The Art of Creating Miracles

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THE ART OF CREATING MIRACLES

One Year Old

One year and 496 posts later...

Happy Birthday, Blog!

LDS Women Bloggers

If you are interested in finding other LDS women bloggers,
click on the picture below to access the blog that
links to uplifting blogs by LDS women...

Check It Out - Again

Ree, aka The Pioneer Woman, is a former city girl
who met and married a hunky cattle rancher and
moved to his ranch in the middle of nowhere...

This is the first blog I have seen where one person gets
hundreds, sometimes thousands of comments in one day...
(Thanks Kathleen for sharing it with me)

... And Check Out the Sequal

Ree, aka The Pioneer Woman, has spent the last decade figuring out How to Cook for men who think the sun rises and sets in a steak and baked potato.

Her flavorful recipes are tried and true, use only the simplest of ingredients, and are easy to make.

This is real down home cookin' with step-by-step instructions and photos...

Check This Out

I just found another great cooking blog! It's called Gourmet Momma.

Chef Nikki was formally trained at the Texas Culinary Academy, a division of Le Cordon Bleu Paris, but now cooks healthy meals for her family on a tight budget like the rest of us. Gourmet Momma just started three weeks ago, but there are already fabulous recipes galore... (nutritional info included)

and practical cooking tips...

Cream Cheeese Chocolate Cupcakes

I found this recipe and a whole lot of other awesome stuff I want to try on Jessica Jones' How About Orange blog...

Filling:
8oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter chips [or just use more chocolate if you want]

In a bowl, beat cream cheese. Add sugar, egg, salt, and mix well. Fold in chips and set aside.

Cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla

For cupcakes, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add water, oil, vinegar, vanilla, and mix well. Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full with batter. Top each with 2 tbsp. of cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350º for 25-30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan. Makes 18.

Blog Love

I discovered a blog that I have fallen in love with.
It's called My Messy, Thrilling Life...

The author, Brin, is so gifted with words.

I read a few of her latest posts and ended up going
back to the very first one: July 24, 2005.
I am reading it all, in order, like a book. For me, it's like reading
Anne of Green Gables, and Pride and Prejudice at the same time.
Check it out and see if you don't agree...

Attempt

So, here goes my first attempt at getting some words posted on a blog. This was not easy for someone who is only young at heart and creatively impaired to boot...

As you can see, the font on this blog is enlarged for those of us who are visually challenged.

I will be adding more when I figure it all out!!