recipe of the week - Hershey Bar Cake

This is one of my favorite desserts!  I use to make for Jennifer back in our college days!  It's pretty easy, but tastes wonderful.

1 box of devil's food cake mix
1 small box of instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs (or 3 large eggs)
2 cups of milk
1 cup of oil

Beat eggs, add oil and milk.  Then add cake mix and pudding.  Pour into three 9-inch cake pans.  Bake at 325 for 25 minutes.  Cool cakes.

Icing:

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar

Mix ingredients above until thoroughly blended, then add:
8 ounces of Cool Whip
1/2 cup of Hershey's Chocolate candy bars, chopped (approx. 3 bars)
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Frost cake and keep refrigerated.

Money

Money seems to be the root of most problems these days.  Well, lack of money seems to be the root of most problems these days.  We are far from destitute, but spare cash still isn't something that we have excess of for sure.  In some ways we're doing better financially than we use to.  The rent we pay on our house is much more than what we paid for the apartment, but we're still managing to survive pretty well.  Maybe we're spending less on other things because that money isn't there like it use to be.  We love the house tho, and have no plans on leaving it any time soon!

I think I just need to come up with a better financial plan for myself.  I've never been good with money and I've got to learn how to be.  Sadly, I get my penchant for spending from my Mom and didn't get Dad's thriftiness!  Oh well.

Any ideas on how to go about this?  Suggestions would be most helpful. I have no intentions of getting a 2nd job, mind you.  We have precious little time of our own as it is.  I know I need to make a list of my debts, and Michael's plus our expenditures.  That will be a good start for sure.

A financial plan will also help me in not flaking out and making myself really follow through with things.  I tend to do that alot, not follow through.  We shall see.

a day off

Finally having a day off (at least i hope so) and i'm very glad of it.  I've had one other day off this month.  I don't count the day that i sat in the courthouse for jury duty.....that was not my choice LOL  So, i'm hoping today will be a blend of relaxation, laziness and productivity!

Furniture market went very well for me a for a change.  yes, it had its hectic moments but overall ran very smoothly. That hasn't quite happened yet in the 5+ years i've been doing my job.  I hope that is a growing trend :)  And honestly, it has motivated me to change up a few things at work and in life, so we'll see how it goes.

If i can stop putting things off til tomorrow, that will help.  I'm very bad about that and I know I do better when things have gotten done and everything is in order.  Or at least in more order than it previously was.  I'm bad about this both at home and at work.  That's gotta change.  We'll see how it goes.

Just a brief note here, but I need to make it a habit of writing more on here, no matter what the topic.  If i want to be good at things, I need to practice!  Happy Saturday!