with the same dough I made hotdog buns which we ate with loaded deer brats!

 I am loving baking and cooking and trying new recipes with my bread machine!!!

Happy Adoption Day Rosie!

I got Rosie 5 years ago April 3...

I went to the Humane Society (for the 4th time since December) and I was looking for a blonde/golden haired male dog that I wanted to name Whitman- I will still have a Whit one day- and this girl called out to me. She was found on the streets near 69th and Blondo on Wednesday April 1, she was taken in - spayed and given all her shots and was on the floor Friday around 1pm.

We had just gotten out of professional development in Bennington and I didn't want to go home, it was Good Friday, it was the first Easter without my brother- who passed away the previous September and all my friends were out of town for the weekend. 

I wanted to go anywhere but my lonely apartment. 

So I went to the Humane Society and found the love of my life, the complete opposite of what I wanted to adopt. 

...but she spoke to me. We were both lonely souls that had a hole to fill. 

she. rescued. me.

The picture of her in the passenger seat of my car is my FAVORITE picture of her. She looks so joyful, she didn't know what spoiled life was ahead of her. She because my world!! I bake for her, I paint her nails, and I always make sure she has a scarf and pearls on. She takes really good care of me and I love her so much! 

So this anniversary is something that I always celebrate! This year I made her dog treats and a cake!

Here is the tutorial that I made for the dog treats!

 And here is the recipe that I used for the cake!

Here is the tutorial I posted!

...and I used the homemade dog treats to decorate the cake!

Heres to Rosie!