Ask and you shall receive

Funny you should ask about desserts...Last night I made oats bars, one of which I finished off just before posting. They are bars/fruit crumble, healthy/satisfying and all in all yummy.

Oat bars

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. oats
3/4 c. wheat flour
3/4 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. brown sugar - packed down
3/4 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 stick of butter
4-5 T. buttermilk - or milk would be okay
2/3 c. fruit preserves or jam - whatever fruit you like, go with preserves if you like chunky fruit, jam if you want a thinner fruit filling
opt. - 1/3 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Blend in the stick of butter until there are no large chunks left. Add in 4 T. of buttermilk, throw in another tablespoon if the crumble looks dry. If including nuts, add in at this stage.

Grease a 9x9 or 8x8 square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Divide the crumble dough in half and press in the bottom of the pan. Then spread the jam/preserves on the bottom crust. Pat in the rest of the dough over the jam.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Eat it warm with ice cream, or else cooled and cut into bars for breakfast or a snack.

Dazed and Confused

I wrote a poem once, that started off I go through life without drive. Well I have the drive now and I don't feel lost, but then I do. The past week or so I have just been wandering through life. But that does not make the experience any less, I am just more easily amazed by things. Like I'll be driving and be like wow how did I end up here. Totally out of it. LOL Its such a funny thing. I don't really care about anything. Its like a smoked a big bag of chiba, like in one of my favorite movies Dazed and Confused, and have no ambition or concern about anything. When things don't go my way, like getting the assignments I want or getting my camera out of repair on time, I don't care. I am just oddly, blissfully, happy. Its weird. I don't think I have ever felt like this. Its our euphoria! I think I have clinically gone insane. You think I would be distraught right now, considering that I can not get the one guy I like to call me. But I am not. I am content. The best way that I can describe it is what spazz told me on the phone. I was telling her about how I was giving him space and myself as well so I could be strong in my decision to leave him alone. She said its like I was looking at a reflection of myself in a pool of water, but I couldn't see myself because there were rocks that were being thrown into the pond causing ripples. Once I stopped interacting with him and gave myself time to think, I could start to really see myself and what I really want. I thought that was a good analogy.

I think one main reason why I am so happy is because the weather has changed. It rained all day yesterday, which I really liked. I had my window open while I listened to the light drizzle and felt the humidity in the air. Today it is wonderfully sunny. How could I not be happy. I have never enjoyed the sun so much in my life. I took for granted all these years, but now that I live in Michigan, I savor it like a crisp, ripe pineapple. Can't complain. Life is good. P.S.- If you have not seen dazed and confused you should definitely check it out. One of my all time favs. Makes me wish I was 17 in 1979. I really was born in the wrong lifetime. I have an old soul. :~)

April? already?

I would just like to ask ummm when did it become April all of a sudden? No one asked me if that matters. There are about five thousand things going on, coming up, to do.

I saw our lovely friend Jess the other day. She is a glowing beautiful pregnant woman, and it was fabulous to chat with her over a brownie. She has such style. It made me think of the days when you all lived together and the times we had together.

There are many things I want to post about and then forget or don't get around to. Riveting, I know. Just wanted you to know I was thinking of you girls, miss you terribly of course and are thankful for our friendship.

Love
me