Kelli makes my belly jelly!

A looong time ago I mentioned having a great cook (and women) write a guest post about something we all love; food! Even though I don’t know Kelli all that well she is someone I look up to and respect; she’s a pastor’s wife, resilient, a lover of God, and great cake baker, and an all about lovely person. Over on her blog she posts very straight forward recipes she cooks for dinner (lucky husband); most of them I’ve never heard of but look tasty. When we were discussing what recipes she was going to give me she mentioned she was making an avocado pie soon….yeah….she’s brave! The dessert she picked is great for these hot Florida summers! Enjoy!

Mini Key Lime Pies with Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust

Ingredients:

¾ cup key lime juice (or regular lime juice)
4 egg yolks
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 stick butter, melted (plus some for greasing pans)
1 sleeve chocolate graham crackers
Crust:

Place one sleeve of graham crackers into food processor. Pulse until very finely ground. Pour in 1 stick of melted butter and pulse to combine. Brush two muffin tins with melted butter. Place 1 tablespoon full of mixture into each muffin cup and press to form crust. (It will not be all the way up the sides.)

Filling:

In a mixing bowl beat egg yolks until smooth. Add the sweetened condensed milk and lime juice. Mix together until creamy. Pour app. Two tablespoons mixture into muffin cups. (I used a large cookie scoop.) Bake at 325 degrees about 15 minutes, until filling is set. Refrigerate at least one hour.
Enjoy!

Top with your favorite whipped topping and enjoy!!

*For a lighter option try using fat free sweetened condensed milk. You won’t be able to tell the difference!

Perfect way to be thankful.

Obviously Eclipse is the only thing on my mind today but if you want a good read check this out:


http://chroniclesofamonster-in-law.blogspot.com/

One of my girlfriends at work seriously has the craziest mother in law of all time! Once she started telling me little stories here and there I practically begged she turn it into a blog so all of us with non-crazy mother in law’s can appreciate the little things in life. She is just starting out so there are limited post but I recommend following her because the stories are far from over! She is a super sweet girl and if you think she is being mean or exaggerating, nope, she is just telling it like it is (and chose to protect her identity so MIL doesn’t turn Ax murderer)!

Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family...

Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.    - Michael Scott


I have an exciting announcement to make that should make all of you very happy…..I’M PREGNANT
Just kidding, but this is just an exciting…..
…..Busyland is going to host our very first guest blogger! I don’t want to give away too much yet because she is still in the works of her post but I’ve already deemed her the Small Town Dessert (and Food) Diva of the South. She would probably cringe at the thought of being called a Diva but it has a nice ring so it’s sticking! Check back for her post in the next coming weeks and have a pen and paper ready.

Riddle me this, why do people do annoying things at work, particularly in an office environment? When I first saw the show The Office I didn’t really understand the concept and thought it was a little corny…..that’s until I started working in an office. It’s SCARY how true multiple scenes are from the show and even more scary how I can identify a Pam, Dwight, Jim, and even Michael in my office! Here is my rant about the office: why do people feel the need to talk loud? I HATE listening to every word someone’s says two cubes down. VOLUME DOWN. Why do people mail in documents with 10,000 STAPLES in the papers. Don’t you understand we scan all papers into our system and have to tediously pull out each of your staples; that INCLUDES the industrial, can-go-through-200-pages staples. Lastly, and most annoying, why do women come into the bathroom and go into the stall DIRECTLY next to yours when there are 4 other vacant stalls. Are you that serious about using “your” stall; now we can to sit 3 feet away from each other and I have to listen to you wipe! CAN I GET AN AMEN? O the joys of a 8am-5pm!
Our new favorite after Moses goes to bed activity (well second favorite….wink, wink, nudge, nudge) is Wii. I never really wanted a game system but we got it for Christmas and love it. Davy and his friends play often but I’ll get on there and take a few whacks at Tennis until I get angry I’m loosing, blurt out too many curse words, and throw my remote on the couch in defeat. We only have the game that came with Wii but looking into getting another. They are expensive so I want something that’s going to be fun for both of us and not get bored with after a few nights. Any suggestions? I was looking into Wii resort or Mario; any feedback on those games?