General

In order to try to lose some weight or at least get off my butt my husband has set up a little schedule for walking. Well, it really isn't a schedule more like a time block type thing. We walk at night. Now when I say at night I mean like almost midnight. In fact, it is 11pm and we have yet to go for our walk. I am sure though that we will be going quite soon. He is busy with a game map and I am dog tired. I hope he forgets tonight! I feel like a crackhead walking around so late at night with our dogs but it is really the only time that it cools down. We did get to see some nice lightning last night though.

I admit it! I am such a sucker for anything on the Lifetime channel! My husband can't stand that I watch it but it is one of those things that a woman has to do! Ok, maybe not all women but you know you love the Lifetime channel. Did you know that they have a myLifetime.com? It has everything from holiday party ideas to articles about everything you can imagine. They also have daily updates of horoscopes and fitness advice! The fitness advice will help me since I am trying to lose some weight and the daily horoscopes are right up my moms alley. This is a really awesome website. Definitely one to bookmark and visit frequently.

I have no pictures of my latest cupcake try. Why? They did not turn out remotely well. The frosting did not fluff up and it turned out very oily or buttery rather. I think perhaps I will have to use real butter instead of margarine for the frosting recipe. That is the only thing I can think of. All the other steps went fine. I was trying the Swiss meringue buttercream frosting. I ended up trying twice and both went into the garbage. I also did vanilla cupcakes that turned out OK but they should have cooked longer. Chalk it up to learning. Next time I should be able to get something right.

I think with a lot of women they have the same enemy as I do when it comes to my body. That enemy is chocolate! This is something that is so good that a lot of the times I just can not say no to it. I definitely can not say no to it when it is a Gertrude Hawk chocolate! For Christmas, special occasions, birthdays, anniversaries, anything you can give a fantastic gift basket from Gertrude Hawk Chocolates. Share the joy! Have a look at the website and I am sure you will be wiping the drool from your mouth as well. Anyone want to buy some chocolate fudge for me?

I have a little addiction when it comes to sauces, marinades, and condiments in general. I like to try everything and anything that I can in hopes of finding a keeper. So, trying Country Bob's All Purpose sauce was an exciting time when dinner rolled around!

When I first opened it I smelled it. It smelled great. Test one passed! You could smell all the spices and just smell the flavors in it. It wasn't super strong but it sure wasn't a weak smell. It was really mouth watering honestly.

Next test, tasting it by itself. I dipped my finger into the lid to try it out. It wasn't overly sweet like some barbecue sauces are and it wasn't bitter like some steak sauces are. I was actually really pleased with how flavorful it was and couldn't wait to try it out on some meat!

My husband and I went to the store and bought some Pork Sirloin to use the Country Bob's All Purpose sauce on. We cooked it on the foreman grill and I poured the sauce on top and bottom of it so that it would get the full flavor of the sauce throughout the meat. When it was done I poured a little bit more on the meat. You can see the finished meal with the sauce on it. It looks so good. I'm getting hungry all over again.



You know when you bite into a piece of meat that is just so flavorful that you just sit back with your eyes closed making the "mmm" noise? Yea, biting into our sirloins with this sauce on it was like that! Exactly like that! It is such a good sauce! When they say all purpose on the bottle they really mean it. I was ready the pamphlet that I was sent with the bottles and they had some recipes in there. There is so much that you can do with it like Baked Beans, a sauce for little smokies, and a lot more that if I listed all of them this posted would be a mile long.

I also used the sauce as a dip for corn dogs. Now, let me explain something that I am sure a lot of people run into while eating a corn dog with some type of sauce. When you eat it and the sauce you sometimes get a stomach ache from the sauce. It seems to overpower your stomach or something. I am unsure as to why but I can't eat a corn dog with ketchup, mustard, or BBQ sauce without getting a stomach ache. This sauce, no lie, did not give me a stomach ache or a sour feeling in my stomach at all. I was impressed and I didn't hold back on soaking the corn dog in it!

So, after all this testing and trying, the smell, the taste, it being cooked with I think that this sauce is definitely a keeper. It's an A+ sauce! The best thing I like about this sauce is that I can buy it online at Country Bob's website. There is also a couple other products from them that I really want to try out. Mainly the Spicy All Purpose sauce. Of course when I get that it'll be just mine because my husband can't eat spicy foods! More for me!