5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE CAKE...IN A COFFEE MUG!

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons flour

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)

A small splash of vanilla extract

1 large coffee mug (Micro Safe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.EAT ! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?

Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

I can't think of a better way to celebrate the last day of school than to be with good friends, enjoying delicious food and luscious libations on a perfect Texas evening!

After a beautiful evening ride to the Pease River, we sat down to a fabulous Mexican inspired meal complete with Ruby Red Grapefruit Margaritas! Their spectacular home is custom built with magnificent Spanish influences: tiles, arched doorways, spacious cathedral ceilings! After a scruptious meal, we ended the evening on their patio under their cedar pergola with a delicious evening breeze from the south! It was AMAZING and PERFECT!

GRADUATION HAS COME AND GONE!

I STILL HAVEN'T PROCESSED THE FACT THAT JAKE HAS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL! My parents, brother and sister flew out for the celebration and it was absolutely WONDERFUL!

Awards Assembly at the High School

(Notice his eye-rolling!)

THE SENIOR PROM

BACCALAUREATE

My School Honored the Graduates of Their Teachers

My parents came to the 2nd grade end-of-the-year class picnic!

GRADUATION NIGHT!

WOO-HOO!!!!

Zack could hardly wait to get Lynn (my sister) in the tank! She did a great job and provided a lot of entertainment!!!

She even went crawdad fishing! Zack taught her how to tell if it was a male or female...

When we came up from the tank, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs and discovered a HUGE rat snake behind my feed bin! Of course, the moment Zack heard there was a snake, he sprinted to the chickenhouse, scaled the fence and within a few breaths, he had caught it!

My brother, Matt, enjoyed the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom experience!

Of course, when Zack was finally able to talk Lynn into holding the snake, it quickly progressed to persuading her to put it around her neck. The eggs that it had apparently been digesting, were instantly spewed from the snake's rectum and the stench of rotten egg encapsulated her! She almost vomitted on command!

SURPRISE!

The wind has been so strong, that I haven't planted many flowers yet. Here's what I saw when I went out to go to work yesterday!

TUFF IN THE PLANTER!

Yesterday, when Jake got home, he was carrying a small cat carrying cage...in it was this...



We've raised and rehabbed more coons than I can remember, but it has been a good 2 years since the last one...Zack was overjoyed! He's still too young to go on his own, so Zack will raise him and then either he'll go off on his own (like most do) or we'll relocate him.

JAKE TURNED 18 AND WILL GRADUATE IN 20 DAYS!

Well, it's our turn! Jake's High School days are almost complete and then he'll be off to West Texas A&M to study Criminal Justice or Wildlife Management... I know there must be life after your first one is encouraged to leap from the nest, but I just can't fathom how quickly that time has gotten here!

Zack, of course, is chompin' at the bit to be "the only child"...but what he doesn't realize yet, is that the list of chores will only have HIS name on it! I know he'll miss Jake more than he knows. Prom is tonight, then the senior breakfast from 11:30 pm-3:00am! Dyke and I are cooking and serving, then we'll watch the senior video at the local moviehouse and then try to get some sleep before church in the morning! YEE-HAW! My 8pm bedtime will be compromised tonight...I hope I can stay awake and energetic! No, it should be a lot of fun!