Feeling old...

So, four of the seven of us DT girls and two other friends went to the movies last night to see "Stick It" and I think we were the only people in the entire theater over the age of 18! When we walked out of the theater, we decided that we were also probably the only ones there who weren't in a hurry to get home to make curfew!! Nothing like a bunch of young, tiny cheerleader bodies to make you feel REALLY old and out of shape! LOL!

Another addictive recipe...

Here is a great sweet treat for a late night crop--lots of protein from all the peanut butter :) I totally pilfered this from the Pillsbury website but they are just too good not to pass along! We had them at kit assembly--a perfect compliment to Elizabeth's hot cheese dip! Enjoy :) --Mindy

Choco Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients:

1	roll (18 oz) refrigerated peanut butter cookies
1	cup white chocolate chips (6 oz)
1 1/2	cups creamy peanut butter
1	cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
4	oats 'n honey crunchy granola bars (2 pouches from 8.9-oz box), crushed (3/4 cup)

Directions:

1.	Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 24 mini muffin cups with cooking spray or shortening. Cut cookie dough into 24 slices. Press 1 slice in bottom and up side of each mini muffin cup, forming 1/4-inch rim above top of cup (dust fingers with flour if necessary). Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are deep golden brown. Cool in pans on wire racks 5 minutes. With tip of handle of wooden spoon, press dough down in center of each cup to make room for 2 tablespoons filling.
2.	Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, melt white chips and 3/4 cup of the peanut butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Divide mixture evenly into cookie cups (about 1 tablespoon each). Refrigerate 10 minutes.
3.	In same 2-quart saucepan, melt chocolate chips and remaining 3/4 cup peanut butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Divide chocolate mixture evenly on top of peanut butter mixture in each cup (about 1 tablespoon each). Sprinkle crushed granola bars over top of each. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour. Remove from muffin cups before serving.

Eyelet Setter and A Concrete Porch

So, yesterday I dug out my eyelet setter, which I hadn't used in years, and punched holes in paper bag albums for my mom. I took my tools and albums and set up shop on our front porch. I was busy hammering away when my DH appeared and asked me if I was putting holes in the concrete. I looked under me and said, "Well, only three so far, and they're small ones...." He wasn't overly impressed and made a trip to the basement to supply me with a concrete block to save the rest of our porch! Elizabeth

In the wee hours of the morning........

......3 of us walked out of a movie theater after seeing the opening of Silent Hill. It was sooo foggy, we couldn't see the end of the parking lot. The movie was not scary, and people laughed out loud several times thruout it. We joked about how dumb it was all the way back to our cars. But that didn't stop me from being scared the whole drive home! I'm such a dork! We had terrible fog last night which is EXTREMELY rare. And with the fog so thick, I could barely see the tail lights of the car in front of me, no more than 2 carlengths away. I kept thinking of these funny looking creatures from the movie walking out of the fog in front of my car! Then, I had the idea of a hitch-hiker standing on the side of the road and walking out towards me! (you know, like that old scary movie?) So then, it's 3am and I'm getting out of my car and I RAN into my house cause I thought something was going to walk out of the fog behind me! I swear, if any of my neighbors could have seen me I'd just DIE! lol Then, it's 3:15 am and I'm finally getting in bed. Dh was snoring which he NEVER does! I laid there thinking, this 'feels' like my husband but DOES NOT sound like him.....I'm lying next to someone or someTHING else! ( did I mention that I can be such a dork!?!? ) I had to lean over and touch his face to feel that it really was his head lying on his pillow! ROFLOL (if he ever knew.....Ü ). I love scary movies! :-)

Abby

After the kit assembly, we learned a few new dance moves to add to our routine!

We had so much fun last night to say the least! Did you know there are dance move websites on the internet?

The photo is Jen, Abby, Holly & Rita, after a few hours of dancing!

"Free dance"
"Running Man"
"Fax Machine"
"Raise the Roof"
"Candy Cane"

Hot Cheese Dip Recipe!

I made this for last night's kit assembly and it was a hit! I love trying out new recipes and I believe this one came from a Taste of Home magazine.

Several of you asked for the recipe, so here it is. It would be great to take to a crop or weekend scrapbook getaway, as long as you have access to an oven.

Hot Cheese Dip

2 cups (8oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups (8oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 cups mayo
chopped onion
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies, drained
pepperoni
1/2 cup sliced ripe olives, optional

Crackers, french bread, veggies

In an ungreased shallow baking dish or pie plate, combine the first five ingredients. Top with pepperoni and olives. Bake, uncovered at 325 degrees or until bubbly and heated all the way through. Serve with crackers, bread or veggies.

Note: It took longer than 25 minutes to cook. It might help to turn the temperature up higher, but watch carefully. My favorite was the Wheat Thins with this! I also cut the pepperoni slices in half before covering the top of the dip with them!

Enjoy!

Just finished our "Kit Assembly" party!

Well, we just finished the kit assembly at Rita's house and a few of us are hopefully on our way to the opening night of Silent Hill at the movie theatre. We are hanging out at the computer looking at the SLD blog & did you know that Rita has a "ghost cat" in her house?

Be watching our blog for details about our National Scrapbook Day contest. *Ü*

Rita, it's time to put up the Christmas coffee mugs!

Abby's neighbors still have up their Halloween decorations.

Holly was like "what, they still have their ghosts up"!

Somebody said "it's bad enough to have Christmas up still, but like, Halloween is worse".

Noah, said "mommy, they are so loud & they keep waking me up"!

What time does Brian get off work tonight?

Holly is doing the running man....Rita is doing...I'm not sure what Rita is doing.

May Dream Kit Sneak Peek Pics!!!

Check out the "puffalicious" stickers from SEI, they rock! I'm loving these huge bags of buttons in a special mix of orange & natural. All the items are not in the photo, there will be another main embellishment & one more piece of paper from this SEI collection.

Preparing for kit assembly...

ever wonder how your kit comes to be??

Here is a first-hand look at the beginnings of kit assembly. Oh, and I guess you could say this also counts as a little sneak peek into the May Dream Kit! *Ü* Loving the fabulous SEI. And Jen did a wonderful job of picking the perfect shades and textures of Bazzill. I am so anxious to see the ever-inspring layouts that are soon to be from our design team!! Hmmm....wonder what other goodies we have in store for you!?!?!?!

Embellishment Kits...

The final products for our April Embellishment kits arrived yesterday, so expect to see a pic of it on the website very soon. These kits should start shipping out today. I am so freakin' excited for you all to get your hands on them and I hope you will agree with me when I say they are worth the wait.

Sassafrass Lass literally shipped the stamps to us like as soon as they were coming off the assembly line!

On a side note, everything for our May Dream kit will be here by Friday! That may not mean much to you all, but considering that the past several kits have been coming to us at the very last possible minute, this makes me VERY happy!! Wanna see a peak??

Here we all are...

Left to right: (back row) Raegan, Elizabeth, Holly, Mindy, Abby (front row) Rita & Jen

For all of the SLD addicts...

It's official. SLD now has a blog. Watch for hints on upcoming kits, tips from our designers, and lots of other fun stuff!