1 Duncan Hines Carrot Cake Mix

4 large eggs at room temperature 

1 cup water 

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 small package vanilla instant pudding

Mix all ingredients and beat for 2 min! Pour batter into greased Bundt pan and bake until cake test done!

This cake taste like Starbucks pumpkin pound cake!  Very moist!  I sprinkled powdered sugar over the top after turning it out onto a plate and completely cooled!   Store covered until ready to serve.   This cake is delicious served warm also with a par of butter as well! 

PS. I used two small Bundt pans and divided the better between them. Then Baked them for 25 min.   If using one large pan, will require longer baking times.  

Carrot Pound Cake

Miracle Peach Pie:
A few days ago Randy and I were driving on the tollway when The Peach Truck came up beside us and I remembered some of our kids (Cam & Mandy) always buying peaches from them!
So it got me in the mood for fresh peaches and will be making this pie in next few days.
It is one of the first recipes which I remember making as I entered into my late teen years. My Aunt Gladys, who was my biggest cheerleader, gave me a cookbook which now has old spills all through the pages. She showed me this recipe and it quickly became a favorite of our family.�

2 cups diced peeled fully ripe peaches�¼ cup sugar, 1 ¼ cups water�1 small pkg of Jello Vanilla Pudding (not instant)�¼ teas salt,1/8 teas nutmeg, 2 teas lemon juice, 1 tables butter, ¼ teas almond extract�1 baked 8 in pie shell, cooled.�Combine peaches, sugar and 1 cup of the water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Combine the pudding mix, salt, nutmeg, lemon juice and remaining ¼ cup water. Stir to form a smooth paste. Add to boiling fruit, stirring to blend. Then cook and stir until mixture comes to a full boil.�Remove from heat and add butter and almond extract. Cool 5 mins. Pour into baked pie shell. Let stand about 4 hrs or until firm. Serve with sweetened whipped cream and additional sweetened sliced peaches if desired

It’s been almost a year since Randy and I moved out of our house into an over 55 community and into an apartment! Would I have feelings of regret or disappointment of leaving a house with a garage and a pantry that held so many sets of dishes and pounds of flour and sugar? What would it be like living in a building where 200 others lived and would we fit in? So many questions and so many different expectations! There are still days when I do miss having a garage and a large pantry but there are things here that have made up for the things that I miss! We have a community of people that have been truly a gift to us! Just like last night, we had been gone most of the day doing pre op appt for randy and got home at 4:00. Randy fell asleep and I ran downstairs to find someone/anyone that could look in my eye to see if they could find my lost contact that had been a source of pain for the last 4-5 hours. As soon as I saw a friend and explained my situation, she took me by the hand and led me over to another friend, who happened to be a nurse years ago. She quickly saw the contact and gave me directions on how to flush it out! She also reminded me that she was going to be bringing me some cilantro that she grows before assuring me that she will run up if I need her! Well I got the contact out and before I knew it, our doorbell rang and it was another friend who had brought us dinner from downstairs. Every Thursday Avenida serves different foods for us and last night, they served egg rolls, chicken fried rice and sushi! She knew we had been gone all day and she thought it might be nice for me not to have to cook! So my dinner ingredients went in the fridge and we ate Chinese! We have had people leave cookies or candy at our doorstep when we open the door to leave and find little thought gifts from time to time! This place has been a gift from God to us as it is just so nice to sit out on our patio and have people walk by downstairs and look up and talk to us! We never have to feel lonely as there is hardly a day that goes by that we don’t see friends to talk to just walking down the hall or downstairs as we come and go! That would not happen if we were still in a house. Because Randy is in a season of not being able to go like we use to we were feeling isolated in our house so many times. But here….we are a community of people who look out and care for one another! We no longer have a garage or a huge pantry but we have so much more! It is refreshing to just look out our windows and see all the blessings God has poured out to us! And I don’t miss the garage or pantry near as much!!! When I do, I open our door and walk downstairs and then remember what all God has given us.

Prayer of Jabez:

Oh Lord that you would bless me indeed that You would enlarge my territory, may Your Hand be with me and You would keep me from evil that I would not cause pain! and God granted His Request!

1 Chronicles 4:10

Randy and I have closed our devotions almost every single day for years with this scripture , and yes, God continues to have his hand over us as we begin another new season, which was out of our comfort zone, as He continues to expand our territory!