If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail." Fran Lebowitz

I'm still trying to get caught up from the last week! It's amazing how just not being home for a few extra hours a day can put you so behind.

Monday night we had friends of our's over to dinner before they head back to school. Dinner was the same as Sunday (steak, potatoes, and salad), but I made cheddar biscuits (recipe to follow) to go with dinner and "Concoction" for dessert.

Concoction?! What's that, you ask? Concoction is my "own" creation (it's not original, but the name is!). It's delicious and it's beyond easy!
Recipe
1 Box Brownie mix
1 Package of Instant Chocolate Pudding
1 Pint of whipping (Heavy) cream

Prepare brownies as per directions, baking in a large pan (9x13) so that brownies are no more than 1/2" deep. Allow to cool.

Prepare Chocolate Pudding according to directions on box:
Whip cream until the consistency of whipped cream, soft peaks.

I used a trifle bowl to assemble the Concoction. You can use anything: You can even leave the brownies in your pan and just top with pudding and cream.

Cut brownies into 2 or 3" squares. Line the bottom of your dish. Pour 1/3 of the pudding over top of the single layer of brownies, make sure to get the pudding between the brownies and all over them! Dollop 1/3 of the whipped cream on top of the pudding: Carefully spread around, you don't want to mix the chocolate into your whipped cream. Repeat until all the brownies, pudding, and cream are gone. Top with some chocolate shavings. Serve chilled. Enjoy!


While at the fair on Saturday Matt and I visited a favorite vendor: Stone Age Art. The artist goes to my parent's church and he is a wonderful painter. He paints on thin pieces of slate, as well as on saw blades and other things. Well we bought this: Our upstairs bathroom is nautical themed. We both loved this plaque...how the light house is the stripes of the flag, and the roof is the blue and star.