Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Seattle. And... and, I'm still accepting BlogHer sponsors!

 

{“A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.” - Jim Morrison}

{Beautiful blogging friends: Amanda, Melissa, Mandy, Amy, Lauren, Stephanie, Mandy, ME, and Fiona.}

{This last weekend I headed to Seattle (again, I know. :D) to hang with a few of my fave PNW bloggers. We wandered Seattle... hit the town... got feathers in the hair... and more.}

{I can't even BEGIN to tell you guys how much fun I had! These ladies are crazy! Crazy. But, totally awesome and fun! I'm pretty sure I will now be even more obsessed with all of them... well... that sounded creepy. :) There was so much laughing... I am smiling while I type this. Thanks ladies for the fabulous weekend! Next time: everyone comes to Portland. ;D}

{CRAZY photo challengin' today!}

{You may or may not notice my new "Sponsor Me" banner for BlogHer' 11 at the bottom of my posts. I started freakin' out just a couple of days ago... worrying that I wouldn't be able to afford my trip to BlogHer. OR... that I shouldn't be spending money to do that. SOOOooo... I've added and changed a few things to my "Sponsor Me" page.}

{I've been embarrassed and/or shy to ask for sponsors these past few months... only mentioning sponsoring me once... BUT, with the little surprise butt surgery thing with Angus (ruptured anal gland. fun!) and a few other things... I'm just a little worried about the future of my trip. SO, I know some companies read this blog (I get your emails ::waving::). I'd love for you to click on my "Sponsor Me" button below to see what I can do for you if you can help me get to BlogHer 2011. Thanks!}

{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. BY the way: Shawntae from A Little King and I now share our Wednesday Linky's. :D. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too... 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, Supermom, And Then She Snapped, and Live and Love Outloud.}

♡ Chelsey

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Ruari's 17 month old dance!

{Well... mommy was a little late to this party... since Ruari turned 17 months on the 18th. :) But, we still partied it up}

 {My baby girl is 17 months. The change from 16 months to 17 months is absolutely crazy. You talk... A LOT. And, you know what you're talking about: weird. You are so human. I love it.}

{Ruari is Vloggin' this Vednesday. The prompt is "Hidden Talents". Ruari share her's:}

{Do you want to vote for my blog? Ok! Just takes a moment.}

 

{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. BY the way: Shawntae from A Little King and I now share our Wednesday Linky's. :D. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too... 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, Supermom, And Then She Snapped, and Live and Love Outloud.}

♡ Chelsey



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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Baking experiment. {Recipe}

{So... the following cookies are a recipe that Mike originally adapted from one of his favorite cookbooks, The Ultimate Cookbook. It's normally FULL of butter and more sugar... but, I didn't really want that in my house (even though it's DELICIOUS!!!). I replaced the butter with pumpkin puree and apple sauce. The cookies were still pretty dang good! I think maybe next time I'll try and put more applesauce for more moisture. I'd like to cut out more of that brown sugar too!}

{Butter-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies}

{(adapted from recipe in The Ultimate Cookbook)}

Ingredients
2  cups all-purpose flour
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon salt
10  Tablespoons Pumpkin Puree

3  Tablespoons apple sauce
1  cup packed light (or dark) brown sugar
1/3  cup peanut butter (can be creamy or chunky)
2  large eggs
1  tablespoon vanilla extract
2 ½  cups rolled oats (do not use instant or steel-cut)
2 cups bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips

{Position racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Beat the pumpkin puree and apple sauce in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until slightly softened, about 2 minutes.  Add the brown sugar and peanut butter, continue beating until creamy, pale brown, and very light, about 4-8 minutes.}

{Beat in the eggs one at a time, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and then beat in the vanilla until smooth.}

 
{Beat in the oats just until uniform.  Turn off the beaters, add the prepared flour mixture, and beat at a low speed just until a dough begins to form.   Scrape down the beaters, remove them, and fold the chocolate chips in with a rubber spatula making sure that there are no dry patches of flour left and the chocolate chips are evenly distributed.  
Decide how big you want the cookies and drop balls of cookie dough onto lined baking sheet.   Space balls 2-3 inches apart.  Cookies should be done in 18-23 minutes, or until the top part of the cookies start to turn slightly brown in places.  Take out of the oven and let rest before transferring to cooling rack.  Repeat.}

{Let me know if you try this recipe out! AND, if you change anything!!!}

{Vloggin' Vednesday: "Waking Up, Going to Sleep"}

{Do you want to vote for my blog? Ok! Just takes a moment.}

 

{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. BY the way: Shawntae from A Little King and I now share our Wednesday Linky's. :D. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too... 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, Supermom, And Then She Snapped, and Live and Love Outloud.}

❤ Chelsey


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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Happy Birthday Mom!

{Happy birthday mom! When I was little little kid I used to always think my mom had cheated somehow to get her birthday so close to/or on mother's day each year! Turns out: the day you're born isn't really your choice. Hee.}

{Vloggin Vednesday: Photo Share}

{Do you want to vote for my blog? Ok! Just takes a moment.}

 

{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. BY the way: Shawntae from A Little King and I now share our Wednesday Linky's. :D. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too... 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, Supermom, and Live and Love Outloud.}

❤ Chelsey

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