the beautiful beach!

Kitty Star?

So, i'm in love with my kitty. she's the cutest little thing ever! She's only 4/5 and she looks like she could still be a kitten!

It seems as though I have about as many pictures of her as I do of myself. Hmm

Father's Day Pie?

Pie? Did someone say we have pie!?

A very good friend of mine and I,  our dad's are absolutely obsessed with pie, so a while back we had a great idea to make them pie for fathers day. She came over early and thats just what we did. They taste fantastic, doesn't have a whole lot of sugar so you can actually get the full flavor of the fruit. I found the filling recipe HERE and I just used a pie crust recipe from a cook book. I substituted the raspberries for the blackberries, they grow wild near my house so there are tons in the freezer. This recipe is best with fresh picked fruit, but you can use frozen instead.

I got the pie crust recipe from here: 

Its a very easy recipe to make, when it asks for cold water....make sure it is COLD 

The crust!

1 1/3 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup Canola Oil

3 tablespoons ice cold water

Combine flour and salt in small bowl. Combine oil and water. Add to flour. Stir with fork until mixed. If this is somewhat dry, you will have to use your hands to form into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll into a circle 1-inch larger than inverted pie pan. Fold over rolling pin and place in pan. Press to fit, folding edges under to form a rim. If a baked crust is desired, prick all over with a fork and bake at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned (cooking time may vary according to type of pan used and your oven). Let cool.

I made the dough, split it into two separate chunks and rolled it out using floured wax paper. The crust is super flaky and delicious complements the sweet pie very nicely.  

Then I put one crust in a pie pan and start to form it into the bottom evenly

I then fallowed the recipe for the filling HERE and let the fruit sit together and soak each others flavors up for about 15-30 minutes.

I didn't snap a photo but I filled the crust with the filling (I doubled the recipe) and put the other half of the crust mix on top. I repeated the steps for making the bottom crust of the pie

You can be all fancy if you like, but i just pushed down the edges with a fork and tried to make sure that all the holes were covered

Pies in the oven!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

dun dun da daaaun!

The juices seeped out a bit

The finished product, sensational.

The filling is so delicious, there is very little sugar so its not too sweet. The crust has a bit of salt in it that makes in very complimentary to the filling. This was super easy and so very good. Especially still warm with vanilla ice cream, mmmmmm :)

Cinnamon would also be delicious in the crust, just might need a bit more water.

I really hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did.

-Have a great one!

Necklace

This is a necklace I made today for my mother. I really love the red beads!
I went to JoAnn's today and they had a ton of beads and beading things on sale! I flipped, I found a few things which I will make into a necklace tomorrow and probably do another post about that. Spent three whole dollars, wowzers. 
So anyways,
I just used some:
Stringing wire
two crimp beads
gold toggle
gold seed beads
red smallish beads
spacers
black beads
a little pendant, that i attached to some gold jump rings
and the unnecessary tools for jewelry making


Picture Time?

 The necklace

Cute heart Toggle

Close-up of the red and gold beads

The pendant, not too sure where I got it

 The complete necklace, I find it to be very cute

-Til we meet again

Strawberry Smoothie with a kick!

So, we have a ton of strawberries that we picked from the strawberry place, strawberry season has come and gone and were left with gobs of profit. Now what should I make with all of this? Hmm, strawberry pie, check. Strawberry in a smoothie? I think so.

I found other various fruits to add, which included:
Blueberries
Banana

All the Ingredients:
Strawberries
Blueberries
Banana
Ice
A dab of sugar
Orange Juice
Strawberry Schnaps

We've had this Strawberry Schnaps for a while but no one has ever tried it...what do you even serve it with? Hmmm, choice choices. How about something not too sweet but super tastey and fruity? SCORE

There is really nothing to this recipe, cut up the ingredients, pour it in the blender, and blend. As easy as one, two, three!

I am so inlove with fresh fruits, I could eat them all day long. The flavor wasn't too sweet, super fresh, and very pretty colored.

By the way

-Tootaloo

flat track motorcycle races

My weekend wasn't very exciting besides for the fact of Saturday evening when my parents and I went and saw some motorcycle races. It was a blast, it was nice to spend some quality time with my parents. We got there at about 6:30pm and got our tickets, they had the pit area open where you could see the riders tents and talk to them and see what kind of ride they had and who there supporters were and stuff (i don't know much about that stuff so my mother and I just fallowed my father around).

Lemme tell you, I am a bit jealous of them. I've always wanted to learn how to ride a dirt bike but my dad will never help/teach me. As good as it gets is a quad, which I also love. I just wish they weren't so strict on the way I have to ride, I mean I am nearly 21. For crying out loud.

The actual races didn't start til about 8pm, they had to get through the introductions and thanking everyone first.

So here's the pictures!

the popcorn model, does it look as good as it tastes?

I got distracted by the sky...

thought the lighting was cool

 all in all i enjoyed myself despite the fact that it was like 50f outside, I was sporting two thick sweatshirts and a winter coat, gloves, and a blanket...ahhh finally warm. The breeze was cold and there was a lot of Harley Davidson fans there, but I'm leaning towards the Ducati :)

-Til next time!