Friday

feelin' scrappy~

It's raining cats and dogs out there ...
Can't do any yard work ...
I could do some housework ...
But I'd rather play around and do some scrapwork ...

This is my Great Niece, Summer ~ she is also one of my sister Cheryl's Grand Loves:


This is my daughter Sara and her fiancee Don ~ the one's getting married in August in our back yard:

The character peeking out from behind them is my son Sam.  I could have taken him out of the picture; but he's like our "Where's Waldo?" of the family and I just didn't have the heart to cut him out.  Sara will understand ... Don on the other hand???  Welcome to this whacky family!


I baked!  A homemade from scratch Buttermilk Chocolate Cake with a can of cheaters frosting, Betty's coconut pecan ~  sorry the pictures a little blurry...

I was drooling and holding the camera at the same time and taking the picture wasn't an easy task. lol  But I thought you'd enjoy seeing it Jack and Shirley ... especially you Jack.  I even wrote down the recipe as I was making it just in case you want to go out and get the ingredients and surprise Shirley with a cake.








Buttermilk Chocolate Cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease up a 9x13 cake pan.
In a pretty good sized bowl mix together: 

2 cups of sugar
3 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1/2 cup of cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Then add the wet ingredients:
1 cup of buttermilk
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Pour it into the cake pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked into the center. COOL>> FROST AND ENJOY!!

Until next time...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel

9 comments:

  1. I love the poem that you put on our scrapbook page for Sara and her fiance. I have been looking for a poem for Justin & Kristy's wedding card and I think that I just found it!!

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  2. RE: Cindy
    They are from the lyrics of the song Strong Enough To Bend by Tanya Tucker

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  3. Yes, that is a perfect wedding poem.

    Enjoy your "day off"!

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  4. Mel, you have no idea how true that might be about "another Phoebe?" We make up songs all the time with the kids and some of them sound a lot like the "Smelly Cat" song. ROFL Great job scrapping those pages! Love ya!

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  5. I am going to keep this one Mel. It looks delicious!

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  6. wet days make for baking fine treats., like the cookies making our house smell so CHO-CO-LATE!!!
    Love the scrapbook pages....
    So, do Sara and Don HAVE a SONG?
    Strong Enough To Bend has always reminded me of our folks.
    Blessya

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  7. To be honest, Sherry got here first! Guess what? Mel has chocolate again. NOthing gets by her. I must admit, when I saw the title I first thought it said, "Feeling Crappy", I said oh, no she is at it again!

    I can bend a little, you can salvage chocolate if you include enough coconut and pecans.(LOL)

    YOu know, I love that poem, because it is so true.
    God Bless you all up there.
    LOve from NC
    Jack & Sherrty

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  8. What beautiful scrapbook pages. That's one of the few crafts I've never tried.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I love having my plants in pots. Moving them around is like moving furniture in the house, makes everything look new and different.

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