The best dessert of my life!

So...now that I am done with school, I thought, how nice it is going to be to have so much free time on my hands.  Ya, well for some reason I am obsessed with starting new ventures. I have started two writing projects to which I will elaborate on in the future.  And...I have found another time consuming activity, baking! Besides the fact that me and Jordon are gaining weight at rapid speed, it has been quite an experience! I have gone through batches and batches of everything trying to get recipes right.  And I have found the best dessert that I have ever made, and it is so stinking easy! I took the base of the recipe from a book I have by Alicia Silverstone and then tweaked it a bit... It took three times to perfect it...but I think I got it: here goes!
Homemade PB cups...
*3 TBSP of Butter (Earth Balance works best and is a lot healthier, do not use "I can't believe its not butter" or anything with a strong taste).
*1 Cup Peanut Butter, I use half creamy, half chunky...whatever your preference, or whatever you have around.
*1 Cup Crushed Gramcrackers...plain ones
*1/3 cup Sugar..use pure cane sugar or anything thats gritty, works the best :)
*Half a bag of Chocolate chips...dark or milk (Dark is really rich/ Milk is light)
* Splash of Milk
Add butter to a small pot and melt.  Add in peanut butter, sugar and gramcrackers. Here is where you have to do the magic.  The mixture should be gritty and chunky and brown like PB...add more of whatever you want. I love PB, so I always end up putting in more and more in. Taste it and if it tastes like butter (not good), then add a lot of the other stuff... Spoon out into lined muffin tin. (Makes about 12, at about two spoonfuls of the mixture in each.  However, if you want huge ones, make 8 and put in more!)  Place in the freezer for about an 30 minutes, or until somewhat hardened.

Next melt chocolate chips in a small pot and add a few splashes of milk to make it creamy.  Drizzle on the top of the PB cups...freeze for about an hour and then viola! yummy! (It may take a couple times to find your perfect combo!

The LIONS!

We have been with the Lions for the last two and a half years.  Before yesturday, we had won a total of THREE games...out of 29 games we have been through! And now we are at four, and they looked great!! Goooooo Lioooons!! I think we might have broken the spell :).  It was so nice seeing the guys so happy and the fans so proud! Great day to live in 8 mile!

Column of the week: Self Help

I recently made a trip to the Border's Bookstore. I was looking for a book that I had heard about on the today show.  It sounded interesting.  It was about being confident and having good self-image as a woman.  I finally I found myself back in the back of the book store.  The book was under self-help.  I imagine this section is hidden in the back because no one wants to admit it when they need help, nor do they want people seeing them grab "Idiots Guide to a Good Relationship"...or "Idiots Guide" to anything... However, when I did finally reach the self-help section, I stood there in amazement.  There were so many books.  There were so many self-help books it was unbelievable.  There was a self-help book on just about everything.  I've looked at a lot of books like this, however, I did not know the extent to which the American population shovelled out money to get self-help.  From a book.  As I sit there in awe, scanning the books over looking for my book, I thought about the different topics of all the books and was hit with a deafening sadness.  There were books about how to live like a skinny b****.  Who really wants to be a b****?  Or how to loose weight by eating junk food.  Okay, if you pick that book up you may really need an idiots guide-to life.  I was standing there taking it all in.  When something that my mom had once said to me suddenly appeared in my mind, "When I need help with something, I find it in the Bible; That's my self-book".  And how right!  If only all of these people who were about to spend hours reading these books just put their faith in the Bible and sought it out for "self-help" the world might be a better place.  I know one thing, we may not have as many Skinny B*****es!  Anyways, the ending to this story is that I opened the book I finally found, and I think God answered my questions about the book.  After only about three pages they said that you should pick and choose the rules you live by when looking for inner strength. Then they went on to say something like "this is like religion, Christians believe in God, but pick and choose the rules that work for their lives"....While this tends to happen, it is a struggle, definitely not a choice, and not what its about :).  I ended up finding the best self-help book~thanks mom!

Day in the life...

Okay, so our dog lives the lavish life... Let me take you through the day in the life of CHAMP:
Here...he is clearly not wanting to get up...quite yet...

Although, at about 10:30 am he finds his strength and finally greets us with his presence...and we finally get him out to the car...he enjoys himself a nice ride in the convertible to the park...

He gets to take a swim, run the trails, and sun bath with his mommy...

He is so tired he cannot even make it to dinner...

or through the movie... what a pooper...

My new life :)

Yay!! I am a Pre-Kindergarten Teacher!! Finally, I am done with school and have joined the real world! I love the students, they are so full of life and joy! They are 4 & 5 years old....and HILARIOUS to be around!  Life is starting to fall into place~ for those of you still in school/internships, I know it can be hard, but stick with it!

Fall in love with this Season!

For those of you who haven't experienced the fall in Michigan, it is an amazing experience.  This is one of the reasons me and the J don't mind sticking it out all football season. Where we live is a sea of trees and the leaves are finally changing colors and everywhere you look is a picture of browns, yellows, reds, and oranges. Fall screams pumpkin muffins and street fairs.  It tastes like a warm cup of coffee cuddled on the couch like your right hand man.  I absolutely love baking when the air is crisp outside, and you can smell Cinnamon and Spice :).  Enjoy it, every season can be beautiful.  God created each one unique~ !

