Search for the Perfect Guacamole

This is all Anne's fault! Ever since she took me to that Mexican restaurant in October, I've been obsessed with guacamole. My mom finally hooked me up with a recipe, which I tried out yesterday. Two pacakges of cream cheese were involved, and the results were...not great.

Xander and Joe ate some, but it tasted almost the same as just taking a bite out of the cream cheese brick and I couldn't get excited about it. So now I'm searching for a restaurant-type guacamole I can make at home. If you have a recipe, I beg you to share it! And if I come up with a good one, I'll post it on here.

Mmmm....guacamole!

What's the Secret?

Seriously, is there some kind of secret to making cheesecake? If there is, I don't have it. I made one last night for Joe's birthday. I followed the recipe. And still the edges are really brown, and I'm pretty sure the middle is raw. Where did I go wrong??

Still, this cheesecake will probably be more edible than the first one I ever made for him. That one had a caramel topping that hardened up to the consistency of marble. I'm not kidding - it bent our forks! At least this one should be silverware friendly.

If anyone has an easy, fool-proof recipe for cheesecake, I'd love to check it out! And I'm sure my husband will thank you too!