the infamous pumpkin cream cheese roll fool.

Okay. So yesterday (Sunday) I gave my very first attempt to a pumpkin cream cheese roll. I was for sure nervous about it but so is everyone the first time. I also made Salisbury Steak and Red Garlic Mashed Potatoes but that's for another post. I figured the decadent p.cheese roll needed it's own post. (It's also my first time to take pictures of a project so give me a lil' slack) I kept saying to myself, "oh crap! i forgot to take a picture of that." Oh well. It's a work in progress. :) Oh and can't wait to tell you what happened with the gravy for the Salisbury steak. Let's just say, I had to change. So anyways.

Mixing all yummy ingredients for the pumpkin roll. It said to use a "jell-o roll" pan but we poor! and the cookie sheet worked just fine. and what.

This is my oh so tee-nine-ey kitchen. Messy. I had to do several dishes to have a place to cook and what not. (we also are ill-equipped in the dishwasher department, which is usually fine but not so much when i was spending five hours in the kitchen of pure cooking). so yeah. clean up!

Do you like my little helper/crumb catcher.

Messy pumpkin goodness. BTDUB: While we were at the store getting the supplies my dear ladyfriend thought baking powder and baking soda were the same thing. (learn something new everyday!)

First set of dishes!

I was a little sad that I didn't use ALL the pumpkin. (then i thought, you only use so little pumpkin for a pumpkin cream cheese roll. then I realized, it's the clove and cinnamon that makes the pumpkin goodness, the really really good pumpkin goodness.) interesting.

So, the good thing about not having kids is that you totally get to lick the mixers and the bowl and the spoon!

The yummy filling. mmmm...cream cheese.

I also did not have a "cooling rack" so I set it on my awesome stand that I got for jen's baby shower. it's a rack. and it cooled. pretty much legit.

Then! I unrolled the pumpkin and smothered the inside with cream cheese goodness. so tasty too.

This is the roll first rolled up! I was oh so nervous it would crack. and it did. just a smidge. oh swell.

THEN! I wrapped it up and put it in the fridge for a while (like longer than an hour because I was cooking dinner)

As I unwrapped it I noticed my cracks had closed up and healed themselves! (much like when you pick a scab and the skin grows back.) yeah, just like that. ha!

Okay, not gonna lie. It was good. My ladyfriend feels it was a little chewy. Maybe that's from the cooling process... I'm not sure but I'm def. looking into perfecting this yummy (not so hard) roll. I'm going to try it again and see what happens.

Thanks for reading. <3>

k

i like, no love. DIY projects.

So, with the Holidays a-happening i thought well, i'd like to do something about the holidays this year. I've looked into making a pumpkin cream cheese roll (which i've heard can be difficult to do). So I will have to have a few trial runs for sure. I'd like to make "i'm thankful" cards to send out to some people that I just know in my heart i'm truly thankful that we're together in life. That some how, some way, at some time, we were together and i'd like to thankyou for that very moment for being there in that moment. Of course each person will have their very own personal note on why i'm thankful for them. these just have to be hand made. I'd also like to make yummy mini accorn snacks.

which i saw at http://www.joyshope.com/search?updated-max=2010-10-12T09%3A10%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=5

yummy mini accorn snacks:
you need---> mini vanilla wafers. hershey's kisses. and nutella.




































I think these will be perrrrfect for goodies at thanksgiving when me and the misses have to travel around the metroplex for thankgiving. We're going to be two stuffed birds i'll tell you right now! :)
I've been looking at christmas cards and christmas ornaments too! i know i know. i don't even know if i'm going to have a tree. (just now idea: i could make a makeshift tree!)...we'll see where that goes. but anyways. been looking at poppytalk. great little blog that features pigeon toe ceramics, and ray dunn (who is awesome), paloma's nest, hodgepodge, mb art studio, etc. etc...and lots of etsy stuff. which i adore etsy. who doesn't!?!


i've got to do some school work. i've got a monthish left and i'm peein in my panties i'm so excited/nervous/anxious. I hope i pass everything this semester. keep your fingers crossed and you peepers peeped! (actually i don't think you need to keep your "peepers peeped") now i'm thinking about peeps. i don't like peeps. but they're kind of cute and enticing. it's the bright colors and sparkly sugar. fo sho.

So. that's it. Lucille is doing wonderful. such a sweet potato. except! i'm not going to get into details but! yesterday she totally pee'd on a piece of furniture that someone was sitting on and managed to get all over them. not naming names but they were very mad and before that they were totally having a good day and then that happened and then i came home to a grump-o-potomus. but for real. i'll never tell who it was.












love, k

Happy Hump Day

I've been busy with lots of schooling and lots of working. and lots of lucy-ing and lots of ashley-ing. The other day I was cleaning the apartment because I can't be any kind of productive in a filthy house. I can sit in a filthy house. I can watch tv in a filthy house. I can sleep (somewhat) in a filthy house but I can't really read, work, study, etc. in a filthy house. Maybe it's because I'd rather clean and organize than study...but I think it's more of, "how can I organize my thoughts if I can't organize my space." well, anyways... I was sweeping the floor and luckily Lucille was tired enough that she wasn't trying to chase the broom, or my feet for that matter. She tuckered out on her soon to be too small bed. I thought I'd quitely take a few pictures, or eighty...well just as many as I could until she was completely annoyed and walked away. Just thought I'd pop in to say hello. hello. By the way, Lucille is extremely smelly and she is SOOOO getting a bath today. Have a happy wednesday.