Today was the best day of my life!!

It' official!! This girl right here is now a renter! I was so excited and nervous going through the contract... Only five pages this time unlike the original sixteen page one... Craziness! My move in date is set for November 1st! The only thing that makes me a bit sad is I don’t get to decorate for my first Halloween... But I'll make up for it next year.

So after I happily signed the lease & handed over the checks I went to have some food at the George with the ‘rentals. I decided to allow a little cheat to celebrate. Pumpkin Spiced Martini... Wow. I'm not really a martini girl (jack & coke zero is my drink of choice)... conclusion: delicious - totally worth it. If you know me well... you know I can't turn anything away that has "pumpkin" in it. I love pumpkin as much as I love hot sauce, they are neck & neck on my "top ten love" list.

Um... yum...

Fall is my favorite season; the colors, crisp air, apple/pumpkin picking, apple cider, football/hockey, the food ;) ect... It's all breath taking to me. I enjoy running the Appalachian & seeing all the colors that surround you... ahh drink...it...in.

Also another reason I love fall so much... I live for Halloween. Best holiday ever!! I wish it could be Halloween year round. I usually do some crazy makeup to scare the trick or treaters at my parents with my three best friends. We are known as the Creepy House on Fox Hollow. Some kids are afraid to come in because they know we are outside waiting. We decided to just do masks this year... no makeup :(

HALLOWEEN 2010

(I dress pretty too lol)

I do not buy the glue on scars, I make my own. little liquid latex, concealer, black eyeliner & fake blood.

HALLOWEEN 2009

What is your favorite season & holiday?

- Sandy

Why hello there...

Trying to get this blog up and running with so much going on... my gosh. I haven't even had a chance to make my own design! But I finally got some down time to write my first entry at least. So hello & thanks for stopping by!

Money orders are done for my Condo people! As of tomorrow *crosses fingers* I will be a renter. It's the most rewarding feeling when you have been waiting for a certain moment in your life for so long. I'm doing this for me & on my own... it's wonderful. The dark cloud has lifted from above me & the weight I've been carrying around for about 20 years has just vanished; all the stress, sadness, negativity is GONE! I'm at peace & can finally get back to being ME, start enjoying my life again & living it the way I want too with out the constant criticism! The fun loving, hilarious, spontaneous, hyper girl is back. No Mountain Dew needed =0 shocking I know...



So anyway here is an easy recipe to start with...

Pumpkin Puff Cookies
20 min (cook time)
About 50 cookies (depending on size)
Guilt Free!

1- Box Spiced Cake Mix
1- 15oz can Pumpkin Purée (NOT pumpkin pie filling! I really like Polar & Trader Joe's)
- Pumpkin Pie Spice (OPTIONAL) If you like a little extra spice (I sure do!) add it!

- Preheat your oven to 350*

- Mix all the above together! (I would recommend an electric mixer, It's a little tough to mix by hand, I did because my Dad was sleeping), But I did add 2 or 3 tsp of water to make it a little easier to mix.

- On a baking sheet evenly space a little less than a Tbsp size per cookie (Or if you want bigger cookies go for it!).


They puff up to a decent size. I kept mine in for 20 minutes, using a toothpick to see if they were ready.
Cooking time depends on the size you make your cookies!
With one recipe I got about 50 cookies.

I ate mine nakie, they tasted great. But if you want to ice them go for it...use some vanilla or cream cheese icing with some cinnamon to top them off! Or if you’re looking for a low cal option try Cool Whip Free or this:

1 Jell-o sugar free vanilla pudding snack
1 1/2 Tbsp fat free cream cheese
1 splenda packet
Sprinkle some cinnamon on top or into the mixture
(Thanks Hungry Girl!)

If you are going to use the above icing recipe I would definitely recommend waiting to ice them till your ready to eat... Or ice the cookies & put them in the fridge. You may be able to leave them out, personally I wouldn't.

Enjoy!
Sandy