Music Monday.

One of the few good things that happen on Monday is when some of my favorite bloggers dedicate a blog post to the music they are loving/obsessing over this week. This means I get to plug in my headphones and listen to new songs to help me get through a 10 hour work day of making airplane part blueprints {and look like idiot jamming out at my desk.}

So in turn, I thought I would post the song that has been on repeat lately...

Springsteen By: Eric Church

I love how he paints this amazing picture of a first love – What's scary is how much I can relate to the lyrics. Ohh to be 17 again... things were much easier than now at 23. But the words ring clear to me more than ever.

“If I whispered your name I bet there’d still be a spark.”

“Funny how a melody sounds like a memory
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night. Springsteen.”

So good! I haven’t always been a country fan, however, this summer has been full of it. I think it’s because my bucket list is making me more outdoorsy… and what makes being outside even better? Country music. Thought I would share this favorite of mine. Hope you like it and Happy Music Monday!  

S'more Please.

As of lately, I have become known as the girl who brings cupcakes into work. I can't help that I like seeing my coworkers the boys happy. So due to the last batch being made strictly for artwork and dedicated to my beloved hockey team... I thought I would challenge myself with a recipe that requires homemade frosting and some serious skills. While sitting around the bonfire this past weekend, I got the idea to try to make a cupcake taste like a s'more. After a few minutes online, I quickly found recipes and ideas of other bloggers who had this genius idea... I don't know why I thought I was going to be the first person to think up this idea! Haha. So after going to the grocery store to pick up the ingredients, I cranked the volume up on my cooking/baking playlist {It doesn't get played nearly enough} to get going.

The basic ingredients... The inspiration.

So I wanted to create a graham cracker crust at the bottom of the cupcake, so I crushed the crackers with some chocolate shreds and pressed down to create a base. Put the cups in the oven for 5 minutes to bake, then poured the cupcake batter on top about 2/3 full before putting back into the oven.



These little cupcakes definitely gave me a fight to make. {Marshmallow fluff is very complicated/difficult to work with believe it or not!} The frosting didn't turn out how I envisioned but my taste-testers at home were in love. I find it very humorous that when making cupcakes, I don't eat any of them. I think its from the time spent making them that by the time they are done, I am thinking... "Okay time to get rid of them. Immediately." And nothing makes them disappear faster than bringing them into work as a "Make My Day Monday" surprise.

Side note: expect a baking/cooking playlist post later... because once that ran out, my brother put in a CD from early 2000's that had us busting out lyrics in the kitchen.