The explanation

Well, I hope ya'll will forgive me for being such a slacker in my posting. I have been quite busy going out of town visiting family for spring break and winter break and besides that I haven't felt well. One night I woke up in the middle of the night and I thought I was having a heart attack! I was freaking out because I was having weird chest pain/pressure. It was steady through the night and I couldn't figure out what was going on. We had a friend who is a cardiologist come over and check me over. He said that he didn't think it was anything heart related and said everything looked good. He suggested waiting it out a bit so I did. I waited for a month and it never got better. It got worse, eventually the chest pressure had subsided and it was more extreme back aches, tightening and pressure around my sternum and bust line and upset stomach. After spring break, I scheduled an appointment with my family practitioner and after a weeks worth of testing and ultrasound we FINALLY figured out what was wrong. Turns out I have gall stones and my gall bladder is inflamed. I have an appointment to meet with the surgeon next week and hopefully the surgery will be scheduled for shortly thereafter. Needless to say, I have pretty much spent the last bit laying on my bed, on the couch, or in the tub. It hurts to even sit up for long so I rarely get on the Internet. I am quite excited to finally know what is causing me this pain, and to get back to being healthy and feeling normal. I miss that! I also miss blogging and have some fun things to share(Some burlap and twine and cheesecloth projects!), I just don't feel well enough to sit here and write them up so please bear with me. Hence the reason I haven't posted in over a month! I will be back in a few weeks hopefully feeling somewhat back to normal. If you subscribe to my blog then I guess you'll know when I'm "back" officially. Thanks for being patient and I'll be back soon!

Personal favor

I know this is annoying...sorry! I entered a photo contest on facebook and would love some more votes. To vote, just go to the bottom right and rate it with stars.  You can vote once per day.
You can vote here.
Here is the link, hopefully it works. If not you can go to http://www.facebook.com/DeseretBook?sk=app_107727025983833 and look for my photo, I think its on the 2nd page and looks like this:

Thanks so much!

Rainbow Cupcakes

Well friends. I sent my camera in to be cleaned and I am surely missing it. Since I have no fresh pics ready to share, I thought I would dig through my pics from last year and share a fun rainbow cupcake idea that might be fun for your St. Patrick's Day parties this year. These are super easy and cute.

 First, start out with a simple white cake mix prepared as normal.

 After mixing up batter, separate evenly into different colors. I did the standard red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

 Next, line your cupcake pan and start spooning in layers of batter. I started with red and moved up from there.

 Slowly add in spoonful layers as you go. Try to keep your scoops the same so you don't run out of 1 color before you get them filled!

 This is what mine looked like before baking.

After they are cooled, top with your favorite frosting, I'll share the recipe I use, I think its wiltons:

Buttercream Recipe

1/2 Cup butter

1/2 Cup shortening

1 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp Milk

4 C. Powdered sugar

Whip, Whip, Whip!!

Here is the delicious result. Sooo yummy and kids love 'em!

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