Its the little things......

That put a smile on my face....

And today I thought I'd share some with you.....

This morning I was at work. bummed out because of the rain and the fact that I had to work the Saturday clinic. Then one of our Infusion patients came up to me with a basket and said that he was working for the Easter Bunny. And he handed me a Reese's easter egg. Usually people come into the office grumpy and waiting to start a fight or yell at someone, so this came to me as a surprise. It made me so happy and I could not thank him enough.

[Not to mention that the Reese's egg is my most favorite candy of all time]

Then out of nowhere I got a text from a co-worker who just had a little baby boy, Benny. I made a little onesie for her shower, and she sent me a picture of him wearing it. And oh boy is he adorable! I added a neck tie to it and a name tag that says, "mr. chavez" He looks so professional!

So lately my husband and I haven't been able to spend much time together. He works full time on the ambulance, part time construction, on the Fire Department, and he goes to school. He's a busy busy man. But lately I've been discouraged because I just want to go out and do something with him. So when I got home from work today I got a phone call from him and he told me that he had a mission for me. He told me to find a venue downtown and we will go see a show tonight. I was so excited! This means we get to take the train into the city, walk around downtown and see some good live music. And best of all, its just us......spending some time together.

This makes me smile. :)

What makes you smile?

So my brother is the biggest music buff anyone has ever met. But the other day he took me by surprise by showing me this song. He said he had it on his ipod while he was walking to his friends, and he just stopped, looked around at the sky and the trees and realized how powerful this song is. He felt invincible. Sounds corny, but blast this tune, and let me know how it makes you feel. You may have herd it too, I think its in a few movies. but none the less its pretty sweet.

Have a magical day everyone :)

i Loves me some ice cream :)

I love it plain

I love it colorful

I love it in dot form

I love it jam packed with toppings

I love it all sprinkly

I love it when it s beautiful

And I love it even when its a cupcake but looks like ice cream.....

[images via weheartit.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmm...............................

So I pretty much love ice cream.

Has anyone ever heard of "The Creamery" ? I don't know if its just a Chicago thing, but they have the most amazing 'brownie delight' ohhhh geezzz.

you should probably try it.

My favorite flavor: cookie dough <3

I was sitting out side tonight and this beautiful weather got me thinking about summer and ice cream.

Whats your favorite flavor?

Bonfire and the wizard......

and guess who forgot the s'mores?

Yes, everyone can blame me......but I think I was most upset

what could be better that a toasty mellow

smuched between cinnamon grahams and a hunk of chocolate, or 2...

So before you judge me......we did have the bonfire in our driveway

but let me explain...............

the grass in the backyard was damp and whatnot

and to be honest, the backyard is just not my style.

I feel free in the front...........

that is all :)

So it is here that the story begins..................................

One chilly evening, a long time ago (last saturday)a few friends came together for a bonfire. It was to be a night of friends, s'mores, fire, and bon. (bon?.... yes bon)

[minus the s'mores]

As we were all getting ready to sit aside the fire, a bum came near and started dancing around our fire. He called himself Moth Man.

While some of our friends debated on stopping the moth man, the rest of us watched in amusement.

He danced and chanted to himself until some of our friends decided to join him.

Together they sang and danced with the fire.

After their dancing grew scarce, I noticed that the Moth man had

a wand in his hand [a pretzel rod]

The next thing I new he was in the air hovering over the fire with the wand [pretzel rod] in his hand

and next thing you know, all of my friends could fly.......

Then the moth man left and we went on with our fire........

(thats it?) Yea thats all

(wow, this girl is a terrible story maker-upper)

I completely agree

we kids in Thornton are pretty classy, we burn leftover dressers that have remained on the side of our house for a few months.

My beautiful sister.....

And our fire safety for the night.... :)

OOOooo poor moth man...

Who doesn't love bonfires? or am I just a pyro.....

T-shirt Quilt

So I forgot to post about the quilt I finished for the fundraiser I had last weekend. I had 2 days to make it but it came out great. Although, I realized as I was making it that every time I make a t-shirt quilt I get very frustrated. I am a perfectionist most of the time and if I've learned anything its that a quilt can never be 'perfect'. [at least with me] So anything that it the tiniest bit "off" frustrates me. However, the end result is always rewarding and makes you feel good. :) This one was for a dear friend that lost her son 1 year ago. They have had a fundraiser for him since he was 1 and every year after. This year was the 20th anniversary and they wanted to do something for the special man that makes the fundraiser possible every year. So this quilt had every T-shirt from the 'Tourney for Tommy' on it from the past 20 years, including this year.

