i actually got this recipe from school a few years ago, and my professor got it from mr. breakfast. i haven't used another chocolate chip muffin recipe since. it even works great with whole wheat flour! they're super yummy.
speaking of muffins, i am getting ready to make a ton of strawberry muffins! i went strawberry picking on thursday. i have been thinking about these florida strawberry muffins for weeks. june came around, and i was like....strawberry season!?? so my fridge is now full of about 6 pounds of strawberries. well, minus a few. i made strawberry daquiris yesterday. also win.
i seriously have been enjoying this whole frozen yogurt thing lately. maybe it's summer, maybe it's a phase. all i know is that i went out with kris the other day to her work, and we got some from the place next door....salted caramel frozen yogurt! need i say more? the salted caramel obsession will not go away, so that just made it that much better. then i put a few cookie crumbles, some granola, coconut, reeses pieces minis, and more caramel on top of it. it was absolutely delightful. the way my week has been going, i need some happy, and that helped.
can i just tell you brakes are a bitch when it's your first time changing them on a new car? as in i have had my car for three years, and i have never changed them until now. it should not have been an issue. it was all easy stuff, aside from buying the special piece to turn the rear pistons back into the calipers. but seriously, holy crap, it's like everything and anything was trying to stop me from getting anything done.
bought all the parts, took her apart....front pads were the wrong size. i was given the correct part number for the make, model and everything, and it was still wrong! so next time i have to buy for a 2010 model for the front pads. then the rotors would not come off. i sprayed them daily with liquid wrench, dented the sh*t out of them from hitting them trying to loosen them over two days....ron's dad shows up.....taps them loose in under a minute. like, taps. not going full force. i had to make three different trips because we thought there was another bolt in the center (which can happen sometimes) trying to match the proper size, and i didn't even need it after all. what the hell?! i broke a c clamp (as you can see), although that wasn't a huge worry, other than replacing it took up my time. finally, after getting everything back together, when it was all said and done.....pulling the "final" turn to tighten the last bolt.....aaaaand i busted a (lug) nut. i did not know whether i wanted to laugh or cry, although i'm pretty sure it would have been cry if i stood there any longer.
and this is how i feel about everything.
so now, while i got to drive her carefully to work, i still have to finish fixing her. i suppose this is what i get for wanting to do things myself. i will probably do it all again next time i need brakes though. because now i know....and just for the record, my hands were almost black initially, that was after washing them a couple times, and, aside from a puff of rust and debris in my eyes, my thumb was the only thing to suffer any injury. it still stings. i keep hitting it with things and it gets all red and puffy and angry.
onward, to (somewhat) better things!!
happy birthday to my husband! i hope you enjoyed the day yesterday! i can't really afford much, but i cooked a bunch of food, made this epic cake, and then went bowling....until 2am. i am tired. but as long as he's happy, it's all good.
let's talk about this cake though. i am in love. i already love key lime to begin with, and the last cake i made was kind of a hit or miss (it was a key lime cake with white chocolate mousse....sounds delicious right? i did not have the right frosting to pair with it so it was just meh). but this.....i got it from pinterest (of course) via bakerella, whom anytime i hear the name, i think cake pops, but anyway....key lime cream cake!
i was really surprised when he asked me for a key lime cake. i was just thinking i would have had a request for something different. i was originally planning this chocolate raspberry mousse cake. but i will not complain for key lime.
alright, my picture is not as fancy as the one on bakerella's page, but when you have an apartment with no windows, and people over, you can't really stop to take super glam shots. i should have refrigerated it though when stacking the layers. the frosting was kind of runny at room temperature, so it squeezed out of the sides the more layers i put on top, resulting in the slight dome. i am probably the only one who cares about that though.
i think yesterday was pretty good though. at least i hope so. i could not get out of work, so i had to leave for a bit. i think his favorite part was bowling though.
i should probably go and do some work, like get those parts and make muffins. you know, be productive instead of sit on the internet all day long. i will leave you with this guy though. i am not a hatch back person, but for some reason, these little 90's hondas.....i love them to death. i might make an exception. but this was too good. if you can't read the line in the window...it says "fat boy in a little car." if you get the reference.....high five. this car made my day (other than picking strawberries with two of my favorite people). if not....do us all a favor and watch the movie "tommy boy" with chris farley. then come back and we can talk.
thanks for reading!! ☺
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