bliss

true bliss is: having a (relatively) clean house; having all three ceiling fans on full blast on a hot day; knowing its your version on friday and hoping the weekend will be fun!

west side

I just saw this shirt this morning.  Wow...

Uh, yeah.  Apparently the wicked witch of the west went ghetto or thug or something.

awesome

So I got kinda bored today, and stumbled upon these fantastic signs.  For the most part, if you know what these signs/ tattoos mean, you are a huge nerd.  Of course, I know what all of them mean, so what does that say...

rough life

Oh yes, it's so difficult to be a cat...

Luna has decided that our guest room belongs to her because that's where all the sun is in the mornings. 
Note the annoyed look on her face.  It's because I disturbed her nap by photographing her.  Yes, our cat suffers.

blogging

Writing a random blog posting while watching "Julie & Julia" and listening to Julie talk about blogging is just kinda funny.  Yeah, I'm a dork.  It's also making me hungry.  I'm trying to be healthy, so here's a healthy recipe.  A cookie recipe that is healthy and yummy.  who'd have thought?

Honey Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup honey
1 large egg
1/4 cup smooth unsalted almond butter (you can also substitute regular unsalted butter)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoonn ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup raisins (optional- Jeff hates raisins)

Preheat the oven to 350.  Mist 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.  Beat the butter, canola oil, honey, egg, almond butter and vanilla extract in a large bowl with a mixer until combined.
In another bowl, whisk the dry milk, flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.  Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir to combine.  Stir in the oats and raisins.
Scoop tablespoonfuls of batter about 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.  Bake until golden, about 12 minutes.

These are the easiest cookies on the planet to make, but they taste so yummy, especially if you make them kinda huge like I do (it makes them more cake-like and chewy and moist), but because I make them bigger I end up with less cookies, and that simply won't do.  Therefore, I always make at least a double batch.  I just tell myself that the cookies are healthy and it makes the guilt go away.

Green Thumb

Where did the title "green thumb" come from anyway?  I am very proud to say that I no longer have a black thumb, Jeff and I both now are proud owners of green thumbs.  Does that even make sense?  Anyway, Jeff's pride and joy are his strawberry plants, of which he have three varieties.  They are finally starting to bear fruit, and i think he would rather stare at the prettiness of them instead of eat them.  I am on the side of eating them, cause they are super delicious!

My pride and joy is my blueberry bush, which after a year and a half is starting to look good and taste even better.  I swear, the biggest and yummiest berries ever!  Yum!

I know its super cheesy, but my gardening goal is to grow and make my own salsa.  I swear, my mouth is watering right now.

June

June is busting out all over!  All over the meadow and the hill!
(I wish!  I mean, yes, it is indeed June, but it's dark and windy and overcast and I really can't take much more rain.  That's why I live in California and not Oregon.)