Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is also what makes the world go around.

As we all grow up and get older there are things in life that you just start to learn about without really knowing where you got it from.  Take the drive and need to make and spend money for example.  Those of us who were not fortunate enough to be born into a family with money and wealth, spend most of our lives fighting to make as much money as we possibly can so we can go out and spend it on the things we love and long for.  Vacations, cars, boats, toys, houses, beach condo's, you name it!  The human existence is all rooted around money.  

Sadly enough, it takes money to do anything in our world today.  It used to be that we could really "live off the land" but there is so little today that makes that even possible.  So the question I find myself asking each day is "How can I make more money, and not have to spend EVERY waking moment WORKING to do it?"  Robbing a bank is out of the question.  First of all, it's not FREE money when you take it and don't earn it.  Second, robbing a bank is not only risky but incredibly stupid too.  Unless you have a death wish, it's just not smart.  So how does a legitimate person make REALLY good money and not have to work super hard to do it? 

Check this out!

 

Trust me when I say, nothing in life is going to take absolutely NO WORK, so if that is what you are trying, good luck!  Cause that's all you have, is a bunch of luck and nothing else.  If you really want to make a LOT of money working from your own home, on your own time, and literally FIRE YOUR BOSS, come and check this out!  You won't regret it! 

I know I sure didn't and neither has my husband and two kids who are living the benefits of my "hard work" everyday.  When life gave me an opportunity, I seized it.  Will you do the same?

Cupcake adventure was a success! Perfect frosting!

Ok, I know it took me a few days to give you all an update on the cupcake frosting but this weekend was my son's 5th birthday so I was a bit busy.  I'm not even going to go into the whole fiasco we had at our local roller skating rink.  Let me just say that they will not be getting my return business or recommendations EVER!  The manager made my son cry on his birthday. NOT COOL DUDE!  However, besides that, the weekend was awesome!  My baby boy is growing up and this momma is feeling it hard. 
Ok, back to the cupcakes.  So I had this brainstorm about using SUPER SOFT cream cheese instead of trying to blend it right out of the frige.  Many of you who are avid bakers are probably laughing at me right now but as a person who has never taken a baking class in my life, it never really occurred to me before that my problem had always been trying to mix HARD cream cheese and get it to be light and fluffy.  Silly me I guess.  So, I tried my idea of letting it completely soften at room temperature the whole morning while I got my son ready for his party.   When it was finally soft enough I whipped it in my mixer with 6 cups of powdered sugar and 1 tsp of vanilla extract for about 5 minutes.  Starting on the lowest speed and working up to the fastest.  I let it whip for 3 minutes on the top speed alone.  Talk about perfect.  Even with the 6 cups of sugar its not too sweet.  I think because it is powdered.