Coffee?

A new coffee shop opened in our community about a month ago.

Everyone I talk to raves about it and how much they LOVE the place.

I have been twice, and basically I'm unimpressed! The employees/owners didn't seem all that nice and the drink that I ordered was just so-so.*******************************

So I have a question for you...

What do you do when everyone is in LOVE with something, someplace, or someone and you just DON'T see it?!?

Do you assumed that maybe it was just an off day and give it another shot?

Or do you trust your initial judgement and not waste any more of your time?

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I know I am just talking about a small little coffee shop...but this could apply to a new fashion trend, a new acquaintance, or even a new blog that you found!

I haven't made up my mind about the little coffee shop just yet, but I'm hoping that maybe some of you can share some pearls of wisdom with me on what to do:)

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. ********************************
I did NOT have a SUPER crazy week of doctor's visits{3}, surgery for tubes, and then pneumonia all in just a little more than 4 days! After such a busy week, I am NOT hoping for a nice boring week starting today:)

During all the craziness of last week, I did NOT eat at Chick-fil-a THREE times! I would NEVER eat fast food that much in one week, especially since I am supposed to be on a diet. I would also NEVER spend one of those trips eating a milkshake at 3 p.m. and then call it lunch! I always eat healthy, well rounded meals...and I always follow my diet plan!

I did NOT spend part of this weekend painting and working on a craft project while completely ignoring the housework that was piled up around me. I did NOT put a load of clothes in the dryer just because I felt bad looking at it in the basket getting all wrinkled while I was busy painting!

What did you NOT do this week?!?

WINNER!

The winner is:

Carrie @ Martin Manor Happenings!

Congrats to Carrie and thanks to everyone for entering!

FREE 4 All Friday!

It's the fourth Friday of the month.That means it's my turn to host FREE 4 All Fridays! Because everybody likes free stuff, right!?!

Today, I am giving away a bath and body set.

The set is SUPER cute and includes bubble bath, body butter, shower gel, bath salt, and a body scrub!

Along with the bath and body set, I am also giving way a SUPER cute monogrammed hand towel for your bathroom.

We were in desperate need of a new handtowel in our half bath, thanks to my boys' dirty little hands! So I decided to make one for myself, and pick up an extra for today's giveaway!

You will get to pick the letter and the color that you would like to have monogrammed on the handtowel!

To enter:

Leave a comment telling me what initial you would want on your handtowel.

For another entry, follow my blog and leave me a comment telling me that you do.

For a third entry, place my blog button on your blog and then leave a comment telling that you did.

For another entry, post the SUPER cute FREE 4 All Friday button on your blog and leave a comment telling me that you did. Here's the code:

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For one more entry, stop by Mimi's place and tell her "HI" too!

I will use random.org to pick a winner on Sunday! Good Luck and thanks for entering!

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I also wanted to say THANKS for all the prayers for Eli and his surgery! He is doing great, and other than a little bit of fussiness coming out of the anesthesia, he is feeling back to normal! Now, if you would please add Henry to your prayer lists...we found out yesterday that he has pneumonia. He is feeling okay, and at home taking antibiotics. I am hoping a weekend of rest will have him feeling much better!

As Easy As Pie

Well, technically this is called Cherry Crunch...but you know what I mean! I never have very good luck with fruit desserts, especially cobblers, crisps, or crumbles. I don't know why, but they always end up either way too chewy or way too dry. I have been staring at a can of cherry pie filling in my pantry for almost a month wishing that I had the perfect recipe to use it in. I finally sat down to do a little research on my favorite recipe website allrecipes.com!

I found THIS recipe!

This is one of the best fruit desserts I have ever made!

It was not too dry and not too chewy.

Just the right amount of sweet and tart.

And the Crunch part stayed yummy for 4 days!

Here is the recipe just in case you want to try it!

CHERRY CRUNCH

Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
2.In a medium bowl, combine the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3.Sprinkle one half of crumb mixture in the bottom of a 9 inch square baking dish. Cover with cherry pie filling. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over pie filling.
4.Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm.

P.S. This is a scheduled post...we are either at the surgery center for Eli's tubes or at home recovering from the surgery. I will try to update today through twitter. You can follow me {my twitter name is SUPERMOM_Kelli} or check the right sidebar of my blog for updates! Thanks again for all your prayers!