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I want a new dining room table, or just maybe some new chairs to go with the table we have now. The chairs are outdated and so hard to clean! I love looking at them in the stores. I have to either go by myself or with a friend as it drives my hubby crazy when I drag him in there. I keep hoping to find a good sale that coordinates with my budget, but have yet to find the right deal! Hopefully by the time we sell our house we will have enough to purchase a new set or just the chairs. For now I will keep dreaming and looking for the perfect deal!
I also need to find some tables for the living room. The ones we have now have served their purpose and I am ready for a change. I won't wait until the new house for these, as soon as I find the right ones I will get them. Right now we have glass top ones, and I just don't care for them. We have never bought our own tables, we have always been given hand me downs from our parents. So its time for us to buy something of our own!
Zucchini muffins
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 egg, lightly beaten
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 1/4 cup milk
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 cup shredded zucchini
* 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
1. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Combine the egg, oil, milk, lemon
juice and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in zucchini, chocolate
chips and walnuts. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees F for
20-25 minutes or until muffins test done.
Baking some yummy stuff!
Today the weather is alot cooler than what it has been for the last few days and when it gets like this I want to bake. On my list is all things zucchini.. muffins and bread! Yum!
Zucchini bread
* 3 eggs
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil
* 1 2/3 cups packed brown sugar
* 2 cups grated zucchini
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large bowl, beat eggs well. Add oil, brown sugar, zucchini, and vanilla; stir well. Blend in flour,
cinnamon, baking powder, soda, and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour batter into two greased and
floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour. Cool.
Camping supplies
I am looking into getting us a pop up camper, so I have been searching rv parks that will be nice to camp at next summer. I never used to be into camping, but this summer I have gong a few times and really like it. My friend and I have been looking for different things to get to stock up out camping supplies. We found some TV trays for $3, that will work great for tables when we are sitting around the campfire. We need a camp stove, and I am thinking we will have to buy that new, as we have yet to find one. If we had the camper we could leave all the stuff in there so we won't be so packed in out car like the last time.
Vacation, maybe?
I am ready for a vacation, not sure where I want to go though. The weather here in Michigan has been very weird, I need to go somewhere where its nice and warm, with lots of sunshine! Maybe a Vegas vacations is in our sights? Got to go out and buy a lotto ticket so we can afford to do this with my hubby taking the time off. His work isn't allowing paid vacation time right now, so we can't justify a family vacation right now. We really need one though, so something has to give. I will keep looking for cheap things for us to do on the weekends.