Picture of the Day

The inside of my fridge in June 2011.

7th Wedding Anniversary Flowers

My sweet husband got me these flowers for our anniversary. There are 14 yellow and purple roses. He is quite sentimental-our wedding colors were yellow and purple and we were married on the 14th of May. And the main flower in our wedding was a rose-my bouquet was all yellow roses. Yellow roses are my favorite flower.

May 2011

Darren's 30th Birthday Green Velvet Cake

This recipe was from my Cake Doctor cookbook. I am not a fan of red 40 dye, so I opted for dyeing the batter green. I had seen a picture of a green velvet cake in another cookbook, so I went with it. Darren really liked it, but I only really loved the cream cheese frosting. I didn't think the cake had much flavor. Next time, I will definitely make it 100% homemade.

New Orleans-It's All About the Food

In April, all 4 of us went to visit Nana and Grandpa John in New Orleans. The first 2 pictures show the delicious lunch buffet food we ate at their company, Sonoco.

Cafe Du Monde was tops on my list of stops to make in the French Quarter. The beignets with powdered sugar, chased down with some milk, were delish!

Pecan Praline French Toast

This was another guinea pig recipe, made on Sunday morning last April during General Conference. Also, not a keeper recipe. I did make some monster cookies recently that were good. I will post a picture of those the next time I make them.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

I like to try new breakfasts over General Conference weekend, and this is what I made on Saturday morning. It is a Sour Cream Coffee Cake from a Betty Crocker cookbook. It was just okay--not good enough to make again.

Law of the Garbage Truck, author unknown

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.' He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, So ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! Have a blessed, garbage-free day! If you don't see a light at the end of the tunnel, march down there and turn it on yourself!