Attempting to be a Super Mom

I don't have much time this morning, but I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!  

This turned out so wonderful that I wish I could take full credit for it, but sadly, I can't.  The original recipe came from  Taste Of Home .  I made a few changes so I'll type up what I did and if you want the original, you have the link to that too. Lemon Custard Pie Crust I made a graham cracker crust, because I'm not a fan of regular pie crust. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup graham crackers crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, melted Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all the ingredients together and then press into the bottom of a spring form pan. Bake in the oven for about 8 minutes or until golden brown. Custard Filling Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp butter, softened 2 eggs, separated 1 cup milk 3 tbsp flour 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 cup lemon juice Directions: In a large bowl, beat together the sugar and butter.  Add the egg yolks in, one at a time, letting it mix well between each yolk.  Add the milk, flour and salt.  Mi...

The weather in my neck of the woods: It's 49 degrees right now.  I think it's going to get up into the 60s today, but also supposed to rain all day. Things that make me happy:   Daylight Savings Time ending Book I'm reading:   Cleaving by Julie Powell What's on my TV today:   I have no idea, maybe last weeks Grimm and Once Upon A Time. On the menu for dinner: I believe we are going out to a family birthday dinner  at Cinzetti's On my To Do List: Laundry Bed making Dishes Vacuuming New Recipe I tried or want to try soon: My husband is always on Reddit and he recently found their food subreddit so he has been sending me all sorts of things he wants to try.  I think he wants me to make this tomorrow:  For The Love of Cooking - Pumpkin cookies with cinnamon icing In the craft basket: I'm about to start a wall cross stitch project for the kids room and play room. Looking forward to this week: Hopefully getting our schedule worked out s...

The weather in my neck of the woods: Right now it's 58 degrees but it's supposed to warm up to 72 today. Things that make me happy:   When my kids get along. Book I'm reading:   Cleaving by Julie Powell What's on my TV today:   Hopefully some fun Halloween stuff. On the menu for dinner: Chili and crackers. On my To Do List: Fold and put away laundry Make beds Trick or treating Some Halloween crafts New Recipe I tried or want to try soon: I'm not really sure.  I have seen a lot I'm really interested in trying, just can't think of them off the top of my head. In the craft basket: Something Halloweeny today for the kids, but nothing for me yet... Looking forward to this week: Trick or treating tonight, and maybe some baking this week. Tips and Tricks:   I can't think of anything off the top of my head again today. My favorite blog post this week:  Didn't get much reading done yet...  I'll catch up soon. No words needed (fa...

I got this recipe, as I mentioned in the last post, from  Full Bellies Make Happy Kids - Iced Pumpkin Cookies .  We've been all excited about baking in this house lately, especially anything pumpkin, so I knew I had to give them a try.  They came out so soft and fluffy, like cake more than cookies.  They didn't last two full days in our house. Iced Pumpkin Cookies Cookies Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp allspice 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup pumpkin 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract Icing Ingredients: 2 cups powdered sugar 3 tbsp milk 1 tbsp melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions: Preheat the oven to 350. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.  Add the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla.  Beat ...

How is it possible that the time throughout the day seems to move so fast, yet the overall time (weeks, months, etc) seems to be dragging along?  I feel like there is not enough time in a day to get everything we want done.  Maybe I'm not budgeting my time wisely, but I feel like the minutes and hours just fly by and at the end of the day I'm left thinking Why didn't I get this done?   On the other side of the coin, I'm not a patient person.  I wish I could be, but I'm not.  This pregnancy is driving me nuts.  I thought that with 2 small children already, time would fly by.  That's not the case.  I find myself anxiously awaiting February.  I'm probably crazy, but I can't help but be excited. Ok, now onto what's new... Last Thursday started as a pretty normal day for us.  We were completely out of food in the house so we planned on going grocery shopping as a family as soon as Shawn got home from work.  The weather here has been a...

Tonight, we tried another recipe from Full Bellies Make Happy Kids.  You can find her recipe at  Full Bellies Make Happy Kids - Creamy Taco Pasta Bake .  I altered it, just a tiny bit to fit what we had here and it was a total success. Creamy Taco Pasta Bake Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef 1 can rotel, undrained 1 packet taco seasoning 1 brick of cream cheese (8 oz) 1 lb penne or any other pasta you choose shredded mozzarella cheese (I used about a big handful) provolone cheese slices Directions: Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package. Brown the ground beef.  When done, drain add the taco seasoning and rotel.  Stir well and let simmer for about 2 minutes. Add the cream cheese and stir constantly until it's all melted.  It helps to cut the cream cheese into small cubes. Add the cooked pasta and about 1 cup of the pasta water.  Mix well and add the mozzarella cheese. Preheat the oven to 450. Put the pasta ham...