Update...

Good morning bloggpoos...just wanted to update everyone on the J man...He is scheduled for sugery Tuesday, September 7th.  We will be going to California tomorrow until the 13th.  I will keep you all updated as we go :) ...Please send your prayers his way!

New Year~!

So, since I have never not been a student, surprise, I have always been on the September as the beginning of my year train... So, I like to make my "new year's resolutions" around this time....However, instead of boring you with a list about myself...ewe...I decided I will take it one at a time....Today's goal...blog more ;~)

For my facebook family...I have decided to give facebook a rest for the next month to finish up school. I often find myself wasting time when I do not want to do schoolwork ;).  So if you want to catch up with me, either email (thedizons@aol.com) or call.... and follow my blog which I will have more time for now :)  ...either click "main home" to see the entire blog...or type in highheelsandgymshoes.blogspot.com   ..clicking on this link will only take you to this post...later gator...

So...funny story about one of my goals to be shared later...so yesterday in church we had a great message.  It was about how when you are on top of the mountain, or have a moment of great success, that we become very vulnerable.  We are an easy target for the prey, or satin.  He likes to hit us when we are up because we have the greatest distance to fall.  With that being said, me and Jordon have been eating very healthy lately.  Last night I decided to make spaghetti. I looked in my "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook to see what veggies I could add to the sauce without affecting the flavor.  I saw squash and carrots.  So I steamed both and blended them up.  Then I began to make dinner. Seeing as Jordon is home a lot now, our dinners are often a team effort, or okay, lets face it, I make the salad if I am lucky...But pasta is my thing, I, usually, make it much better than he can (right here you know where I am going with this). So he says, here let me help you...I give him a totally hard time (after a glass of wine on my part) about how I am so good at pasta, so confident, so MUCH better than him...he says okay I am sitting right here and watching you make the whole dinner...I say GOOD.   Well here I am on top of my mountain....just waiting to fall... I put all the ingredients together, feeling great that I added so many healthy things to my sauce...then I go in for the taste test.  Now, let me remind you that I grew up eating nothing of flavor because I was sooo picky, therefore, I can eat bland things.  This sauce was beyond bland...it tasted as I think cauliflower baby food would taste...not that great.  So I swallow my pride...look at Jordon with my sad eyes and say, come taste test and see what you would add...oh did he give me a hard time...blah...I finally convince him to come over...he worked his magic.  After about adding everything in our spice cupboard and about a half a bottle of economy size wine...we did a second taste test..much better...and the dinner worked out okay...but next time he wants to help, I guess I'll let him.  And maybe I shouldn't add a whole entire summer squash and a whole bag of carrots and a whole can of tomatoes to a sauce...I'm just not that good

Can't Sleep!

Thought this was a cute pic :) I love my cuddler!

video bloggin'

okay, so I decided to start doing a few video blogs...here is my first one... just a tester ;0

AHHH!!

Sorry bloggypoos I have been MIA...I have had a lot going on...I am back in the D town, hanin with the home boy. Unfortunately, he was badly injured in the game against the Stealers and is now resting for the fall...but to look on the positive side, I get to spend more time with him! And...we have been having fun! We went to the drive in movies, on a lot of dates, and taken Champ on a million walks!  I love having my baby with me :)...Also, I have been finishing up two classes this week the last few weeks, I have one more in Sept. and then..dun dun dun...I will be a real teacher :)...kindergarten here I come!...well not for awhile, but someday! 

Champ!

Champ blogged! click on his picture to the right side....or here  champandme.blogspot.com

DIsNeY!!

So...I'm wondering where the recession is because we went to Disney land recently and it was crazy!!! So much fun, but a lot of people spending a lot of money!!! A great day though~!

Finally!

Okay, so the sun has been non existent the last few weeks! I see it peeking today, maybe I'll go burn~! The topic of sun burns(or nice tans ;) ) is one of particular interest to me... I mean I look at pictures of my family and friends from when they were young in their twenties during the 70s & 80s and they look hot!...& tan!...but now, they tell us "ahhhhh don't burn, don't go in the sun, I used to and now I have wrinkles!" ...so I listen and then I look at my photos and unless I dragged myself into the airbrush booth and dished out about 35 bucks I look like a pale ghost! If you can even see me, definitely not pictures I want to keep around! I think it's a conspiracy against the younger generation... (I do know that burning is not good...;) )

NewS of ThE daY..How not to be boring...

Thanks to Kathie Lee & Hoda...we can learn how not to be boring...

How not to be boring: this is for people who think they are fascinating but they're not

*Listen more than you talk

*Stop talking if you are boring yourself

*Know historical anecdotes (?what, those people are boring)

*We don't like the person who knows everything

*Drawn out pauses are the best time to talk about yourself (pause..."so, I am like really smart")
*If someone interrupts your story.. give it up(then I guess listen to them?)
*Limit story to five minutes....please!

*Weird people with weird pets...okay so all of them I like but this one...I think these people might be interesting..but decide for yourself