jumer's cinnamon rolls

A couple weekends ago, we woke up to this lovely view out our window. With not much food in the house, we decided to make a cinnamon roll recipe that my mom makes, Jumer's Cinnamon Rolls. (I actually have no idea why they are called that.)

 

The recipe itself is pretty simple to do, but is really good!

Here are the cinnamon rolls before they went in the oven:

 Here are some of them after they were baked...we were so anxious to eat them that I didn't take a picture until after we dug in!

Jumer's Cinnamon Rolls

1 tsp dry yeast

1/2 stick butter

1/2 C sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

2 1/4 C flour*

1 1/4 tsp baking powder*

1/3 C instant milk*

1 tsp salt*

1/3 C shortening (can use butter)*

1. Add pkg of yeast to 1/4 C warm water and set aside. 

2. Melt butter and set aside.

3. Mix cinnamon and sugar and set aside.

4. Mix *'d ingredients and cut in Crisco.  Mix in 1/2 cup cold water.

5. Add yeast and water mixture, and let sit 10 minutes.

6. Divide dough into four equal parts. Roll out each piece, brush with butter, and spoon on cinnamon/sugar mixture. 

7. Roll each piece up long ways, and place them in a lightly greased pan. Every inch or so, cut a slit almost all the way through the roll.

8. Top all four rolls with extra butter and cinnamon/sugar.

9. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

gradient purple nails

I painted my nails shades of purple this past week. The color that is on the thumb is the original nail polish, then I added more and more white polish for each nail after that.

Overall, I think they turned out really great!

black jean/dress pants

In an effort to dress a little nicer for work, I bought these black pants. They look mostly like black dress pants, but they fit and feel more like jeans. They're so comfortable and look nicer than jeans. And, they were only $23.88. (I think I got these at Gordman's, if I remember correctly.)

The shoes are silver with a very small heel and a decorative buckle on the toe. They were $33 at DSW, and go well with these pants as well as jeans.

(I also mention these shoes in this post, worn with my other pair of new dress pants.)

blueberry corn muffins

Blueberry Corn Muffins
1 C yellow (or white) cornmeal
1 C flour
3 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 C milk
1/4 C vegetable oil
 1 C blueberries

1. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the center.
2. In a separate bowl, mix egg, milk, and oil. Add to the well in the dry ingredients and stir until just moistened.
3. Fold in blueberries (rinsed and drained, or you can use frozen), being careful not to mash the berries.
4. Lightly grease a muffin pan and fill each cup 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Brush tops with melted butter if desired.

tye dye competition shirts

 

My cheer girls had a competition on St Patrick's Day, and our head coach made them all green bows to wear for the occasion. Since our team colors are red and black, we as coaches didn't have anything green to wear! So another one of the coaches and I decided to make our own green shirts to wear!

I decided to tye-dye them, because I love to tye-dye things, then we used glittery gold iron-on letters to put our team initials and names on them.

All four shirts, wrapped up in spirals, ready to dye.

After putting the dye on them.

trouser jean dress pants

 As part of my effort to look a little nicer at work, I bought this pair of trouser jean type dress pants. The material is more like denim and looks less dressy than a true pair of dress pants. (Although, I was told that they look exactly the same as navy blue dress pants, which isn't what I was going for. But, I figure what matters the most is how I feel wearing them, and I feel that they are less dressy.) They are definitely more dressy looking than jeans, which I like about them.

They were $50 at NY&CO, and pants were buy one get one free, so I also got a pair of regular jeans as well.

The shoes are new as well. They are silver with a very small heel and a decorative buckle on the toe. They were $33 at DSW, and go well with these pants as well as jeans and black dress pants.

The pink sweater is one I've had for awhile, I think I got it at Forever 21 at least 4 years ago, but I get a good amount of wear out of it. (I wore it last Easter, in fact.)

march madness bracket

At work, we are doing a March Madness Bracket Challenge. A friend and I created this poster to keep track of the teams and wins. It is displayed in the lobby of our building, and since I know nothing about basketball, someone else is filling it in.

This massive board was actually made using a cardboard packing box and poster board. The box was about $1, and each piece (we used four) of poster board was $.30. The basketballs are made out of a couple sheets of orange felt, also $.30 per sheet. 

The rest is just drawn on with sharpie and printed from the computer! Oh, except for the 2013, which is glitter. :)

And, did I fill out a March Madness Bracket? Yep! I used what I like to call 'Mascotology', which means that I picked who would win based on how their mascots would do against each other, or just which one I liked better!!

I've got the Syracuse Oranges for the win! (Because an orange would totally fly under the radar!!)