Friday Favorites | Country Boy

Friday is finally here!

It has been a good, but busy week!

Thankfully, my order of Advocare products arrived over the weekend to help me through the upcoming weeks.

I ordered some new items this time around, and I now have some new favorites!

Those AdvoBars are the perfect snack in the afternoon when I am working.

I am also really liking the Coffeccino!

So far I have only tried it with cold water and ice, but I am looking forward to blending it into a frappe!

The weather was amazing over the weekend, so Mic and X worked outside all day Saturday.

Of course they visited X's favorite spot too....the creek :)

And then I had fun taking pictures of my favorite little guy throwing wood chips into the air :)

While it isn't my favorite, this property sure is Mic's and X's favorite place to be!

I headed out to run some errands, while Mic and X stayed behind to pretend they were "Recycle Guys".

I love X's little imagination!

After working (and playing) all day, they decided to sit down and enjoy the fire.

Fires are definitely a favorite of mine!

Marshmallows and smore's are too!

Tuesday evening X and I stopped by the store to pick up dessert for my in-laws for their anniversary.

They weren't planning on doing anything special, so we thought it would be fun to surprise them with these cupcakes made to look like a puppy :)

Dogs are their favorite :)

On Wednesday, I once again linked up with the stylish ladies over at The Blended Blog for another round of Style Perspectives.

This week is/was my favorite prompt!

Graphic Tees!

Yesterday, I kept things really honest and talked about my Pinterest Fail :(

Failing isn't fun, but honesty is one of my favorite qualities in a person.

And that has been my week!

Looking forward to not coming in to work, attending/helping with my SIL's baby shower, and hanging with my boys :)

Linking up today with Erika, Narci, & Andrea.

My Pinterest Fail

I am not one that takes failure well.

I have loved to bake for many years, and typically do it well.

This past Christmas my mom came down for a weekend to make cookies and desserts with me.

It was the first holiday baking session in our "new" home.

Reminder: My "new" home is 40 years old, has had 0 updates, and sits in the country.

While baking our goodies we noticed nothing, I mean nothing, was coming out right.

I follow the recipes exactly...that is my personality after all.

#rulefollowertilthedayidie

Every single cookie or bar came out burnt, but not cooked through :(
I did the unthinkable and started changing the recipes, adjusting the temperature of the oven, and changing the baking time.

It was a very discouraging day.

So fast forward to this past weekend when I once again attempt to make some homemade goodies for my SIL's upcoming baby shower.

It is a tea party theme for the shower, so I decided to make little favors that included tea packets and honey spoons.

I picked up all the items I needed and thought I couldn't be that hard.

I have made candy and other like items before and had no issues.

I put everything into my pot, turned on the heat, and stirred.

And stirred.

And stirred.

The directions say to not stop stirring.

I stirred that honey mixture for over 30 minutes!

#electricheatsucks

Once the mixture appeared ready, I pulled it away from the heat (again like the directions stated) and started dipping the spoons into the candy mixture.

I then let them "rest" so the honey would solidify on the spoons.

I then played the waiting game again.

I played that waiting game for quite awhile, but that stinkin' honey wouldn't harden!

GRRR!

I didn't know what to do.

I started looking online to see if I could put them in the refrigerator to hurry them along, but everything advised against that :(

So I waited some more.

Finally, I had to move on with my evening (yes, it was dinner time at this point) so I wrapped each spoon in wax paper and set them in a cooler spot of the house.

Humidity was not on my side Sunday :(

I checked on them Monday morning and they were STILL sticky!!!

I finally put them in the fridge at that time.

I checked on them again Monday afternoon and they still wouldn't harden all the way!

So I am officially giving up and calling it a big fat FAIL.

I am currently typing this Wednesday morning and have 0 clue what I am going to do for the favors.

Did I mention that the shower is THIS Saturday?

Yep!

Holy moly I better get on it!

Fingers crossed and lots of prayers are being said that I come up with a new idea quickly, and am able to get them done in the next couple of days.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest :)

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