Stitch Swap

I *love* Wild Olive, its one of the first blogs I started reading.  Her projects are great and her patterns are beautiful.

So when she said she was hosting a stitch swap I was all over that!  I can't wait to find out who my partner is and start stitching.  She had 270 people sign up for the swap, of course she's wonderful.  Today is the last day to sign up. 

                                           

Blueberry, Lemon, White Chocolate Chip Cookies!

What better to do on a cold semi snowy day?  Well bake cookies of course!   My wonderful husband bought me Isa and Terry's vegan cookie book for Christmas.  I am a big Isa fan, she has the most amazing cook books.  I've been cooking my way through it.  I wanted to change it up today.  I had some frozen blue berries that were screaming my name but I wasn't in a muffin mood.  I also kinda wanted come chocolate chips, but I didn't have any =(  After raiding my pantry I found some white chocolate chips.  Hmm blueberries, white chocolate chips.  Good start, how about we throw some lemon in there maybe a little sea salt.  I adapted these from the standard chocolate chip cookie recipe.  

Blueberry, Lemon, White Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/4 brown sugar
1/2 raw sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or your favorite non-dairy milk)
1 tablespoon cornstartch
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

juice and zest from half a lemon 

2 cups white wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup white chocolate chips

1/2 cup blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease two large light metal baking sheets.

Mix together sugars, oil, milk and corn startch in a mixing bowl. Use a strong fork and mix really well, for about 2 minutes, until it resembles smooth caramel. There is a chemical reaction when sugar and oil collide, so it’s important that you don’t get lazy about that step. Mix in the vanilla, lemon juice and zest.

Add 1 cup of the flour, the baking soda and salt. Mix until well incorporated. Mix in the rest of the flour.  Add in white chocolate chips and blueberries.  My dough was a little runny so I did add a little more flour till it was the right consistency. 

I used a cookie scoop.  They will spread just a bit. Place on a baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes until they are just a little browned around the edges.  Let cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

Thanks Isa! This was a wonderful recipe it was so much fun adapting it today!

Perspective....

blah....One of those days....

We have just had one of those days around here today.  I feel like all I did all day was yell and clean up messes.  I sat down once earlier today and thought really, can it get any worse.  Then I saw something a friends Facebook, a friend of a friend's house burnt down 2 weeks ago and then this morning she went into labor and had a baby 10 weeks early.  So yes it can get worse.

I instantly felt horrible, here I am complaining over meaningless nothingness.  I am very lucky, we are all healthy, we have a nice house, my husband has a good job.  We are good.  I needed a perspective today.  I really need to learn to be more thankful and grateful for what I have.  Have a wonderful evening....

xoxo

This is why I am over weight....

I eat junk. 

It's that simple.  I go though phases where I will eat better but I always seem to come back to eating junk. I would live off of pizza, pasta and chips.  I know how I should eat, I know what I should eat and appropriate portions, but I don't I eat pizza and tortilla chips covered in cheese.  I really don't have a reason to post this, I really have no reason to be writing this but I just thought I would.  I am trying to hold myself accountable.  =)

Wordless Wednesday....

Adventures in Potty training part 2....

Oh potty training, how I loth thee....


We are making progress, he is almost fully potty trained at home.  He just keeps forgetting to pull his underwear down lol.  We haven't been able to wear underwear out yet, but progress is progress!

My 31 things....

So here is my list of 31 things to do before I turn 31.  Yesterday I wrote this blog about turning 30.  So today here is my list of things to accomplish before I hit 31.  These are in no particular order....

1. Learn to crochet
2. Learn to knit
3. Run a 5k
4. Start an Etsy shop.
5. Sell something on Etsy.
6. Learn to ride a bike.
7. Make good bread from scratch
8. Go vegan for a month.
9. Find an organization to volunteer for.
10. Make myself an artical of clothing from.
11. Make a small quilt.
12. Make a budget.
13. Stick to a budget.
14. Read all the Harry Potter Books
15. Watch all the Harry Potter movies.
16.  Make a granny square lab blanket.
17. Re-do my entry way.
18. Refinish an old piece of furniture.
19. Make an amigurumi doll.
20. Buy a pair of Hunter Boots.
21. Fit into True Religon Jeans.
22. Fit into a pretty vintage dress.
23. Get a pair of Warbly Parker glasses.
24. Make a beautiful scarf.
25. Make a tshirt quilt.
26. Design my own emboridery patter.
27. Drink fancy tea. 
28. Take a weekend trip with my husband.
29. Give up tv for one week.
30. Make a pair of socks.
31. Write at least 2 bolg post's a week.