10 Favorites

1. Pretty yarn and knitting. It has become a reason to wake up in the morning.

2. My new skull bracelet/coffee-cozy. On one hand, it's a bracelet; on the other... it's a coffee-cozy.

4. The hat I (sort-of-really-kinda-a-lot) guilt-tripped Peggy into trading me for last Christmas at the gift swap. It does miracles for my bad-hair/lazy-days, and it's very warm.

3. The Pioneer Woman's autobiographical book about how she met her husband. Finally, a story with a romance I don't end up bemoaning for being fictional! 

5. Nutella-Cheescake Pumpkin Muffins. They are gone now, which makes me very sad.

6. The tank-top I recently rediscovered from my birthday party in 2010. The quote on the back and the unexpected zombie theme was courtesy of my dear friend Kimmie-Bell.

7. The fact that it's almost that time of year again. GO BEARS!!

8. Olive Cheesy-Eggs. Yum.

9. Getting mail from colleges... it makes me feel very loved.

10. Planning and preparing Brittany's care package. Shhh, it's a surprise! ;)

xoxo

How-To: Olive Cheesy-Eggs

Plain scrambled eggs live on the long list of things that I absolutely cannot stand to eat, but recently I've invented a new version that I like MUCH better. And felt like sharing.

Olive Cheesy-Eggs: 2 Eggs, 6-ish Manzanilla Olives (the green ones with the orange things inside), Shredded Cheese (the bagged kind), and Kalamata Olive Spread.

1. Chop the olives. I cut them three times in both directions, but it doesn't really matter.

2. Put two eggs, a small handful of shredded cheese, the chopped olives and a half-spoon of kalamata olive spread into a cup. I use this amount as about one serving. (By the way, kalamata olive spread is fantastic on sandwiches, too, so I recommend having it around.)

3. Put a slice of butter into a small pan set on medium heat. Spread the butter around the pan as it starts to melt, and then pour the egg-mixture in as well.

4.  Scramble them! When the liquid mixture starts to bubble, begin pushing it around with a spatula. It'll look cooked after a couple flips, but it's only done when the wet, eggy-parts are gone.

And viola! You have Olive Cheesy-Eggs!

Enjoy :)

Baking Adventure #3

   

Since I've been having a pumpkin obsession recently, I decided I had to make Nutella Cheesecake Pumpkin muffins. Which wasn't as random as it sounds; I found a recipe when visiting my cooking muse, and then I had to make it. It was no longer a choice.

And if you can't tell by the zillion muffin pictures, I'm very proud of them. They actually look like they turned out properly! It's a miracle! They taste really good, too... which is always a plus. 

The recipe was super easy compared to my more recent adventures, and there's even a version with commentary and pictures. Which is this version. Which is probably my favorite version, but it's not exactly easy to print out without creating a small novel. 

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

xoxo

Wednesday Wileys

So it turns out Wiley still hates getting his picture taken, and it apparently had nothing at all to do with the cone. Which is a fact that I find VERY inconvenient when considering the future of my Wednesdays.
In other news, he celebrated Halloween on Monday by pulling all the stuffing out of his bee toys and spreading it around the living room like some nasty bee-murder. The picture I posted isn't what it looked like. It was much worse.

Happy Wednesday!