Sweet Corn Cake

I saw this recipe at Blue Cricket Designs, and just had to try it!  It was cheap, easy, and SO yummy! (I'm also snagging her pictures, because I didn't take any of my own due to the lack of a camera!)

Trust me, I will be making this again, because it was SO yummy!  Even Josh loved it, and he doesn't like cake.

What you'll need:

 

1 box Jiffy Cornbread Mix: .50 Cents

1 can Cream Style Sweet Corn: .88 Cents

1 Stick Butter: .50 Cents

Melt butter, mix all ingredients together, and bank at 425 degrees for about 25 minutes.  You want it to be golden brown, but still moist (we like it a bit gooey) in the middle.

 

It was sooooo good people.  I recommend it.

I also recommend you run on over to Blue Cricket Designs and see all the neato ideas/recipes/crafts she has!  I'll be trying more of them in the future!

RTT: Can I Just Go Home and Bake?

It's Tuesday, so you know what that means right?  Yep, Random Tuesday Thoughts brought to you by the charming Canadian Keely...  She's funny, you should check her out and read the other random thoughts linked back to her blog.

Let's start the randomness!

*Last Thursday I was stood up by Travis.  Now I should have known better than to give him another chance.  We dated a few years ago, and he just stopped calling one day.  A year later he started texting me again, and then we proceeded to play this game of meeting up and going out a couple times, and then he'd disappear again. Last summer he stood me up twice.  This time he promised he wouldn't again, but guess who magically disappeared when we were supposed to have plans?  That's right. 

*If you can't play in the big leagues, go back to T-ball.

*Also, I was supposed to meet up with E last night for sushi.  He set a time (which is abnormal) and I gave him directions to pick me up, and he never showed.  Again, I should have known better than to be swayed by the thought that people deserve another chance because they may have had other circumstances.  That's the absolute last time he stands me up, because I don't need any more flakey friends.  I deserve better.

*I bought groceries last night, and I'm stoked about them!  Does that sound dull?  Well it isn't, because I bought baking supplies!  I'm so excited to start doing more baking!  I tried making bread in the machine (from a box) last night, and it turned out pretty good... Could be better, but practice makes perfect right? 

*I'm really annoyed with some of my coworkers right now.  I know I really shouldn't be, but I'm really very sick today and I'm actually here working.  To top it off, it's really busy, and that's probably because there are so many of them gone... I understand taking a mental health day, but good timing people, let's all do it the same day.  It's craptastic.

*Tonight I'm going to make Sweet Corn Cake, which I found via Blue Cricket Designs.  How exciting!

*Menu for tomorrow?  Cal zones!  Which I'm adapting from the Hot Pocket recipe I found on My Kitchen Misadventures.  I'm really on a cooking kick, can you tell?

*Lately at work, I've been a doodling fiend!  Maybe I should get back into art?  I'll leave you with some pictures of my desk, notice all my sticky notes with inspirations and doodles.  I've also been drawing things on sticky notes and giving them to my coworkers.  It's been fun!

Get To Know Me Better

Isha tagged me to write 25 random things about myself, so I figured it's a great opportunity to let my readers get to know me a little better!

1. I can cook potatoes amazingly well.  Mashed or fried, they just turn out really good!
2. I've always had a savior complex.  I think I'm getting better at it now though.
3. I give people too many chances.  I think it's my tendency to look for the good in people.
4. I'm big on balance.  I like life to be balanced.
5. I'm normally really optimistic, unless someone else really is, then I balance it by becoming the pessimist. 
6. I love a good TV series that can pull me in and make me fall for the characters.  Right now, it's Leverage.
7. I want to be a writer, and have many ideas and no motivation currently.
8. I think my life would be incomplete if I didn't blog.  It's a need!
9. I'm empathic.  If someone around me is feeling something, I feel it too.  This can suck, or it can be awesome, just depends...
10. I am following 107 blogs and I read them all.  In fact, on average I run out of posts to read before the first half of the work day is over, so y'all need to write more!
11. Equality is the biggest political issue currently to me.  There isn't anything that will fire me up or piss me off more than injustice or closed minds.
12. I fall in love so easily.  With everything and everyone.  I would never change this about myself.
13. I'm addicted to crafting.  Right now I'm on a crochet kick, and spent 60 bucks on mostly yarn and cute underwear (it was red and pink and all valentines-ish!) the other day.
14. My friends are my family, and vice-versa. 
15. I'm a super protective friend, and would die for most of the people in my life.
16. I am going back to college to major in Psychology with an emphasis on gender roles and sexuality.
17. I'm an attention whore!  I even love to be teased because people are paying attention to me.  Blame it on my Aries sign and the fact that I'm the first born. 
18. When my friends come to me for advice, I love it.  I like feeling like I have something to offer.
19. When people ask me about my religion, I tell them I believe in the Universe.  God = The Universe.  The Universe = God.  That's just the way it is for me.  It's all too much to understand, and I think we personify the concept of God to help us get through life.
20. It makes me sad that I don't read as much anymore.  I used to be a 7 books a week girl, and now I"m down to 7 a year.. If that.  :(  I need to read more.
21. Life gets too overwhelming for me sometimes, and that's when I go into full-on hermit mode and disappear for a while.  Usually I'm curled up on my couch with chocolate and Grey's Anatomy.
22. Grey's Anatomy and cheesy vampire romance novels (NOT TWILIGHT-The ones with actual sex) are my guilty pleasure.
23. I'm a total fag-hag or fruit fly.  Whichever term you like more.  I just attract them and vice-versa.  The Roommie says it's cuz I'm a gay man at heart.  I'm down with that.
24. Experiencing things is something I'm good at.  I believe everything is a new experience and I want to feel it all!
25. I love that the people who read my blog, and who's blogs I read have become like an on line family for me.  I hope you all know just how much I appreciate you, and how much reading what you have to say, and knowing your listening to me as well has made a difference in my life! 

Know that you all matter so much to me!

So, as the train goes along, I need to tag 25 people as well.  Here they are, so check them out and if you like their blogs, follow along!

1. Lissa Marie - Who was one of my first followers and my swap partner! 
2. Josh - My roommate and awesome awesome best friend!
3. My Aunt Jenny - This woman is amazing and her kids are adorable!
4. Heather - My super-awesome BFF and coworker!
5. Sam - Friend from High School who has a beautiful new baby!
6. Dawn - Who doesn't follow, but reads my blog.  Hope to get to know you!
7. Katie - In Paris, and an amazing person!  I love learning from her!
8. My Momma - Because she's gorgeous, so no smiley faces over your pic!
9. Lexi - My coworkers wife, who gives me tons of crafty ideas!
10. Beth - Who has been an inspiration to me for many years now!
11. Sophia - There is NO ONE like her.  She's beautiful and unique!
12. Miss Candy - I love this woman so much and I've never met her!
13. Andy - Awesome in and of himself!
14. Tori - My coworker who rocks-my-socks-off!
15. Eli - We understand each other's bitchy side.
16. Mary - Poor dear is on bed rest, I figure she could use something like this!
17. Jen - She started following me, and I'm excited to try some of her recipes!
18. Missy - My newest follower on both Blogspot and Twitter!
19. Captain Dumbass - He is awesome!  To the max!
20. Angel - One of my dearest friends and I LOVE her!
21. Vittal - Who writes beautifully and leaves amazing comments!
22. Trey - One of my absolute favorite bloggers!  To read and get advice from!
23. M S - A nice blogger from The Philippines.
24. Raven - A very funny pagan lady whom I heart!
25. Kara - Who's so busy and I miss her blog posts!