Toll House Pie

1 9inch pie crust
3/4 C butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1/2 C flour
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
6 oz pkg semi sweet chocolate chips
1 C chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In large bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Add flour, sugar, and brown sugar; beat until well blended. Blend in room temperature butter. Stir in morsels and nuts. Pour into pie crust and bake until set, about 1 hour. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Flavored Coffee

I'm sure you (Jill) know already...haha! I just bought some of the new VIA from starbucks. It's not nasty like the regular coffee-it's flavored ones like vanilla, mocha, caramel, and cinnamon spice...and it's delicious!! And you can get a free drink if you buy a pack-ya'll should try it I love them! haha

KT

stuffed mushrooms

Ingredients

• 12 whole fresh mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Carefully break off stems. Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet. Fry until any moisture has disappeared, taking care not to burn garlic. Set aside to cool.
3. When garlic and mushroom mixture is no longer hot, stir in cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Mixture should be very thick. Using a little spoon, fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing. Arrange the mushroom caps on prepared cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps.

Rugs and Scents

Hey J-That rug making stuff looks super cute. A little high maintenance for me, but cute haha! I'm sure you artsy folks would very much enjoy making those.

Ren-Your apartment is so much more stylish than mine ha!

I want to do a coffee theme eventually for my kitchen...right now I only have a few items, but It'll get there...I only wish I could paint! Living room=pretty dull, but at least I have furniture!! Feel free to give me tips for mine ladies.

The scents around the post are twilight woods, dark kiss, and secret wonderland-New ones from Bath & Body!! (Dark kiss is sooo good!!)

KT

pinwheel print

ok... so i it is official! i am going to start my own etsy store. my company name is going to be "Pinwheel Print," and i am going to sell wedding invitations, stationary, thank you cards etc... i am so excited!!! i know i said i never want to do freelance or start my own business, and this is kinda like this, BUT etsy makes it really easy! they handle the payment process, and lots of people look on etsy so i don't really need to promote myself much. if it doesn't work out that is okay, i just want to try it! and i like designing that stuff anyways :). Here is my logo!!! let me know what you think. should i change the colors, type or anything else with the logo? i need ideas!!!! (even you girls not in design... your input matters!) So... that is also what i have been up to. hope ya like it!

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ohhhhh my gosh!!!!! i saw the first picture and thought it was your design inspiration from a blog or magazine or something... then i realized it was your apartment!!!!! that is awesome!!! i love it! and i love the prints too :).

now you just need a really cute graphic rug. i found a diy rug tutorial i am going to do... you get a big rug that is cute and it only costs $30 rather than a couple hundred!! i am thinking you should make one in that light teal color in your chair. there are two tutorials (i am doing the one where you paint it) here are the links:

http://high-heelfootinthedoor.blogspot.com/2010/04/diy-chevron-rug.html
http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2010/06/diy-chevron-rug.html

love your burned sweet potato recipe ahha!

KT: yes... you are so good at finding fun things to do in cities not too far from us!!!! who thought to make a place where you could spend the night in a tree? so random but fun! well if we don't spend the night there we could have a slumber partay at my place! or we could get a hotel/B&B or something.

I am really itching to decorate my apartment. like seriously... i can't live with white walls and no couch!!!!! it is killing me. it is sad, but that kinda motivates me to find another job lol. hope ya'll have a good weekend!!

decorating ya know

Ok so I framed some of Jamie's prints. Love them! I'm proud to say my roommate made those! Love ya J.

Got some new curtains...at ikea. I still need to hem them. Wish yall were here to decorate with me!

burned sweet potato fries

ingredients:
1 sweet potato
4 Tablespoons brown sugar
butter

1. heat butter in pan
2. slice sweet potato
3. add brown sugar
4. turn on high
5. talk on phone

enjoy!

Austin Canopy Tours

So...I found another cool thing to do! Maybe you Austinites have heard of it? It's these Canopy Tours-it's like a zip line/bridge course through the trees. They also have a way that you can sleep in a treehouse for the night (although that part is pretty expensive)-look at that picture it looks so cute! Here's the website: http://www.cypressvalleycanopytour.com/ (yes, i finally figured out how to do a real link haha.)

KT