The Jubilant Cherry

I love an adorable dessert that takes little to no effort. Bonus if it's delicious. This one is. I'm not kidding about the simple part. Making them is the easiest thing you'll do all day; even If all you want to do all day is lay on the sofa, watch Lifetime, and eat these tarts.

Ingredients:
1 package of refrigerated crescent rolls
1 three oz package of cream cheese
1/4 cup of powdered sugar
1 cup of canned cherry pie filling


Start with a package of frozen crescent rolls and a floured counter. Unroll and knead the seams. P.S. Did you know that you can also pick up a roll without seams? Then you'll need to cut out small rounds that will be your tart crust. A juice glass works great for this part.

(No, it's not a coincidence that I used a juice glass decorated with cherries.)


Place the rounds in greased muffin cups. I tried a second batch with mini silicone baking cups and they also worked great. Beat the cream cheese and confectioners sugar and place a little blob, which I guess equates to about a 1/2 teaspoon, into each cup. Then add another little blob of the cherry pie filling. I found that two cherries with just a wee bit of syrup worked best for mine.


Bake at 375 for like 15 minutes, cool until you feel like you could probably stuff one into your mouth without scalding your tongue, and enjoy!

An Open Letter to A Blue Toothed Stranger

Dear Ms. Blue Tooth,

Did you know it looks like you are talking to yourself when you have your blue tooth in your ear and you are walking around in public? And yes, I did just say "excuse me" because I didn't see your blue tooth in your ear and I thought you were talking to me. As if the blue tooth weren't bad enough, when you put your hand up to tell me to be quiet and then pointed to your blue-tooth I was done with you.

Blue tooths are great for the car. Wearing them around in public makes you look like a jerk.

Always Blue Tooth Free,

Mrs. K

Cutie Boutie- Frox on Broad

Being a sales girl one of the highlights of treking all over Eastern North Carolina is happening upon lovely little southern boutiques. These stores are usually tucked away local favorites and you really have to do some exploring to find them. Lucky for me my cold-calling efforts usually leads me right to their door. I have favorite spots that I stop at every time I am in that town. As I find these little hidden gems I want to share them with my loyal Thirty Birds readers.


Frox on Broad-Dunn, NC-http://www.froxboutique.com/
Formally Frox on Main, this boutique used to be located in teeny tiny Buies Creek, NC. In the past year or so they have moved to a much larger location in downtown Dunn and basically tripled in size. I love Frox because they are constantly getting in new items. I could go there every week and not see the same thing. Molly, and Melodie the owners are fantastic at picking out looks that you might not always grab off the rack and sticking them in your dressing room. Often times I end up buying one of their picks that I initially would have never picked for myself. Their lines include Joseph Ribkoff, Joy Joy, Theme, Hobo bags, Joe Jeans, and the list goes on. Recently Frox expanded even more to offer baby items as well. Babies on Broad was a result of Molly getting pregnant!! They have the CUTEST baby gifts. Frox is definitely worth the visit. Melodie, and Molly and the rest of the folks at Frox will take great care of you!

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