Susie Homemaker

It has been awhile since I have blogged(SORRY).So here is what I have done:my cousins were in about a week ago.  To those who don't know I am very close to my cousins, especially my cousin Emily.  She is the closest thing I had to a sister growing up, as she is only a few months older than me.  Some people say we look alike, but neither of us see it, but one time afterwards we said we were twin cousins. That's how I like to think of us, and that is the reason Emily is my maid of honor.  Sure I'm not getting married for 3 or so years, but I think it has been decided who would be my maid of honor since we were kids.  God made us cousins because our parents couldn't have handled us as sisters lol.  I miss them so much.

Katie, Emily and I
For the record, that is Katie's beer.
I'm not really a beer person.

Twin Cousins!

I love my cousins!

Well about a week ago, I bought a sewing machine.Nothing fancy,I bought it at a yard sale from a lady I go to church with. She told me she could count the times she used it on one hand and it was only a couple years old.  Well today, my grandma gave me a refresher course in sewing.I made an apron, and at first I was horrible at it, but once it was done it was so worth it!I am going to practice just sewing before I do any big projects.  

Here is a picture of my apron:

Forgive me being chubby and frumpy.  I was baking cupcakes for the family reunion tomorrow and didn't feel like looking nice and as for the chubby I am working on it. From January to now, I am officially down 22 pounds.In January I was 175 pounds.I am now 153.I realize most of you don't care about my weight, but I think by laying it out there on the line and being honest and by hopefully very soon starting a WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday, for those of you who are not familiar with the term) it will give me the encouragement to lose weight.  If I am taking a picture of myself every day of ever week and putting it on the internet I might be more likely to stick with it because anyone who reads this will be able to read about and see the results!

Once I get in little practice here are some sewing projects I want to complete!

Craft Stew

Craft Chi

Crap I've Made

One Pearl Button

Fresh Lemons

Made

Also today I baked for the big ol' family reunion tomorrow!Anyone who knows me knows that I love baking cupcakes and I have quite a knack for it.I found this recipe online, and like every recipe I get offline I make changes.But to this one, I made multiple changes.
Here is the original recipe:  Eat Cake For Dinner

Here is my take on it:

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Mousse

Peanut Butter Mousse 

3 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 c. powdered sugar

1/4 c. milk

1 c. creamy peanut butter

2 c. heavy whipping cream

1 Tbl. vanilla extract

Chocolate Cupcakes

2 1/4 c. cake flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1/2 c. cocoa powder

1 1/2 c. sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3/4 c. vegetable oil

1 c. cold water

1/4 c. sour cream

1/4 c. peanut butter

Now the steps are all the same, so I am not going to bother copying and pasting them over or retyping them.  The reason I made the changes I did are pure and simple--I love peanut butter!I just thought the mousse needed more of a peanut butter flavor.  With the cupcakes, there is something that just gives me the wiggies about putting sour cream in baked goods (as well as ricotta cheese).  Trust me, I know that once baked it tastes scrumdiddlyumptious, but to me those are things used in meals, not dessert.I also believe that chocolate is simply a canvas for making peanut butter taste even better.  Like I said, this girl loves her peanut butter.
Here are some pictures to go along with the cupcakes:

Not a clue why, but every single cupcake in this pan looks like a nipple.
Great.The relatives are going to think I am a damn lesbian.

PB Mousse

This is a great song to jam to while baking!
So there is my day in pictures!
See...I am getting better at it!