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I am just a born and raised southern girl from Tennessee. After college I married my high school sweetheart, Graham and a year and a half later we had our beautiful little girl Addie. Graham is an Engineer and I am currently a stay-at-home mommie. Although I NEVER thought I would EVEr be a SHM I love every minute of it! I play with my daughter (who will be 2 in February), clean the house, do laundry, sew, cook, and do crafty stuff. I LOVE it and wouldn't have it any other way. I thank God every day for allowing me to have this life. I also thank Graham for working so hard to make it possible.
This blog came from MANY facebook comments asking me to share my recipes and other tips of being domestic. Still, I don't think of myself as domestic, a good cook, crafty or any of the other things people have called me, I just think of myself as a mommie and wife. I feel that since I do get to stay at home with my daughter my contribution to the family is to keep the house clean (which I have to admit is not my strong point), have a well balanced dinner on the table when Graham gets home from work, the laundry caught up (for the most part) and keep Addie and Graham as happy as I can. Never in my wildest dream would I have thought I would be doing this job or for that matter, love it. I always wanted to be a business woman, and throughout college I decided I wanted to move to NYC and work for the New York Stock Exchange. Finance and business were my passions for as long as I remember. But Now my passion is Addie and Graham!
Over the past 3 years I have been married, and had my own kitchen, I have really loved cooking and baking. I LOVE experimenting with new things, and we have had our share of BAD dinners but Graham always ate it and gave suggestions as to what he thought would make it better. The last few months I have decided that I want to write a cookbook. This will take awhile, probably a few YEARS but this blog is going to help me get my thoughts together. So Please if you try the recipes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know what you think! Good or Bad (just be nice about the bad,lol). I will be adding some recipes I have got from other sources and will let you know which ones those are. So please become a follower and lets get to cooking!!


Oreo Truffles:

1 package of oreo cookies
1 8oz package of cream cheese
1 box of white chocolate bark

1. Finely crush a few oreos in a plastic bag and set aside for later. (if you have a food processor or a magic bullet they work great!)
2. Crush the remaining cookies and then stir in the SOFTENED cream cheese. (use the back of a spoon to help mash them)
3. Roll this mixture into small balls (about 1 inch) and place on wax papered baking sheet.
4. Melt the chocolate as the box says. Dip the balls into the chocolate and tap off the extra (pick them up with a toothpick this works the best). Set them back on the wax paper to dry. You can now sprinkle the tops with the cookies you crushed first.
5. Once they are dry, refrigerate.

These can be made with all kinds of cookies but my family likes oreos the best. I have also tried this with cake mix. You just bake the cake as normal, the crumble the cake into a bowl. Add ICING or CREAM CHEESE and roll the mix into balls, dip in melted chocolate and refrigerate!