if you snooze you lose…

okay so, NOT a true statement when it comes to this place...
yesterday we had a little sister & abel date at Snooze in Old Town. It was thankfully a weekday so we were actually able to eat breakfast in the morning & there wasn't the usual line that covers the sidewalk on a saturday or sunday.
all i can say is caaarrrrrbbbbs!
& they were well worth it.
s'mores, peanut butter cup, coffee & donut pancakes... & the atmosphere was cute to boot.
stop by if you're ever in the fort!
happy thursday!
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over the weekend we…

ate burgers…
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met great-grandmothers…
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sprained ankles…
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hung around cute pups…
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loved our littles…
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made a new kind of waffle…
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took more pictures of babies… like we didn’t have enough
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celebrated sibling birthdays…
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used our favorite mugs…
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loved eachother…
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discovered the twitterbirds outside our window…
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ate ALL of this ice cream… BY MYSELF
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walked around old town…
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decided it was spring…
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& abel took it easy.
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hot dogs & home depot

…more like hot dogs AT home depot!
saturday was GOR-GEOUS! like, almost 70 degrees & i felt like an idiot wearing a sweater gorgeous.
while we were out & about running errands & getting our “hunny dos” done, home depot was on our list of stops & the hot dog vendor was out.
i had been off hot dogs since 2010, going strong. it was just one of those, in the middle of eating one, deciding you're disgusted by them moments…
but saturday just seemed like a day to try again! man, am i glad i tried again. i’d been missing out.
…oh! and i put my spring wreath up!
happy tuesday!
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i love…

baby smell.
girl scout cookies… WAY too much.
my cutieee husband
this blog
cozy sweaters & puppies
mint… the color, & the thin cookie (again, WAY too much)
family gatherings
signs of spring
snow (yea, i know.. contradicts previous “love” a little bit. what of it?)
warm showers when my baby is sleeping
our home
fruit smooooothies
lunch & weekends spent with chris, man do they come & go too quickly these days

i'm off to enjoy mine! have a good one yourself!
xoxo

buttermilk spice muffins!

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this morning was an earrrly one over here! i’ve never been much of a morning person, but these days i wake up to TWO cuties which is such an added bonus, AND today i was up early enough to make husband some muffins before he had to leave for work & i love doing things like that.

i am busy this week working on site design for my mom’s two vintage stores & getting all of the social media in order for them. very exciting! also, my nana made a special trip to town to meet abel. his very first great grandmother meeting! lastly, and this one make my heart go pitter-patter… our friends the sanfords are stopping through to stay with us on their way to California. they get here tonight & i could not be more excited to spend some time with them! soooo, that’s where i’ve been this week! hope you’ve had a great one! until next time, enjoy a muffin recipe!

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Ingredients
Muffin Batter:
1 cup Sugar
½ cup Butter or margarine
3 Eggs
2-½ cups Flour
2 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Nutmeg
½ tsp. Cinnamon
¾ cup + 1 tbsp. Buttermilk

Nut Topping:
½ cup Sugar
1 cup Walnuts (finely chopped)
½ tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. Nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°. In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and the butter together with an electric mixer. When they are thoroughly mixed, add eggs and beat one more minute.
  2. Sift the flour into a separate bowl, together with the baking soda, nutmeg and the cinnamon.
  3. Add the flour and the buttermilk to the first mixture, mix at low speed until smooth. To avoid lumps in the batter, add the wet and dry ingredients alternately, in small amounts.
  4. Make the nut topping: Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
  5. Grease muffin tins with butter or margarine. You can also use paper baking cups. Fill each cup 3/4 full of batter. Add a full, rounded tablespoon of nut topping on top of each muffin cup of batter. Bake immediately or the topping will sink to the bottom of the muffin.
  6. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown. A toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffin should come out dry. Home ovens heat differently from commercial ovens so you may need to adjust the temperature or the baking time accordingly.
  7. Recipe yields 12 standard-size muffins, or six Mimi's-size muffins. If using the jumbo muffin pans, reduce the oven temperature by 25° and increase the baking time 5-10 minutes.

original recipe found here!