I made the quilt into a wall hanging so he can hang it in his office, and since I was told he does not have that much room, I left out the sashing in the middle so it wouldn't be so big. I think it turned out pretty good.

The woman and girl holding the quilt, that is Tommys mom, my great friend Kathy, and her daughter Mora. This fundraiser is amazing, and whats great about it is that after Tommy passed, they decided to keep going on with it and each year they give all the money to a family that needs it. It truely is a blessing. As well as a good time!

Me and Kathy

Everyone having a good time :)

dang....................my husband is hot, just sayin...haha

p.s I am a bargain junkie. That means I like to save money and refuse to pay more than I should for anything! [what I just said was a partial lie] but anyway for the most part. This whole outfit coast me $40 including the shoes! what!!? yes.

I looked for a pair of brown boots for 3 months and refused to buy them until they cost what I wanted them to cost! ha-ha. and then one day, I found them in a corner at forever 21, just hanging out all alone, looking fabulous with the $7.99 price tag.

I quickly ripped them out of the corner, said "sweet" fairly loud and ran to the register.

Now I know they are not the most quality made boots but its not like i run marathons in them. so I was pretty excited and even the cashier was jealous that she didn't see them.

Anyway, I have to cut this short. I begged my Hubbs for a treadmill for the past 5 months, so now every day that I skip using it he give me the, "did I just waste $500 look?" So i should probably get on that.

Have a good night Lovelies!

Steph

Simply amazing...

Please watch this ...

This would Look amazing......

In my living room.........................................

Oh geez... I need this.

Cupcake Day :0

Wooaah there kids, I appologize for my absence!....

I've been busy cleaning my house, keeping up on the laundry, cooking dinner for my husband, eating fresh healthy foods, running 3 miles every day, baking casseroles and cookies for the neighbors, and tending my garden.

Thats a lie

I have done nothing of the sort

But I did have cupcake day at work yesterday ;)

It was amazing as always, and you know how I know it was successful?

I walked in the side door to my office at 8am and walked out the same door at 5pm

2 pounds heavier.

Sweet

Anywho I thought I would share with you some of the lovely cupcakes that did this to me..

Monday night I went home to have a bake night with my mommy :)

[she is amazing]

This is what we made

I came across this picture on flickr and thought they were oh so cute! So we decided to something a bit similar.

We baked yellow cupcakes

Colored a can of vanilla icing with blue food coloring and spread it on

Then we put shredded coconut into a zip lock bag

added some blue food color

[shake shake shake]

Plop that on top of the blue icing

Next we took a large knife and made a slit in the cupcake and shoved in (nicely)

a Famous Amos, lil cutie, Cookie

Next we added a dollop of white icing for the eyes and topped off with a chocolate chip!

And then you are left with the cutest little cupcake in the world. Ahhh I love them!

Next we tried this S'mores recipe my mom got from someone at work. If you think you love this recipe let me know and I will scan it and send it to you. Otherwise It is too long to type and I am just that lazy :)

You start out with gram cracker crumbs at the bottom of your cupcake tin.

Add a layer of chocolate chips

Then add a layer of cake batter

[Bake]

The topping is a meringue so once it is hard enough we globbed it on top of the cupcake until it looked cute.

If you are a pyro like me you will love the next part.

Find a blow torch

The top is supposed to act as the marshmallow so they need to be toasted right?

mmmmm hmmmmmm

Brown those suckers......

So if you think they look beautiful, you should taste them, omg.

Dont tell anyone but I ate two of these yesterday. or three. whatever same thing.

And here are some of my co-workers lovelies.

Who would have thunk that a cupcake could

make an Infectious Disease office look so beautiful. lol

Red Velvet

Angel Food cake, Raspberry, and german chocalate, and yellow cupcakes.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

My lovelies

I made some pretty cupcake garland so it would feel like cupcake heaven.

It still felt like work

But it was pretty anyway

I look like a 12 year old who needs a nap

[I was up late baking, leave me alone]

Happy Cupcakes Lovelies!!!!!!!!!!

-Steph