{Baking Is Good For The Mind But Maybe Not For The Thighs} LOL!

I hope that you had a wonderful Independence Day.  Marty and I stayed low key. No decorations, no fireworks and no sparklers. I do have a few American flags stuck in some of my garden pot plants that I’ve enjoyed so much. BUT....we did grill a big old fat juicy burger that I have been craving! Do you ever just get a hankering for something ? I’ve had a hankering for a good grilled juicy burger and it was delicious! Venison and Pork burger with all kinds of seasonings in it sure hit the spot. Add a few french fries to that and y'all, you've got a meal!

 

We have needed to replace our barn doors so Marty and his dad hit it hard this weekend. Of course we built those barn doors in 1996 so I guess it was time to replace the doors. Y’all , we are old school , you keep stuff till it flat out wears out ! Some call that being cheap, some call it being frugal , some call it just being lazy . Well Marty calls it being smart and not being wasteful! That boy gonna get his monies worth out of everything ! Lol ! 

We still have lots to do. Painting for sure. The old bulldog will come down. Of course if he can be cleaned up then this Florida Girl with a Georgia heart wants him back up. But, if not, I am sure I will come up with something.... OH WAIT...Marty said that was his barn! But I might have to help him think about it cause whatever goes up there i can assure you will be there for a very, very, very, long time .😂

Strawberry Pound Cake

Now that will not be around for a long time . 

 I have been baking all sorts of things and freezing them for our upcoming family trip. It sure saves a little time in the kitchen and yes, I am one of those that likes to prepare ahead of time if possible, not big on store bought goodies and the truth is, I just enjoy baking and cooking for my family. Maybe it's therapy for me. I don't know. 

Bet it will good drizzled over that strawberry pound cake too. My bunch will be enjoying this treat one night for sure. 

I needed to get busy making dessert for Sunday dinner so the vacation goodies had to stop. Made a batch of cream cheese and apple danishes. They were super easy to make.

Light and fluffy. And did I say easy? They really were. I will give you the link to the recipe. This would be awesome for breakfast.

 I  had enough cream cheese and apple filling left over so i made a simple pastry dough and made rolls from what was left to freeze for our trip . I figured the kids would rather have chocolate so I made a chocolate chip cookie pie for them. 

My bunch loves anything CHOCOLATE so you just can't go wrong with this dish!

The recipe calls for blueberries but you can use whatever you want too. I just happened to have a can of apple pie filling so that is what I made. Mine wasn't as pretty as I did not go the extra mile and add the drizzled icing. But hey, I baked all day so I guess I could fudge a bit, right? LOL! 

Her recipe is really simple . And I would think most any kind of pie filling would be good to use.

https://www.makeaheadmealmom.com/blueberry-cream-cheese-danish/

Spent a little time with my dad and asking if you would offer up a prayer for him. He is currently wearing a heart monitor due to a few problems.  He just recently had a few places removed off of his face near his eye and we are anticipating that those spots are not cancer as well. He has had a few health issues and I would surely covet your prayers for him. He has made some much needed health changes that has surely been a blessing for him too so giving God the praise for that. But, his attitude was good and that’s half the healing with most anything in life isn’t it ? 

{LIFE ISN'T IMPROVED BY CHANCE, IT'S IMPROVED BY CHANGE"}

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I hope that you all have a wonderful week and remember to love on your loved ones a little when you can. I will be visiting with my blogging friends over the next few weeks off and on . I am taking some time this week to do some things for ME. Yep,  It's ME week. Then headed out Saturday for seven days with my family to the beach. We always come up with fun things to do while at the beach with the kids so going to do a little shopping for them too this week.  Well, maybe it's going to be a me and them week....LOL!

My attitude about going to the beach for seven days is sorta like that song by Zac Brown.....the only worry in the world I wanna have is if the tide gonna reach my chair! I sure pray that’s the only problem we encounter ! That will be an easy fix . Simple: move your chair back right ? 

See you back in a few weeks with beach stories and I hope to have all 10 fingers and 10 toes because i don’t go up into the sharks house ! 

I've got my books packed already!

Hugs and blessings, Cindy

P.S. I still have some flour left in the pantry!