Caramel Mallow Brownies

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These Caramel Mallow Brownies are straight up sinful.

Using Six Sisters base recipe for Marshmallow Brownies, I took it one step further and added caramel bits and a heavier layer of frosting.

 

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The recipe comes together in quick easy steps totaling four delicious layers.

1. Brownie

2. Caramel

3. Mallows

4. Frosting

 

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I took these to work today and they were all gone by 3pm.  If you have a function coming up soon where you need to take dessert – I HIGHLY recommend these.   As would most of the folks in my office.

 

Caramel Mallow Brownie

 

Enjoy!

 

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Fall Weather Means Outdoor Activities

We made sure to spend quality time outside this last Saturday and Sunday.   It was absolutely gorgeous here in Nebraska.   The hubs spent a lot of time pulling the motor out of his old Ford and getting it ready for an overhaul.

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Only in old vehicles can you fit your entire body in the front end.   Can barely squeeze a penny under the hood of my Grand Cherokee!

We ate dinner outside on Saturday.  Roast and potatoes, even!  Who says you need a dining room table?

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Or clean hands….

 

If you tuned in yesterday, you all know I spent my Saturday evening spray painting letters for my hilarious wall art.

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Sunday morning I made breakfast and even served it to Clint in bed. What a nice wife I can be sometimes.

His Sunday morning ritual is to watch Power Block in the bedroom.  Mine is to watch CMT music videos in the living room.

At least we know what makes the other happy! 🙂

 

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Sunday afternoon we took off on the Harley’s and headed to Plattsmouth, NE for a late lunch at the Main Street Bar & Grill.

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While not a good photo of the hubs, I couldn’t post the other one for some serious inappropriateness.   Can’t take that man anywhere I tell ya.

The food at Main Street was incredibly delicious and unhealthy.  The best kind, right?

I want to bring your attention to the onion rings.  Oh my.   I can’t even begin to describe those puppies.   The cook came out and filled a bowl with keg Budlight prior to making these suckers.  If that doesn’t tell you how yummy they are, then I don’t know what.  Get yourself to this bar SOON and order up a batch.  Holy Yum.

 

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I wasn’t feeling a full on meal, so ordered a side of jalapeno cheese balls.   Clint loved them.  I was indifferent.  The cheese had the texture of Velveeta.  I hate Velveeta.  So, I had a couple and then passed them up.   If you are into that kind of weird textured cheese, then these are all for you!

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After Plattsmouth we headed on out to Louisville to my Aunt Marla’s for a quick beer and business chatter before heading to Heron Bay for a cocktail.   The place was busy with crappy service.   Per usual.

Our last stop ended in Waterloo at the Dog House Saloon for my favorite Watermelon drink.

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These drinks are just heaven in a glass.

Oh. So. Yum.

And that pretty much sums up our weekend.  The no plans, no commitments, no schedule suited us just fine I might say!

Our next weekend doesn’t look as relaxed, but it contains a lot of fun, so I am not complaining.

 

Cheers!

Shut The… What?

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Anyone want to take a guess what my weekend project was?

 

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It started with some shopping at Hobby Lobby.

 

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And a little spray paint.

 

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And some serious ladder balancing.

 

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End result?

Our humor at it’s finest.

 

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Shut The F…..

 

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Front Door

 

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hahaha…

 

Only us……

 

Cheers!

 

Fastest Pace Yet

My lower back is all sortsa out-of-whack.  I have to see my Chiro two times a month.   I missed my regular appointment two weeks ago.   Bad news.   Very Very Bad News.  Now I am behind and paying for it.  And speaking of paying for it, WHY do Chiro’s have to be so damn expensive?!   I calculated what they make an hour based off my monthly rate and the 5 minutes they spend with me.  All I can say is, they aren’t hurting for money.  =/

Anyway, back to my point.

Sitting down sucks.  Hello compressed spine. 

Bending over sucks.  Squat baby, squat.

Laying down sucks.  Sleeping on an ice pack helps, but rolling over?   That’s a whole other story.

Standing feels ok.  But only after about 2 minutes of being hunched over and slowly but surely straightening out. 

Running.  Ya, I can hear your scolding comments now.  But, I went running.  I told you, standing feels just fine once I am up!

And ya know what is even more weird?   I had one of my best averages.   What the What?

 

I averaged an 8:52 mile pace for 4.5 miles. 

My normal happy place is 9:30.

This makes no sense to me.  None.  

I guess the fresh fall air in my lungs combined with the warm sun and open trail just made my body happy.

Did I do more harm to my back?  I don’t think so.  Felt fine the rest of the day as long as I was up and moving.   The second I sat down though, forget about it.   Pain.  Just sharp throbbing pain.  Nothing new.

Back to chiro tomorrow.  I’ve got a full class load to teach this week.  Ain’t NOBODY got time for a broken back.

Until then I’ll stick to this suggestion – but I’ll take Vodka, thanks.

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Cheers.