Pinterest Attempts #5 and #6 - Sliders and Crab Stuffed Avocados

In my forever quest to have something different for dinner, I have tried out two of my Pinterest pins. First up Easy Cheesburger Sliders. I figured this was a quick easy dinner and who the heck doesn't like sliders?

 

They were pretty good if I do say so myself. Next up is Crab Stuffed Baked Avocados. Now I thought with the amount of guacamole William eats this one would go over pretty well. Not really, apparently actually eating an avocado is not the same as eating gobs and gobs of guacamole.

There you have it, my latest attempts at trying something new for dinner.

William's 15th Birthday

Happy Birthday, William!

No school today for William. As a special treat for his birthday, Pat let him stay home so the two of them could have some FUN! The day started with a breakfast burrito, and moved on to game time at Dave&Buster's. Dinner was at Joe's CrabShack, William's all time favorite place for his birthday dinner. Not only does he LOVE crab legs, he has become quite fond of garlic mussels. 

 

After dinner it was home for the "special" cake/bars that I made for him with this recipe from Pinterest. William is quite the fan of cotton candy flavored anything, so when I saw that I knew it would be a hit. Okay again mine don't look like that, I never claimed to be a great cook and/or photographer and clearly I am lacking in both areas, but William LOVE LOVE LOVED the Cotton Candy Birthday Bars and that is all that matters.

I can't believe my baby is 15 years old and look at him almost as tall as me. How does this happen right before my eyes? He is such a smart, funny, loveable young man. I wish you the happiest of days to come, keep smiling and keep making us laugh! Love you forever, mom

Pinterest #3 - How to make a Blog Header

I am giving credit here to Pinterest for this one. I did find this tutorial on Pinterest, I had seen it before in my blog browsing but never marked it and had lost it. I am no computer techno geek, as we all know, however, I was able to follow the instructions and make my new blog header. It had been driving me crazy, as in out of my mind crazy, that my header was not as wide as my blog, but I had no clue how to fix it. The tutorial is super easy to follow, after all I managed to do it and I might say in the span of only 3 hours. WOW more pathetic than I thought. Granted it is not the best or most professional of headers, however, for now it is better than what I had and with some playing around, I may be able to change my headers more frequently. But for today enjoy the photos from Sedona in the springtime.

Pinterest #2 - Creamsicle

Last January Mary Lou, Anne and John were out here for a week, and when they went home, I was left with this HUGE bottle of Whipped Cream Vodka. It is a very sweet Vodka and I didn't give it much thought, threw it in the freezer for another day. Well another day just came and thanks to Pinterest, and my endless pinning I found this recipe for a Creamsicle. I can pretty much attest that it tastes just like a creamsicle from the hot summer days of my youth. My drink doesn't look as good as the one pinned (I think she used photoshop) and I may not have added Sprite, but it sure tasted good. You can take my word on that or you can make your own!

Pinterest #1 Mac & Cheese Muffins

I along with half the world have been spending too much time "pinning".  Pinterest is a most addictive site that allows you to create boards of anything you see anywhere on the web. Literally anything you see - food, drinks, clothing, housing, pets, vacations, photos.....the list is limited only by your imagination. It is seriously addicting, before you know it you have spent hours finding meals and crafts and decorating ideas and who knows what else all in the alleged hope of someday doing some of it......any of it. With my new found "free" time I have decided to start documenting when I make and/or do something that I have found on Pinterest.  Here is number 1:  Mac & Cheese Muffins

They have all my required food groups: cheese, pasta, spinach. They were quick and relatively easy to make.

You can be a total teen and eat it like a muffin cause it was called a Mac & Cheese Muffin......or

be a lady and use a fork. Doesn't matter how you eat it just eat it. 

P.S. they reheated well in the microwave!