Gooseberry Patch Recipes: Southern Pork Barbecue from 101 Slow-Cooker Recipes

Gooseberry Patch Recipes: Southern Pork Barbecue from 101 Slow-Cooker Recipes

Eat Cake For Dinner: Texas Roadhouse Rolls

I want to try these soon!!!

Eat Cake For Dinner: Texas Roadhouse Rolls: Whoever created the roll recipe at Texas Roadhouse is a genius and whoever decided to give them to guests as a "complimentary appe...

Keylime Poke Cake ~  from

http://www.ohsoshabbybydebbie.com/ but on her Facebook page not at the website

Cake 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix 
1 1/4 cups water 
1 tablespoon vegetable oil 
4 eggs 
Key Lime Filling
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
3/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup Key lime juice or regular lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
4 drops yellow food color
1 drop green food color
Frosting
1 container (12 oz) Betty Crocker® Whipped vanilla frosting
2 teaspoons grated lime peel
1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.
2 In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
3 Bake 27 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. With handle of wooden spoon (1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter), poke holes almost to bottom of cake every 1/2 inch, wiping spoon handle occasionally to reduce sticking.
4 In medium bowl, stir together filling ingredients (mixture will thicken). Pour over cake; spread evenly over surface, working back and forth to fill holes. (Some filling should remain on top of cake.) Refrigerate 1 hour.
5 Spread frosting over cake; sprinkle with lime peel. Garnish as desired. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

It is Just a House

It is just a house. It is more than that though. It is a promise kept, a wish fulfilled, a refuge.  For over 26 years we lived in someone else’s house.  We moved from place to place, apartments, houses, duplexes, wherever life or the military took us.  Always with the promise that someday, someday we would have our own house.

And now, we do.  It is ours and the finance company’s. We can paint whatever color we want to and we don’t have to fill out any forms or get permission first to do it. We can turn on the heat when we want to and not wait for X number of cold days before it is turned on.  On the other hand, if it breaks we fix it and that is okay.

We have been faced with decisions we are not accustomed to.  The youngest has been overwhelmed by choices she has never been allowed to make before. The oldest has to trust us because she is away at school but will definitely have a place in the house she hasn’t even seen. We have more room than ever but not enough storage, floors we love but not the helpful “clean this, this way” booklets we are used to being issued.  It is a challenge. It is a joy. 

Our life has changed in so many ways in the last few months.  We have moved countries. He has experienced a major job change. Our oldest went to college far enough away that she will miss her first Thanksgiving with us. Our youngest and I have returned to homeschooling after five years. We bought a house.  On the life stresses lists we are in big trouble, but we’re not. We will be okay.  We will pray a lot and maybe paint a little and settle in.

It is just a house, but together our family will make it a home.