cake pops- addendum

OK- so I pretty much have problems with the whole getting my hands dirty. No really, I avoid it at all costs. I approach pretty much any "finger food" with the two finger approach, only using the 2nd hand when absolutely necessary. I don't know why- I just do. And (as most of the Egbert's I'm sure have learned by now) I ALWAYS have to have a napkin- I also do not know why but it's like my security blanket- JUST in case my fingers get dirty.

Any who- I have made cake pops twice now and both times I have just dug right in and used my hands. Yes- it works. But I am also wondering if any one else knows of a different method? I just use my hands to mix them all up and then form them together.

I was pretty much hating it the entire time- yes they are good and yes it's worth it in the end.

BUT- there has got to be another way!

cake pops and plastic totes

Its another exciting evening in the Egbert house.....

Making cake pops for a bridal shower tomorrow

and thinking about packing more totes

I am starting to get to the point where I just want to throw everything into s stupid box

BUT- I am determined to be organized and not be kicking myself once we move

Honestly, I am starting to get REAL tired of it. I don't think that it has really been till like this week that I have really started to get tired of the boxes- I mean that pile has been in there since NOVEMBER. For real.

But for the sake of my OCD I will continue to sort, clean and pack my totes.

13 more days.....

I keep getting more and more excited to move which I am glad because I was worried that at this point is when the like depression would kick in- thank goodness it's summer or else I don't know how I would feel about it if it was dreary winter.

In the end it is still pretty sucky though, I keep seeing all these people buying houses or looking around for new houses and THAT makes me a little bummed- seeing we had/have a perfectly great house......

I haven't really gone into the details too much around here (mostly because I don't think that Chris would be very happy with it, because it....sucks) but I kind of feel like who cares anymore you know? Crap happens AND it wasn't our fault.

Wrong place at the wrong time.

Wrong industry to have a job in at the wrong time.

Bad timing.

BAD economy.

BAD.BAD.BAD.

Just bad all around.....

Sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't.

But you know, despite the fact that after 3 1/2 years of fighting and giving up (nearly) everything we have for a house (a THING) that we really could/can live without.

I literally cannot imagine life without these experiences.

Someone once told me-

"most people say Trials Build Character- but thats really not how it goes-

Trials actually REVEAL the character that we didn't know we had"

That has really stuck with me.

As many times as we wanted to give up and stop fighting we really didn't.

I would never go back and change the past, I never would trade it for anything. It's been hard, DON'T get me wrong- but I am happy for what we have become together and all the many experiences we have gained from this.

It will take along time for us for this to finally be all behind us and I honestly can't imagine life without that added stress.

Most importantly I take away from all of this-

I have learned everything that I can live my life without and finally learned what was most important to me- and what I really needed.

the buzzer is ringing- time to cake pop it up.....

4th

I will start by saying

I AM AWFUL AT TAKING PICTURES

I think it stems from the fact that my (wonderful) husband

has a seriously inability to take a "decent" picture

We had a good 4th (5th) though! Chris was able to get the day off which was great!

We did the usual parade with the Wisemans- which is always fun! Even though I must say this year- the parade- not so great. But we still had fun!

The 4th was also Zira's birthday!

Oh our little Dilly is getting so old- 4 years now!

I cannot believe that we have had her that long now!

Happy Birthday Dilly

Little Zira in our first apartment- 6 months old!

How cute! I miss this little puppy!

speaking of......

speaking of goodies

I just found this recipe

I am a sucker for cupcakes

I think I will try these out next week

S'mores Cupcakes

cake pops

My sister in law introduced me to these

I am in the process of making my first ones right now

I got my recipe from this site-

which is now one of my favorites

for all sorts of great goodies!

I am using Devils Food Cake mix

and Cream Cheese frosting

and dip in chocolate

Yummy!

lonely little blog

I feel like our blog is probably pretty lonely. Some people may stop by and see it but for the most part its pretty quiet around here. Thats just how we are I guess. The last while has been challenging and we haven't had a lot of time to socialize with old friends and unfortunately some of them have probably gone. Truth be told I think we've just been waiting and time keeps passing by. I am feeling better and better as the move approaches and this beautiful house that we have lived in (enjoyed MOST of the time) has been such an incredible learning experience. I will share have to share the story another time as it is quite long and I know many of you do not know the details but I am sure many could guess just by reading back a while.

So for those of you who visit thanks! let us know so we can come visit you :)

3 weeks

in 3 weeks from now

we will be moving

I am really getting excited now

and I am ready for the next chapter