Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

This weekend I finally made one of the recipes that I've been dying to try. They turned out amazing! I can't wait to make them again during fall.

Ingredients

-Filling:
  1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
  1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
  1 egg
  3 tablespoons sugar
  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

-Brownies:
  Betty Crocker Fudge Brownie Mix

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom with shortening or cooking spray. In small bowl, beat all filling ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Set aside.

Make brownie batter as directed on box. Spread half of the batter in pan. Spoon or slowly pour filling evenly over batter. Spoon or slowly pour remaining brownie batter over filling. Cut through batter several times with knife for marbled design.

Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted 1 inch from side of pan comes out clean.

Enjoy!

Originally from www.bettycrocker.com

Wanderlust Wednesday

If I could be anywhere this Wednesday I would be here:

Tuscany

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Where would you like to be this Wednesday?

I need your opinion...

Okay, so I am probably the most indecisive girl you will ever meet. Haha. But I need your help on choosing a camera bag. They are all so pretty that I can't decide. I would like to get a small one for days where I'm just bringing my camera along just in case I see something worth shooting, and a bigger one for days where I need all of my equipment.

The small choices:

Designer: Kelly Moore
Style: B-HOBO Bag
Color: Heather Grey or Canary
Price: $169.00

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Designer: Style Scrapbook for Kipling
Color: White
Price: about $200

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The big choices:

Designer: Emera
Style: Classic Canvas
Color: Black
Price: $169.00

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Designer: Jo Totes
Style: Rose
Color: Marigold
Price: $89.00

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Designer: Epiphanie
Style: Lola
Color: Red
Price: $164.00

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Five Things I Love: DIY Edition

So your all of your silverware can match!

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Use a cereal dispenser for a trash can. Great idea for bags that always get squished!

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Bread clip cord labels!

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Re-purpose towels into a luxurious bath mat.

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Use a glue gun to write/make designs on plain jars before painting them.

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Awkward & Awesome

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Awkward
- When you go to a restaurant on your birthday and the staff comes out to sing for you because your friends just had to inform them that it's your birthday. It wouldn't be so bad if the entire restaurant wasn't staring in my direction.
- When you're driving in the dark and going through a curve and then BAM a car with it's brights on blinds you and you have no idea if you're still on your side of the road.
- When you're in such a rush to get around or really tired that you forget to wash the conditioner out of your hair. Yeah, not fun.
- It's been raining every day here so far and of course the one day that it was somewhat nice out I'm stuck in class the entire day : (
-When you're talking and you rearrange your words so it appears that you have become dyslectic for a second.
- Those days where you forget how to spell the word of. Afterwards you can't believe that you thought it was spelled like ov.

Awesome
- The overwhelming feeling of joy as you watch a chipmunk cross the road without getting hit.
- Only one more week until I get my refund! Can not wait to get the Canon 60D : )
- Driving around with no destination.
- When there is a storm rolling in and you can smell the rain before it starts.
- This song.

Wanderlust Wednesday

If I could be anywhere this Wednesday I would be here:

Cairo, Egypt

or anywhere else with camels!!!

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Where would you like to be this Wednesday?

Five Things I Love

This ring is adorable!

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These brightly hued shoes will go with everything.

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I want this in my backyard...

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Must make these! Pumpkin swirl brownies.

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 I just heard this song on Ghost Whisperer and I can't get it out of my head. I love his voice!

Awkward & Awesome

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Awkward
-Last night I ran over a creature for the first time with my car...it was sad :(
-I feel like I have so much information crammed in my head already that when I study for a test I can't retain any of the information. Yet I can still remember hundreds of music lyrics. Is there a point where your brain ends up like a gas tank? Once its full its full? Haha.
-So the genius weather man said we were supposed to be getting isolated thunderstorms every day this week. Yesterday was the first day this week we got rain.
-I feel like nothing in my life is going right and then all of a sudden BAM a lot of good things come my way. Like the quote at the top says, "Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful." You can run over a poor animal one minute and be the winner of something amazing the next. Haha.
-The other day I had a dream and if I wouldn't have woken up I wouldn't have realized that it was just a dream. Do you ever have those kind of dreams? Where they feel so real that even when you wake up you couldn't believe that it was only a dream? And most of the time when I wake up I can't remember my dreams but this one I could still remember. It was a weird dream too, one that couldn't have possibly been real but felt so real...okay I'm mumbling now so I'll stop haha.


