Do you ever wish you had more hooks to hang your clothes on but are out of spare wall space in your closet? Well, if you are lazy like me you do. I have hooks for my robes, pajamas, scarves, workout clothes, necklaces, etc., etc., etc.

I do what I always do and searched my beloved amazon.com for hooks that would go on my clothet rod.  Ta-da! Ba-da-bing and yee-haw I found them! The Satin Nickel Closet Rod Hook is only $4.39 and works perfectly. I have a few at the end of my clothes rod toward the wall that truly is useless for hanging clothes because I can’t see them, and besides the space is clear anyway for my wall hooks!

Or you can double your pleasure and organization with the InterDesign Rod Hook, which has two hooks for $5.77.

Amazon also has handbag hooks, scarf hooks, belt hooks, you could get hooked on hooks!

Psssssst. I’m letting you in on a little secret I learned from my brother. I’ve told you before you can get the Kindle app on your iPad and have the ability to read ebooks on your iPad. What Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and all other book stores don’t want you to know is that you can download these ebooks for FREE to your Kindle or Nook, or iPad, with a library card!

That’s right boys and girls. A library card. Don’t have one? Go get one! Once my brother told me about this, and I quickly ran to my public library and signed up. My library personnel told me to download the Overdrive Media Console app, and I would be able to checkout the ebooks through that portal. Not sure if this app will work with every public library, so you need to check with your own.

Once I downloaded the app, signed in with my shiny new library card, chose the Kindle format, I started looking for ebooks that I had previously paid for through Amazon. Know what else is funny? Once you pick the ebook you want to read, and click Kindle format, it takes you to the same page on Amazon that you were going and paying for the ebooks. Only now you “borrow” instead of buy.  CHA-CHING!

There are a few likes and dislikes I have that I will share with you. I of course like getting an ebook for free. I like that you can bookmark ebooks you want to read in the future and put on your wish list. I dislike that a lot of ebooks are already checked out and you have to put your name on the waitlist, and I dislike even more that the app limits you to three ebooks on your waitlist. I mean really? It would be better served if there was a time limit to “check out” the ebook. Right now I have my maximum of three and tick tock, none have been available so far. I also don’t get why I have to wait for any ebook – it’s an ebook after all, it’s not like I’m actually checking out a book. But I suppose the powers that be do it this way so maybe you will buy an ebook or two. And the ebooks are free, so I can live with it! You check out your ebook for 14 days, so you need to keep track of where you are in your book if your time runs out, because it will disappear from your library after 14 days. My librarian told me you just request an extension. So far, I’ve had no problem with the 14 day rule, so I can’t tell you if it works as smoothly as he said it would. I’m a rule follower. Give  me 14 days to read a book and by-golly I will finish it! Unless it’s something like Atlas Shrugged. That might be a problem.

You can also download audiobooks!

From OverDrive Media Console:

Download and enjoy eBooks, audiobooks, and videos from your library, wherever you go. Use the built-in browser or your browser of choice to find, check-out and download digital titles and read, listen, or watch in the OverDrive Media Console app. The Library Finder allows you to locate a library with a digital collection near you and save it for easy access.

Taking a little break to enjoy some fun and sun! Will be back with you on May 12, 2014. Try to manage without me! Now, before you click off, I doubt you’ve read all of my 789 posts! So, spend some time with the search bar or categories you might be interested. There’s still plenty here to read!!

You’re welcome.

You will quadruple love this recipe, just perfect for spring! It was in this month’s Southern Living Magazine.

Strawberries and Cream Sheet Cake

Cake:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 tablespoons strawberry-flavored gelatin
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2/3 cup chopped fresh strawberries
• Shortening
• Parchment paper
• Vegetable cooking spray
• Garnish: fresh strawberries

Frosting:

• 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar, divided
• 2/3 cup chopped fresh strawberries
• 1 drop pink food coloring gel (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Cake directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating 4 to 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Beat in lemon juice and vanilla.
2. Stir together flour and next 3 ingredients; add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended. Stir in strawberries.
3. Grease (with shortening) and flour a 13- x 9-inch pan; line with parchment paper, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over long sides. Lightly grease paper with cooking spray. Spread batter in prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Lift cake from pan, using parchment paper sides as handles. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove parchment paper. Cool completely (about 1 hour). Spread Strawberry Frosting on top and sides of cake.

Frosting directions:

1. Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer until smooth; add strawberries and food coloring (if desired); beat until blended.
2. Beat cream and juice at medium speed until foamy; increase speed to medium-high, and slowly add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold half of cream mixture into cheese mixture; fold in remaining cream mixture. Use immediately.