HOT

It's been HOT here. I don't like HOT. I like warm, that's ok. But HOT I don't like. Warm to me would be 90-105 degrees, that's easy to deal with and pretty comfortable. Lately we've been reaching 110+ and it's just horrendously HOT. Even with our dry heat.

It makes everything hard. Yesterday I went and dropped my daughter off at golf. It's the worst time of the day trafficwise and heatwise. I decided to go to the store on the way home. I don't know why when it's this hot you don't get hungry. So I get there to the store, get all my groceries and put them on the conveyer belt, get up to the debit machine and start digging in my purse for my wallet. Oh crap! Wallet isn't in there. Where is it? The Wal-mart clerk rolled her eyes and said, "That's interesting!" all sarcastic as she's bagging my groceries. I forgive her because the heat makes everyone grumpy. So I tell her to bag it all up and I'll go try to find my wallet. Meanwhile I'm freaking out, "Where's my wallet?" I drive home, look in the house, look upstairs.... Then I realize my daughter had it earlier when I asked her to put my change back in it. We stopped at Tastee Freeze for dipped cones earlier in the day. Ok, so relief floods me (I know it's got to be somewhere), but still I can't find it. Finally I look in the center console of my car. There it is. Why she put it there I have no clue. Kids! So I drive back to the store, go in and pay and unload it all. Whew! Meanwhile it's HOT and my head is hurting, heat exhaustion? Yes, probably. I get the cold stuff put away and get an ice cold drink and take a short break turned on Phinneas and Ferb and watched with Maci for a bit. She was my big helper throughout it all so we split a Vitamin Water.

So today it will be HOT again. And tomorrow, HOT again... Thank goodness for AC and swimming pools.

Rumpledoodles - a great name for a nice cookie

Calling all Heffalumps! These are pretty good. I made these the other day and they were gobbled up. Except Maci doesn't like raisins so next time I have to make her a raisin free batch. But Marissa loved these. What's weird about this recipe is that it doesn't have eggs in it and the dough is sort of crumbly. But hang in there, once they bake you get a nice crunchy, chewy wonderful cookie, sort of granola-ish. This recipe was originally off the Disney Channel, but several years ago. So I can't find a good link because it was linked to the old Pooh bear show.

Rumpledoodles

1 cup Rolled Oats
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Flour
1 cup Coconut
1/2 cup Raisins
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Molasses
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
2 tablespoons Boiling Water

Instructions:

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 2-3 Cookie Sheets - I used parchment paper so no greasing required.
Mix the Rolled Oats, Sugar, Flour, Coconut, Raisins, Cinnamon, Baking Soda, and Salt in Large Mixing Bowl.
Melt Butter in Sauce Pan or Microwave. Add Molasses and Water Into Melted Butter.
Pour the Butter Mixture Into the Flour Mixture.
Stir With a Spoon Until Well Mixed.
Drop the Dough Onto The Cookie Sheet With a Teaspoon or Small Scoop.
Bake For 12-15 Minutes. I only had to bake for about 10 minutes so watch the first batch closely.
Remove From Oven And Cool Or Eat Warm With Your Favorite Heffalump.

Look who found the laundry pile!

First Tee

Joe took the girls and a friend to a water splash fun day sponsered by First Tee the other day. It's always a fun day. I can't recommend First Tee highly enough! A wonderful organization!

Afterwards Joe drove up South Mountain and took a few pictures. They turned out pretty cool!

Backpacks and a Movie Purse

If you don't know it already. I love Ross. I shop there probably weekly or every other week. It's the thrill of the hunt for a bargain.

Backpacks are in! Maci's is the heart one, it was 5.99, Marissa's is the Bongo one which was 8.99, I know we would have paid at least twice that somewhere else, probably more...

I also got a new "movie bag" it's also going to be a pool bag because it fits towells, etc too. But primarily I got it for the movies, it looks like a purse but will fit water bottles, candy, etc... In case you can't see it's also very sparkly, like Tinkerbell sprinkled some pixie dust on it. A girl has to have some sparkle! This was 12.99, not bad!

San Diego Trip

Some pictures! Grandma H. was brave enough to take 4 grandkids to San Diego. They had a fun. time. I think Bret had a few complaints (he's 13) but everyone else enjoyed themselves immensely.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

I just finished this up last night. I'd say out of 5 stars I'd give it a 3.75. I enjoyed this book. I feel like a better person for reading it. But at first it was hard for me to get into. It's a book about many characters which you get to know through their letter writing. So at first I found that a little overwhelming. It's also very smartsy fartsy, talks about classic literature alot, which doesn't always interest me. But the core of it, the characters, you do come to care about. It takes place after the German Occupation of a little Island called Guernsey. The people of Guernsey come to life slowly and their stories come out and some of the hardships they endure from the war. I found it riveting in the end. I also found that I still care about the characters after I read the book. Which is a very good thing. A charming little book.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society