Super Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

I haven't had a whole lot of time to blog this last week. Besides "normal, everyday" life, I was out of town with family and have now begun painting and redoing my kitchen.

For the Fourth of July, my husband (Brett) and son (Caden) and I, Brett's sister and her husband and daughter, and Brett's brother and his girlfriend all joined his parents for an overnight stay at the beach that is about an hour and half from where we live. We left Saturday morning and met them at a park on the island; we played games and grilled out til check-in time at the condo. We all took different foods (meat to grill, bread, condiments, chips, desserts, and drinks) to share. I made some brownies, cupcakes, and cookies. The cupcakes, I'll probably blog about later so that I can tell all of you about my new--and, yes, awesome!--cupcake carrier! =) Anyway, these cookies were THE easiest batch of homemade cookies I've ever made! The recipe called for a total of three ingredients!!

Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Mix all ingredients together. Shape into balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until done.

These pictures are actually of the very first batch that I made (before our beach trip for a going away party). I'll admit that I was doubtful with only those three ingredients--no flour or baking soda, no butter, nothing else. But I was pleasantly surprised! For the second batch, I pressed a chocolate Hershey's Kiss into the center of each cookie right when I took the pan out of the oven. I liked them plain too, but the Kiss made them that much better! And I didn't take a picture. :(

Next time, I think I'll try them with chocolate chips, chocolate drizzled over them, or half dipped in chocolate. Any other ideas besides or in addition to chocolate?? What else goes so good with peanut butter though?! :)

Thanks for reading!
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Menu Plan Monday

I always try to plan my weekly dinner menu--now that doesn't mean it always goes according to plan!--and shop around it, but now I've decided that I want to display it, too. Only problem is, I don't have anywhere to display it right now considering my kitchen is TotAL dIsArRaY since beginning the redo last week (but yay for making progess!). I've seen so many cuuute ideas for menu boards! Now I have to figure out which idea I'll go with in my NEW kitchen. So no menu board officially, but I'm still going to participate in Menu Plan Monday. When I fix my board up, I'll be sure to post a picture; it just may not be until after my kitchen is finished. :}

Monday – broccoli beef stir fry over rice, egg rolls
Tuesday – smothered pork cubed steak, mashed potatoes, green beans
Wednesday – (trying a new recipe today) chicken casserole, lima beans, macaroni and cheese
Thursday – jambalaya, green beans
Friday – sloppy joe sandwiches and fries

Thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie for hosting!

*Cute* Baby Wipes

Just wanted to share a little project I finished today...

I got the idea from the tubs of baby wipes that now come with designs on them--from polka dots to stripes to Winnie the Pooh--but I wanted something to match Caden's room. I mixed some scrapbooking papers together and Mod Podged them onto the tub then added Caden's name in another coordinating design. I do love the way it turned out!

Doesn't it match nicely?! It is setting on his changing table mat here.

I'm thinking a "decorated" and personalized container of wipes along with some diapers and other baby changing essentials would make a cuuute--and useful--shower gift!

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As always, thank you so much for taking time to read and for any comments you leave!

Happy 4th of July!

Fourth of July Table

Fourth of July is just around the corner, yet I am just getting my decor done! I didn't do much inside the house, but I did want a centerpiece on my dining table. This is what I came up with, and I was very happy with how it turned out. :)

I used a red fabric placemat for the bottom along with the striped hand towel.


This is a tin can that I wrapped in red, white, and blue coordinating scrapbook paper. The stars were cut with my Cricut and glued to cookie sticks then placed at varying heights. Last, I added the flag.


I made the "fireworks" using toilet paper rolls, scrapbook paper, and silver tinsel/basket filler. They were probably my favorite part of the centerpiece!


And these stars were a last minute idea to complete the whole setting.

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Weekly Finds

Have I mentioned that I ♥ Goodwill?! :)
Here are a couple things I found this weekend.

Zebra print curtain panels:


I got six panels for $4.00! They're about 5 feet wide and 7 feet long and in excellent shape!

Close-up:


Now I don't have anywhere in my house that I plan to hang these--they won't match my decor (although I am considering black and white and turqoise in the office... eventually)--but I didn't get them with the intention of hanging them here. I'm helping throw a bridal shower next month, and we are going with zebra print and hot pink for the theme. Perfect for tablecloths, I'm thinking!!

And another find I'm ThRiLLeD about is this white pedestal bowl/compote:



I do looove my white dishes! If I remember right, this was $1.99.

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I Was Featured!

So recently I was featured on a couple sites, and I never did post anything about it. I was sooo excited, but I really didn't think about doing this until I saw a couple other bloggers do it. Well here it is, my post celebrating being featured!!

Both of these blogs are run by Ginger; one is her personal blog, and one is a blog shop. Both are awesome!

She showed this bridal shower at Appleseed Gifts and my monogrammed flower pot at SSB.

Thanks, Ginger!

Father's Day Gift

I finally got a chance to post some pictures of Caden's present to his Daddy for Father's Day this past Sunday.

I started off with an 11x14 dark wood frame....



.....and ended up with this framed scrapbook page.



"Daddeee" will be taking it to work to hang in his office. :)

I'm going to link this to a few parties:

Thanks to all of you dedicated ladies who host them!