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Summer is definitely here!  

I've been enjoying time outside and not cooking and baking like I would normally do in the cooler weather.  As a result my blog has been languishing a bit.  

I never thought I'd say it.... but I really am looking forward to more tolerable weather.  



I recently picked up this cute little dish for my Sweetheart Kitchen and love it so!  

Best of all it was only 50

I'm quite excited to tell you that we have a new home for Rednesday!  Isn't that awesome?  



Please head on over to Melody's blogs~  Her adorable blog can be found here.  Please stop by her blog and shower her with much love and comments!   

Have you ever bit of more than you can chew? 

I have and it's finally nice to be able to play catch up and get back to normal.  



 I've always wanted to host a linky party/blog hop so when Rednesday became available it seemed perfect for me.  I jumped at the opportunity to host it.  



But along the way, I've seemed to lose something...  



The requirement to host and blog has become

These are good.  Really good.  What I really love about them is that they don't take forever to cook (like traditional Banana Bread does) and they don't get too dark where the muffin and pan meet.  Win/win in my book.    

I hope you enjoy these as much as my hubby and I are!



Mix together Streusel/Crumb Topping Ingredients.

1/4 cup butter or shortening (your preference) 

1/2 cup sugar 

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This is so yummy on a hot summer day, for a picnic or a potluck or any time you fancy something chilled and sweet.  It's so easy to throw together and I like to make it the day before so it has time to chill and firm up.  

I hit Aldi's today and found everything that I needed in generic form~ and it didn't effect the taste in any way.  



One can cherry pie filling 

(I've always wanted to