Nutella Cupcakes

I love Nutella. I usually have it on toast or an English muffin with peanut butter. I found this recipe this morning and just had to try it. These cupcakes are so good and don't even need frosting!

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 12 tablespoons Nutella

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325^oF
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. Place the sugar and butter in your KithenAid mixer, beat the butter and sugar together. Just keep beating until the mixture is light and creamy.
4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
5. Add the flour mixture and mix. Keep mixing until smooth.
6. Stir in the vanilla.
7. Line the muffin pan with paper cups. Fill the cups until about 3/4 full.
8. Top with a heaping teaspoonful of Nutella. Take a toothpick, dip into the unbaked cupcake until the tip hits the bottom of the pan and slightly swirl Nutella into batter.
9. Bake 20 minutes.



Crazy.

I am going crazy. I desperatly need some alone time. Ronnie has been off since May. He is talking right now and he won't stop. That's all he does all day, talk to me. I want to scream. Lawn mowers, goats, fences, fishing, boats. I am about to take a very long trip to the grocery store.

Mommy Mail

Best mommy mail in a while!! I am so excited. Will post pics as soon as I can get Ronnie out of the house :)

1. July Glam bag!
2. Mommy Necklace Chic strand in light and dark purple shimmer at 20.5 inches
3. Custom made cell phone, matching wristlet and a surprise coin purse by YogaBee Vintage
4. Petunia Pickle Bottom Raspberry Cream Cake Cameo Clutch!!! Finally!
5. American Apparel V neck t shirt in Teal

It was a very exciting day for me! I love everything I got.

Seriously.

You know what makes me feel like an adult? Using coasters. Really. And I got these last week. Aren't they cute!? Tristin already knows to put his sippy cup on one. Ronnie doesn't seem to know what they are for though lol.

Just a little shopping

Ronnie, Tristin, Tinsley & I did a little shopping today. It started with a quick trip to Lowe's to pick up some supplies for the jewelry box/frame Ronnie is making me. Then we had lunch at Fuddrucker's, which just so happens to be in the same parking lot as Target!! Uh oh. I have been avoiding that place for a while. I pretended not to see it but as we were leaving the restaurant I said "Just drop me off at Target, I only need 10 minutes." Bad (or good) idea...

 Well 30 minutes later I was done. A black & cream polka dot dress (I 'need' for a wedding this weekend), 2 short sleeve wrap shirts in solid black and a coral print, a blue & white print sleeveless top, a cobalt blue cardigan with a pair of matching shoes.

Ronnie and I are finishing the evening with wine, beer and Jim Beam shots (yes, gross I know.) 

Tristin's Muffin Cake

I made blueberry banana bread for breakfast. It was great and so easy thanks to my new mixer. Tristin use to always call my Keurig a 'Muffin Caker' instead of 'Coffee Maker', in the last month or so he has figured out how to say it right. He now calls anything baked in a loaf a 'Muffin Cake'. He says he loves his muffin cake always with butter.

Gel Nail Update

2 weeks ago

Violet & Aqua color block, with coordinating glitter + silver chunky glitter

This week

Ocean blue with blue & rainbow glitter + silver chunky glitter

Too Much Excitement!

I now have a full size washer and dryer. I caught up on 2 weeks worth of laundry in one day! I'm amazed lol. That apartment size one was awful. This one feels huge to me lol.

I finally open my KitchenAid Mixer!! I am in love. We made peanut butter oatmeal cookies last night and it was so much easier. This is the Professional HD 5-Quart Stand Mixer, it is different from any KitchenAid Mixer I have used before and will take some getting use to. The head is stationary instead of tilting back, and the bowl can be raised and lowered.