Deceptively Delicious Muffins

I got this book a while ago from Marshalls. So far it's a hit in our home. I have only used two of the recipes but they are delicious. And I can't help being inspired by the very cool retro look of the book.

The Applesauce Muffins are fantastic.

The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butternut squash. Which is great because I can not get Colin to eat anything that is orange. He loved sweet potato puree before but will have nothing to do with them now. I changed/substituted a few ingredients. I used Mayonnaise instead of an egg, I was out. Vanilla soy milk instead of nonfat milk and I added some vanilla extract. The muffins are super moist and really messy with the crumb topping. If you have a little one who is not that fond of veggies I highly recommend this book. We look forward to trying many more of the recipes.

Jelly Bath

Just a warning there is an up close picture of my toes in this post, please look past the toes and look at the jelly on them or if toes freak you out don’t look :)

I felt cruddy all day yesterday. I think my allergies are in overload. I thought I would take  a nice hot bath and soak up all the steam I could get and that just maybe it would help with the congestion in my head.

I had a box of Jelly Bath, from ages ago, so I thought I was really going to try and relax in there. I used the mint one, the color was great it made me feel like I was on a tropical beach somewhere. And the Jelly was fun. It really did help retain the heat  for a lot longer, the water was still hot when I got out.

And none of it sank to the bottom of the tub. It really is amazing stuff.  I highly recommend using it. Although, I did get board. Next time I will have to bring a neck pillow and perhaps a book. Apparently I am not that good at just sitting and relaxing.

Clean up was easy, the Jelly Bath comes with a dissolvent I just added it to the water after I got out and went and rinsed off in the shower and came back and drained the tub. I did have to rinse some of the remaining jelly bits out of the tub but they didn’t have any problems going down the drain.

Have a relaxing day.

xo,

E

Still here

It has been a lot longer then I thought it has been since my last post. I think my head has been stuck in a cloud, a dark gray confusing cloud. I haven't done much crafting, in fact I don't have any pictures of anything I have worked on. I think the only thing I have been working on is a cloth book for Colin. It's almost complete I just need to add binding to the pages and figure out how to bind the entire book together.
We have had lots of visitors and we ourselves have been out visiting family and friends. Other then visiting friends and family I have been occupying my time with reading. I haven't had the motivation or enthusiasm to craft. I read these two books which I would have to say are must reads:
you can find it here. Don't be alarmed and the size of the book it is well written and before you know it you have finished the book and are sad to see the end.
I bought my copy at Target but I am sure you can find just about anywhere. I could have read this in a day, if I had the time. I started the second book in the saga last night. I am hooked. I know this saga is really popular and I am getting a late start but it's nice I don't have to wait a year or more for the next book to come out. hehehe