Last Day

Well, today was my last day working in the rehab dept. :( I will miss everyone there, but I am so very excited about my new job!! We had my favorite for lunch...McAlister's, and I brought cupcakes as a thank you to everyone there for a good first "real" job experience! They gave me a key chain and a picture frame, too!

I made some Oreo cupcakes from a really great cupcake book...I can't remember the title, but it is really good! I don't completely follow the recipe anyway because it calls for sour cream and maybe some vanilla flavor.

You put half of an Oreo in the bottom of the cupcake liner...must have some cream filling on the cookie!

You crush some more oreos in a bag to put in the cake mix and then on the icing.

Add in 1 1/2 cups of crushed cookies. Save the rest for the topping!

Fold in the cookies.

Bake!

and let cool.

I also made strawberry cupcakes from PD's strawberry cake recipe.

The finished product! These are soooo good!!!

These were even better than the cake I made before (dad's bday cake)!! I want more! I kind of think these are better than MBS strawberry cupcakes and those are really really good!

Another Fun-Filled Weekend

This weekend started out with dinner and a movie with some friends from work. It was a fun night, but the movie was not what I expected. I had not read the book, so I guess I was out of the loop on what the end would be like. It wasn't bad, but not one I would go see again!

Saturday morning I headed to Memphis to meet a sweet friend from Hot Springs! She was my 11th grade disciple now leader and someone I have always looked up to. It was great catching up with her and just talking about life. :) We did some shopping, too! I found some more owls...don't judge! She even helped me spot a few! It was a short visit, so I am looking forward to another time we can get together with more of the H.S. girls!
After the shopping fun, I headed to my brother and SIL's for the football game. My parents decided they needed to tag along and made the trip later in the day for the game. Turned out to be an amazing win by the Tide as they rolled over Georgia!! It wouldn't be a Memphis trip without going to Muddy's, so while Susan and I were out and about, I picked up 5 crimson cupcakes for the game! Yummy!

This morning dad made some of his yummy waffles for breakfast before heading back home. I stayed longer to visit with the bro and take him to McAlister's...because it is his favorite place to eat. :) Ok, so it is my favorite, but he enjoys it, too!

Another weekend is almost over, and it will be back to the real world bright and early in the morning, but I have something to look forward to next weekend as I will be on the road again!
Hope everyone has a great week!

Dad's Birthday Weekend

Getting ready to make a wish!

Wish time!

We made a stop at MBS while in Memphis on Saturday.

Dad enjoying his birthday cupcake!

Mom enjoying her cupcake!

We also made a stop to see Ruby so she could give dad some birthday kisses! We met Jason and Jessica at Chili's for dinner and then headed home with dad's new GPS leading the way.

Go U.S.A.

The Olympics have been fun to watch once again! I have enjoyed watching my favorite, gymnastics, but have also enjoyed swimming and a few random others as I wait all night for them to replay gymnastics. I understand that when it is a live event, gymnastics will be on late, but when they are replaying it, why, why, why, does it have to come on after the men's gymnastics so very late and past my bedtime??? Also, scoring has been so inconsistent and if you have watched it, you know what I mean! So very frustrating, and I could go on and on about it...I will spare you all! Tonight is the beam finals, and because it has already happened, the results are posted on the top of my Internet home page...nice! It will be good, so get ready to watch it!!!

On a random note...I am in need of a cupcake from MBS in Memphis...ASAP!!