Happy Valentine's Day

Two Poots wish you and your loved one's a day filled with love and laughter!
XOXO
Amber and Scott
(lil poot and big poot)

February IG Photo Challenge: Week 1

Day 1: Your View Today

**There is an octopus in my coffee!!**

Day 2: Words

**Poot made this for me a couple of Christmas's ago. I love it and have it hanging on my side of the bed**

Day 3: Hands

**I am so lucky to hold this hand everyday!**

Day 4: A Stranger

**Thanks to Netflix, the actual video store and I had become strangers! We did end up renting several movies last weekend.**

Day 5: 10am

**Yep still in bed! Hey it was Sunday!**

Day 6: Dinner

**Spinach, Mushroom, and Chicken enchiladas!**

Day 7: Button

**I made a bracelet with some of my Grandma and Great Grandma's buttons**

Are you playing along? If so please leave in link in the comments.
XOXO
Amber

Gluten Free Pull Apart Honey Rolls

It was request that I had share this recipe. I found this recipe in the Living Without's Gluten Free Holiday Guide magazine. It was my first attempt at making any sort of bread from scratch. They turned out so yummy and we had nothing left after our New Years Day Feast. Even all my gluten eating pals couldn't get enough! That is a sure sign in my book!!

4-4 1/2 cups gluten free all purpose flour, more for dusting (I used Bob's Red Mill all purpose flour)
3 tsps xanthan gum
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
1/2 tsp kosher salt
3 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 cup neutral oil of choice
2 tbsps of honey
1 extra large egg plus 1 extra large egg white
2 cups warm milk of choice (about 100 degrees F)

Glaze
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsps unsalted butter
1 tbsp honey
1 extra large egg

1. Line two 8x8 baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted witht he paddle attachment (or a large bowl,if blending by hand), place 4 cups flour blend, xanthan gum, cream of tartar, and salt. Mix on low speed until well combined. Add the yeast and mix again until well combined.
3. Add the oil, honey, and eggs and mix until wet ingredients are incorparated into dry mixture.
4. With the mixer on low, add milk in a slow, steady stream. Once the mixture starts to come together, turn the mixer up to about half speed and beat for about 6 minutes. The dough should be thick and smooth, but takcy to the touch. If it seems toow et, addmore flour by the tablespoon, mixing well until you reach the right consistency.**I did have to add several extra tablespoons here to ge the right consistenscy**
5. Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured flat surface, ideally a silicone baking mat. Pat down the dough into a mound about 1 1/2 inches tall and divide evenly into 24 pieces. Roll each piece between wet palms to make a ball and then, if necessary, through the flour on your flat surface.
6. divide the balls of dough between the two prepared pans, spacing them evenly. They will be relativeloy close together. Cover the pans with plastic wrap and place them in a warm, moist, draft free spot. Allow the dough to rise for about 30 minutes or until the rolls are about 2 1/2 times their original size and touching each other.
7. While the rolls are rising, preheat oven to 375 degrees F and mix the glaze ingredients in small bowl.
8. Using pastry brush, brush the tops of the rolls generously with the glaze.
9. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes in preheated oven until lightly browned, rotating once while baking.

Enjoy!!!!
XOXO
Amber

Kitten Love via Etsy

I recently happened upon some pretty amazing kittenwear on Etsy!! I need these added to my wardrobe soon...

This shirt makes me laugh out loud...seriously!!


This sweatshirt sums up how I feel somedays!


For days that I am feeling hip and trendy this shirt would be the bombdigity!


And this sweatshirt is the be all end all of kitten attire!

XOXO
Your fellow Kitten Lover

Thrifting Adventures

Last year one of my favorite antique malls closed down and I was heartbroken. Recently they reopened and Kerry and I spent the afternoon searching for treasures...and boy did we find some. I brought these home with me:





One of my favorite finds of the day was this Abe Lincoln book!



I also couldn't pass up this felt calendar from 1965. I fell in love with the color and font! And it found itself a home with my wreaths.

What do you love to look for while thrifting?? Lately I have been searching for Pyrex, mid century glasses, vintage kitchen towels, vintage childrens books, and of course afghans and quilts!

Overall it was one the best thrifting adventures I have been on! Kerry found some pretty amazing stuff too!!
XOXO
Amber

January Instagram Photo Challenge: Week 5

The last photos from the January photo a day on Instagram!

Day 29: Inside your fridge

**It was so full of lots of leftovers...Yikes!**

Day 30: Nature

**Our backyard**

Day 31: You, again

**Last day of being 34!**

I really enjoyed this project. Even though I take pictures pretty much everyday with my Iphone, I liked having a challenge. So glad to have a new challenge for February!

XOXO
Amber

Birthday Celebrations: Part 2

Poot organized a little get together at Poot Manor this past weekend. He made us three different soups to enjoy before we headed out to a roasting of the movie The Room. If you have not heard of this movie I highly suggest you look up some clips on youtube! It is so ridiculously bad it is funny!

**You must bring lots of spoons to watch The Room**

**My brother brought some fancy Spanish cheese and wine to enjoy!**

**My friends Dawn and Patrick made me the most awesome gluten free Tommy Weiseau cake (He is the actor,director,writer, and producer of The Room .) We are serious about this! Lol!**

**Our best Tommy faces**

**The aftermath of the spoon throwing**

**We classed up the movie a little with a bucket of PBR**

Check out all the loot I got!!!

**Cute new sweatshirt, purse, wine, and a gluten free cookbook!**

**The most adorable napkin holders ever thanks to Kerry!**

**Vintage books to add to our growing collection for our someday lil pootlet and vintage sheets for our daybed from Kerry!!**

On my actual birthday, my poor Poot had to have a wisdom tooth removed so we had a dinner out at The Outback and browsed Barnes and Nobles before heading home to cuddle and catch up our dvr!




Here's to an amazing year!!! It is going to be a great one!!
XOXO
Amber

Birthday Celebrations Part 1:( I felt so LOVED...)

Thank you so much for all your birthday wishes!!! That Becky is so sweet and sneaky!! I had a great birthday and honestly don't feel that I deserved all that I got!(LOL)Really.... I got so much!
The celebrations started with a stop at the Apple Store and dinner with our friends Audra and Trevor. I got to pick where we ate, so I decided to try out a new place called Beer Kitchen. I am so glad I did because I was able to have make your own Mac-N-Cheese with gluten free pasta!!




Poot got me the classic Ipod! I am having a blast loading all my music on it! I think it will take me a few years to fill it up though!

We headed to my parents for a birthday lunch...

**My mom made me the cutest slippers ever!!**

**Gluten free chocolate pudding pie...my favorite!**

**I got to listen to my new Ipod and crochet the whole way there and back!**

My family got me Amazon giftcards so that I can put it towards a new camera. I finally going to get a digital SLR soon!

It was a great way to start out being 35!!
XOXO
Amber

It's Amber's Birthday!!!!

Hi gang!

Today is Amber's birthday!! Help me wish her the best year ever!

Amber is one of my BEST friends and I am so so lucky to have her in my life! Wish I could make you a gluten free cake! Maybe in March - I make no promise it will taste good ;)

So a few things about Amber - she has a heart of gold, she's hilarious, super crafty and talented, too adorable for words, the best thrifter I know, patience of a saint, one of the best people I've ever met.....thanks to the interwebs and crafts ;)

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Amber, happy birthday to you!!!!!!! :)

Love, Becky