The Avengers

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This was an exciting movie! I had seen all the movies leading up to this one, but I have to say out of all of them I forgot more out of Thor than any of them. The certain memory lapse had me confused at the beginning, but I quickly remembered.

I was able to see this movie in XD 3-D. I really don't know what the XD made better, but this was a pretty good 3-D movie. I've said before that I don't care to see movies in 3-D because of the glasses and that they have never really impressed me (except maybe Avatar). The only complaint I have for this 3-D experience was that my glasses had a sharp piece on the nose bridge that bugged me the whole movie.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I even stayed through the credits after hearing on several different accounts that there was something after. Truth be told, I stay through all the credits now just in case. Unless it's a chick flick, there usually aren't extras after the credits in those. Now the extra scene in this movie, I have no idea what it means...if someone has seen it please let me know :) Thanks!!

May Meal - Melt In Your Mouth Chicken

Last Friday night there were huge storms coming through so all I wanted was a simple meal, but something different at the same time. I scrolled through my starred recipes and came across this recipe from Grateful Belly and I knew this was the one to try (mainly because I knew I had all the ingredients). I only defrosted 2 chicken breasts so I halved the recipe.

Melt In Your Mouth Chicken
Adapted from Grateful Belly

2 chicken breasts
1/2 c light mayo
1/4 c parmesan cheese
2 T garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp Tony Chachere

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Mix all sauce ingredients together. Place chicken in glass baking dish (I used a Pyrex pie dish since I only made 2 chicken breasts). Spoon sauce mixture over chicken. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Tips: I made the layer of sauce kind of thick and I think it would have crisped up a little more if the layer was thinner. Also, I would do this on convection bake instead of regular bake.

Overall taste: I liked it. It was a little tangy which was a nice change for my regular chicken routine. I wouldn't consider it melt in your mouth though.

{Grand}mother's Day Card 2012

This card is made with light yellow card stock, the same hello spring paper (where the happy came from) as yesterday, a yellow bow and my handwriting again. I'm trying out new ways of writing on cards and I have to say that I like this one the best. This was another card where I didn't use my Cricut, buuuutttt I did get a new cartridge that I can't wait to try out!

Mother's Day Card 2012

I made this card using light pink cardstock, a flower sticker and I cut out the word 'beautiful' from the Hello Spring paper at Archivers. The handwriting is all mine...ha ha.

The Raven



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Interesting movie. I read some reviews before I actually saw it (even though I really wanted to see it anyways) which probably made me doubt the movie a little and spoiled some stuff for me, but overall I enjoyed this movie. It wasn't scary like I was hoping it would be, but it was defintiely suspenseful. I thought the end of the movie was done really well and John Cusack played the part of Edgar Allen Poe really well (not that I know a lot about the poet but still).

Chili Pepper Candy Cupcakes

My second round of Cinco de Mayo cupcakes were these little fellows. Since I couldn't eat the Tres Leches ones, I set aside 12 plain white cake cupcakes to decorate with candy Chili Peppers :)

I made these peppers using the red and dark green candy melts from Hobby Lobby. They really are my favorite candy melts to use. I drew 8 chilies on a sheet of white paper and stuck that under some wax paper. I did each color separately. So first I melted the red candy and poured it into a plastic bag and cut a very small end off then pipped out the candy over the drawings. As you can see it wasn't perfect, but after doing all of the outlines I went back and filled them in and you couldn't really tell. Then I repeated everything with the dark green. I let them set up for about an hour and then topped my cupcakes.

Not professional by any means, but I do have to say they aren't too shabby ;)

Tres Leches Cupcakes

Happy be-lated Cinco de Mayo! In celebration of this day I decided to make 2 batches of cupcakes :) The first batch was Tres Leche Cupcakes. Why would I make Tres Leches when I can't have milk?? Well the BF loves Tres Leches, so I thought of surprising him with some homemade-ish ones.

What I used:

Betty Crocker White Cake Mix
Betty Crocket Whipped Creamy White Icing
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed mile
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Strawberries

What I did:

Bake cupcakes according to directions on box. While the cupcakes are baking, mix together all 3 milks. Once the cupcakes come out of the oven, take a toothpick and poke holes in the cupcakes. Pour 3 spoonfuls (1 at a time and repeat) of the milk mixture over each cupcake. Set in fridge for at least 1 hour. Once chilled and the milk is soaked up, spread the icing over all the cup cakes and top with fruit of choice and enjoy!

Up next...my other batch of cupcakes!!!