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March 6, 2012

Happy 103 years

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 0 Comments
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
We had so much celebrating the 103rd birthday of Dr. Seuss. We read the cat and the hat and painted our faces like cats. 
Then we read Green eggs and Ham and guess what we had for lunch???








After lunch we read one fish two fish red fish blue fish and did an art project.



Happy Happy Birthday!!!!
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Chocolate Marion Berry Truffle Cheesecake

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 0 Comments

 Chocolate Marion Berry Truffle Cheesecake


Ingredients


    • 1 cup double stuff oreos
    • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
    • 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 6 ounces chocolate chips, melted
    • 1⁄3 cup marion berry jam, seedless * or any kind of berry seedless jam*

    Topping

    • 6 ounces chocolate chip
    • 1 cup whipping cream

Directions

  1. Prepare a 9" springform pan: Attache bottom to sides and spray with non-stick vegetable spray. Wrap outside of pan with foil to "seal" the seams for the Bain Marie (water bath;Bain Marie - Use a large roasting pan, place springform pan in roasting pan then fill roasting pan with boiling water to a level of half way up the sides of the springform pan.)
  2. Combine crumbs and butter and press onto bottom of the springform pan.
  3. Combine 3 packages cream cheese and the sugar, mixing at medium speed until well blended.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time, blending on low speed till incorporated well.
  5. Blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour over crust.
  6. Combine remaining cream cheese and the melted chocolate, mixing until well blended. Add jam and mix well.
  7. Drop rounded tablespoons of chocolate-raspberry-cheese mixture evenly spaced over plain batter; pushing the "truffles" into the plain batter if necessary; do not swirl.
  8. Bake in the Bain Marie at 325F for 1 hour and 20 minutes
  1. Remove cake from Bain Marie and allow to cool for 30 minutes.
  2. Loosen cake from rim of pan with a thin flexible blade and then remove sides from springform pan. Cool completely.
  3. Prepare Topping: Melt chocolate chips and whipping cream over low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread over cheesecake, top and down sides, as well, as desired. Chill for at least 4 hour.
 
 






 
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Remodeled

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 0 Comments
My dad decided it was time to move the office into the bedroom next to mine. So in doing so he needed to build a wall into my room to give me a closet…but it will be a future bathroom (when I finally get a life and move out). He spent 2 weeks working on the construction project. We spent all day last Saturday working on moving things around and reorganizing. It was back breaking and exhausting work. I love to rearrange and reorganize so it was okay for me. 
Even though my space is smaller. I am enjoying having my closet in the same room and I can see all of my shoes in one place and that makes me happy. (sad thing to admit. But terribly true)
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