Tomorrow is a church dinner. Roast beef is going to be provided, so we're all to bring other stuff - side dishes, salads, desserts, etc. So I made a dessert tonight that I haven't made in awhile, but I've taken it a time or two before and it goes over well.


I was shopping for ingredients, and couldn't remember if it was 2 small boxes (4 servings each) of instant vanilla pudding, or 1 large box (6 servings), so I got the 2 small boxes. Of course, when I looked at the recipe, it called for the large box!


So I made the 2 boxes, and ended up with more of the "pudding" part than I needed. So I made an extra little fancy dish of it, then made a seperate small bowl of broken up graham crackers, sliced bananas, and the leftover pudding.


"Luscious, layered blueberry dessert." (With a small dish of extra.)




Dish of banana-graham cracker pudding.




LUSCIOUS, LAYERED BLUEBERRY DESSERT


14 whole graham crackers
1 pkg. (6-serving size) vanilla instant pudding
1 c. whipped topping
1 can (21 oz.) blueberry pie filling


Line a 9-inch square pan with whole graham crackers, breaking crackers, if necessary. Prepare pudding mix as directed on package for pudding. Let stand 5 minutes; then blend in whipped topping. Spread half the pudding mixture over the crackers. Add another layer of crackers; top with remaining pudding mixture and remaining crackers. Spread pie filling over top layer of crackers. Chill 3 hours. Makes 9 servings. Note: Also delicious with cherry pie filling.

Refreshing Snack

This sounded good for a "snack" --- Cherry yogurt with granola cereal scattered on top.

Home Decorating '60's-Style

This is my Grandma W. sitting in Aunt C's house, in the mid-60's or so judging by the picture of my cousin on the wall. Aunt C liked the "Early American" style, and she had that lamp table for years and years, she may yet, I'm not sure. But the decoration of this room just takes me back to a whole different time. Being an older adult now, I have a whole different perspective as I think on how my mom and grandmas and aunts kept house, decorated, etc. Lots of interesting, happy memories to think on how each lady made her home "hers," just as I want to do today. A home reflects those in it, after all. :)

Delicious

Store-bought cinnamon-raisin bread, toasted, with Lehman's Amish-style Peanut Butter Whip. Yum!


http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___Pantry___Amish_Peanut_Butter_Whip___1097575?Args=

A Quote

"Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it."


Ain't THAT the truth!!!


When the house is (comparatively) neat and the dishes are done, etc., no one comes by. When I get tired or overdone and things just don't get accomplished like they should, then all kinds of people end up trooping through the house! *sigh*

I Love Dry-Erase Boards

Dry-erase boards are a life-saver for me! I'm so scatterbrained, I need to make lists and write everything down or I WILL FORGET. So we have a big board on our refrigerator, where we write grocery or supply needs, things coming up to do, I make notes about something I might like to blog about, and of course, sometimes I make a to-do list. Only here, I called it a "toe-doe list," a joke from i-Carly on tv. :)



I don't always have so many things to do each day, but if I do get a day where I have several things, it helps IMMENSELY to write them down, then check them off. First, it gets everything out of my head where it may confuse me or be forgotten. Second, it kind of keeps me on track, with little goals to shoot for. "OK, what's next on the list?" Then, I just focus on that without worrying about the other things. It's satisfying to see the checkmarks added through the day.


I also got another dry-erase board the other day, with calendar markings on it. It's good-sized, and I have it in another place where we can all see it. I have to say I'm obsessed with calendars, so I love making a new one each month with all the dates and things to do, using colorful dry-erase markers. It's so easy to add something or change something if needed. And the detail-obsessed, artistic side of me is happy!

Bursting