Awesome
-Remember this bracelet that I said I loved last Friday? Well Sydney over at The Daybook was giving it away and I'm the winner! I couldn't believe it when I saw my name. I had to keep re-looking just to make sure that I did in fact read it correctly and yes that is my name! I can't wait to post about it when I receive it in the mail.
-Two more weeks and I get my refund which is hopefully going to be enough to get the Canon 60D that I've been wanting for forever.
-I got a new pair of glasses on Tuesday. My eyesight wasn't getting a lot worse, I was just starting to notice that road signs were getting harder to see and things were kind of fussy. But when I put these babies on I was like, "I can see again!" lol. Everything was crisp and clean  : )
-I aced both of my midterms this week : ) Even with the lack of retaining information.
-The list of classes that are going to be available for next semester are finally up on the school website. I can't wait to start taking more photography classes!!

Wanderlust Wednesday

If I could be anywhere this Wednesday I would be here:

New York City

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Where would you like to be this Wednesday?

Five Things I Love

Vanilla milk with chocolate ice cubes...definitely on my list of things to make!

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Gorgeous! I can't wait until my hair is this long so I can try it!

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I just love the colors and how simple it looks...

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I love this moment!

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Love this ♥

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Awkward & Awesome

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Awkward
-We finally get rid of the humidity but now we get nothing but rain : (
-It's been forever since I've done an Awkward & Awesome post...
-My Digital Imagining professor keeps on piling up assignments for us to do but never tells us when they are due.
-My cat is afraid of the air conditioner. She wont even come on my bed which is right next to the window that it's in.
-I keep on waking up with new bruises. I think Boyfriend might be kicking me in his sleep...
-It's June already...where did Spring go?
-I subscribed to Elle magazine and they sent me June's issue. Then the week after that they sent me May's. ??? I also subscribed to Instyle at the same time but have yet to get an issue...
-When you're getting a pedicure or something of the sort and the Asian woman says something and you're like, "What? " and she says, "I wasn't talking to you," but then proceeds to talk to the woman next to her in their language and you just know that she is now talking about you but you have no idea what they are saying.

Awesome
-I get another refund in 3 weeks and I'm hopefully buying the new-ish Canon EOS 60D with it!
-This weekend Boyfriend and I are taking a Motorcycle Basic Rider Course! He already has his endorsement but figured it wouldn't hurt to learn it again and I would feel more comfortable if he was there with me.
-I finally listened to my hair stylist and bought a heat protection spray for my hair since I straighten it almost everyday. It's called Iron Silk 07 by Redken and it smells and works amazingly! What I mean by smells amazing is that it doesn't smell like hair spray. Haha. I loathe the smell of hair spray.
-I've lost 6 lbs. so far. Which isn't much I know but it's been a while since i've talked about my weight loss goal so I figured I should give you girls an update. I promise to do a post about it when I loose 10 lbs.
-I've been learning so much in my photography classes. I can't wait to learn and do more!

Wanderlust Wednesday

If I could be anywhere this Wednesday I would be here:

Grand Haven, MI

Reading about Veronika's adventure in Grand Haven with Tieka makes me really want to go up there again. Especially with the nice weather we've been having lately.

Where would you like to be this Wednesday?

Swimming at Vineyard Lake

Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately. It's just been so hot and humid here in Michigan that I don't want to do anything. I've also been busy with school and work. But today boyfriend and I finally went out to Vineyard Lake to go swimming!

It's nothing special but it's one of the better lakes around us and most of the time its not too crowded either.

It was so nice to get out and get some sun. I'm glad that we could actually enjoy the weather after we cooled down. Thursday we are supposed to be getting some rain so that will be nice. It's been in the 80's all this week and I'm not complaining but it wouldn't be so bad if the humidity wasn't so high. Tomorrow it's supposed to be worse : (

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Five Things I Love

I want a closet like this in my future home.

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The Circus Trees by Axel Erlandson

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Chocolate chip cookie dough truffles!

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Isn't she so adorable!

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Lately I've been loving the look of old barns ♥

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Wanderlust Wednesday

If I could be anywhere this Wednesday I would be here:

Italy

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Where would you like to be this Wednesday?