It Keeps You Runnin'

The Louisville Sports Commission Half Marathon is in 17 days (i.e., it's training crunch time for this chick)!  Headed out to Cherokee Park later this evening to get comfy with the hills since part of the race goes through the park.  Check out LSC website here for more info or to register.

Gettin' My Bake On

Friday afternoon my mom stopped by to help me prepare some yummy treats for a party I attended this weekend.  We tackled a homemade pumpkin roll.  Here's how it went down.

I got the recipe for the pumpkin roll here, but we made a few changes.  First, we used fresh pumpkin!  Miah and I went to Hubers a few weeks ago and bought some pumpkins with the intent that I would bake with one of them!  My mom and I baked the pumpkin like you might bake/steam a squash.  We cut it in to four pieces, cleaned out the inside, and placed it face down in an inch of water.  We let it bake for about an hour and a half at 350 degrees.  You can tell when it is ready when the outside skin is can be easily pierced with a fork. 



Sorry for the blurry pic, but here is the pumpkin baking in the oven.

Next, I took a big spoon and scraped the pumpkin out of the shell.



Then we put the pumpkin in the blender and pureed it. 

Now that we had our pumpkin puree, we seasoned it with Kroger brand pumpkin pie seasoning.  We also used the pumpkin pie seasoning instead of the cinnamon that the recipe called for.

At this point it was time to use our homemade pumpkin puree to make the actual pumpkin roll.  Here, we followed the recipe, but omitted the walnuts. 



Whipping the eggs, and mixing in all other ingredients.



We made two batches!  Here they are baking.

When the rolls come out of the oven, you must quickly flip them on to cloth to be rolled.

Ready to put the roll in the pumpkin!

Here they are all rolled up.  This was surprisingly easy to do!!  The key was definitely having cloth as opposed to paper!

After we had our rolls all rolled up, I let them cool over night.  Then in the a.m. I made the icing, unrolled the beauties, iced each, and rolled them back up.  The recipe above also includes the icing recipe.




The icing was super thick, but needed to be very smooth to go on well.  My mixer couldn't handle it--it started smoking!



So I got a new mixer!



Once the icing was done, I unrolled the rolls.

When I iced them I started with what would be the most inside portion of the roll.

Then I rolled them up and dusted each with powdered sugar!

Finished product!!!

I Swear . . .

Yesterday I was sworn in to the Kentucky Bar.  Below are some pics of me and the 'rents after the ceremony at the Kentucky Capitol Building.  Jeremiah couldn't make it because he was in Davis, California for work.  Boo.  But he's back now!  Yay! 

Random sidenote about the oath to be admitted in Kentucky:  We had to swear that we hadn't participated in a duel!  Here is a portion of the text as printed in Section 228 of the Ky Constitution:  "[S]ince the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons . . . ."  Who knew?!


The Capitol Building is beautiful!





With my certificate!




Ron & Alyce



Inaugural Post!!

I am so excited to be writing my first blog post!  Creating this blog, Live Lant Love (I know you love the catchy title), was totally inspired my new house and all the decorating projects I have undertaken since moving in.  (Well, that and my mom said, “You should make a blog.”)  Having my own casa has really given me the chance to try out some fun decorating ideas and projects.  Because it’s our first house, it’s getting lots of TLC.  We have big plans for this place, and we (i.e., I) hope to share some of our decorating successes and failures here. 

It won’t all be decorating though.  I love to try random DIY projects!  In my posts, I plan to exhibit different projects I am undertaking or thinking about tackling.  A lot of my crafty ideas are inspired by other blogs and the one and only Pinterest (Hi, my name is Ashley and I am a Pinterestoholic).  Whenever I blog about one of my creations that was inspired by another blog, I’ll give a shout out to them and point you in that direction for more deets.

I’ll also be sure to post a lot of fun pics of my little babies, Basil and Peg (because I know you will care so much (hope the sarcasm translates)).

Alright. Hands in. 1-2-3-Goooooooo Blog!