Cream Cheese Crescents Dessert

 For Mother's Day my Brother, Sister, and I (along with a couple of in-laws!) went out to eat on Saturday evening with Mom and Dad at a restaurant that she chose, then we went to my Sister's house for dessert.  I made the following chocolate covered strawberries, some box mix cupcakes for the kids (or whoever wanted them).  I put the icing on the side since some people prefer no icing.

I also made these cream cheese crescent bars.  They are easy to make and delish!  I don't know where the recipe originated from, except for my friend Marcia.  We used to make these all the time when we worked full time jobs because they were good, and quick to make.

Here's the recipe.

2 packages of crescent rolls

2 packages of cream cheese 8 oz each (softened)

3/4 cup sugar

1 t. vanilla

1 egg yolk

1 egg white, beaten

Place one package of crescent rolls in the bottom of an ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish.  Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk together. Spread mixture on top of crescent layer.  Place the other package of crescent rolls on top of mixture.  Spread egg white on top of rolls.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  325 if using a glass pan.

(I'm wondering if they would be even better with three packages of cream cheese?  I've never tried it.)

Cindy Bee

Bitter-Sweet Week

 Blogettes...this has been a very bitter-sweet week for me.  Had I blogged any sooner, I would have said the bitter, in a very angry way, and who wants to hear that! The truth of it is we all have it in life.

BITTER- On Monday I went to my 5th funeral viewing for the year 2014.  A friend's Mother passed away.  I'm sure tomorrow (Mother's Day) will be bitter-sweet for her.  She was best friends with her Mom, so she'll have some good memories to think about, but she'll be missing her like crazy. 

SWEET-After the viewing I had to scurry over to see this fine young gentleman get a huge award for being third in the entire state of Indiana for his science fair project.  I've watched this kid since he was three years old, and I have to tell you the time went fast.  He's a Junior in High School.  And I am proudly taking a tiny bit of credit for his project as it involves wool!  He designed a device that uses wool to clean oil spills from bodies of water.  Peeps, he uses roving.  I introduced him to roving, and natural fibers, when he was a kid.  I'd take him spinning with me at the pioneer cabin and other functions in the summer.  Very proud of him.

NO FUN!-On Tuesday, my Shug had to have surgery on his Achilles Tendon.  He tore it a few months ago, and after three Doctors, one of them decided to do an MRI.  This is a serious surgery with a couple of months off of work.  He will be in a plaster cast for three weeks and they sent him home with a very skinny tube going into his leg and a bag of medicine attached. (They explained it all to us right before the surgery.  They called it a Q-block, which I misunderstood as cue ball! Imagine what I was thinking!) The medicine kept his leg numb until Friday.  The weather is nice out fortunately for him. He took the tube out yesterday and had to call the anesthesiologist because his leg kept cramping up really bad.  My Shug doesn't call a Dr. for much, so I know it was bad and he was worried.  He's feeling better today.  Still hurts but better! 

BITTER- I couldn't go down to help my sister with the election because of the surgery, but other family members did.  After a very strong and hard campaign, she lost.  She was up against a man who is old school and old money.  His brother is a senator and she only lost by 300 votes.  It was a VERY close race.  54-46%.  The numbers at the polls that day showed that they got most of the votes at the polls, so had more people voted, it might have been a different turnout.  But here's the truth of it all.  Young people don't give a crap about voting like older people do.  They've never had to fight for any rights, (or much of anything) and they don't get it.  And peeps, out of a town of about 50,000, around 3,000 people voted.  VERY BITTER...so I need to stop.

VERY SWEET!-On Thursday, I had Mom and Dad over for Mom's birthday.  We had a simple lunch.

It wasn't a last minute thought, I just had to wait and see how My Shug was doing.  We had chicken salad and sandwich spread, which I bought at a local market, carrots and dip.  We had potato salad, which I made.  And strawberry shortcake, which I also made.  Afterwards we went mushroom hunting, but found none.

 

 Happy Birthday Mom.  Love you!

 

SWEET!- We have about 20-25 lilac bushes on our property that we planted a few years ago.

They are all blooming now and smell heavenly!

 

I gave Mom a huge bouquet, and went and picked another one for our room!  Can you smell 'em?

 SWEET!-We've been doing some bird watching outside our door.  We have a Baltimore Oriole family this year!

 

 Put out some grape jelly and they will come.  They love it.

 

SWEET- In spare time, I have been making this blanket out of chunky yarn and some yarn I have in my stash at home.  I am committing to making stuff out of yarn that I already have.  I have to reduce my stash.  I even sold some this week.

 
SWEET-Tonight my Brother, Sister and I are taking Mom out for her birthday and Mother's day!

 I made dessert and

 they are yummy!

I also made a cream cheese dessert which is very easy and rich, and you must have the recipe for it....but right now I need to get dressed because my cousin Vickie is coming over for a bit.  I'll post it later.

Cindy Bee

VOTE-it makes a difference!

 
My Sister, Theresa Caldwell, is running for Noblesville Township Trustee. 







Here is a story I am rather ashamed of. 
One year, a long, long time ago, there was a primary election for Mayor in our town.  I knew one of the candidates.  He wasn't really a friend, but a little more than an acquaintance.  I knew he was running for Mayor but I didn't take the time to vote that day.  It was a primary and those really don't count right?  Guess what peeps.  He lost by ONE VOTE.
BUT
I learned my lesson.
A few years ago a friend/acquaintance was a candidate in another election and not only did I vote, but I told  my Shug to get in the car, I drove him to the polls and told him to get in there and vote.  He wasn't going to.  Guess what?  This 'friend/aquaintance' won by TWO VOTES.
THESE ARE TRUE STORIES.
 I HAVE LEARNED MY VOTE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
PLEASE VOTE.
And if you live in Noblesville, please vote for Theresa Caldwell for Trustee.

Cindy Bee