Apple Season!!!!!

I tried out THIS recipe today.

Surprisingly, it didn't turn out the way I thought it would- a first for any recipe I have tried from Southern Plate and Christy.

I have a whole list of cakes I make every year and this is the first ever cake recipe I have seen with apples in it. I had hoped to add it to my Cake List for this holiday season, but as it stands, it didn't quite measure up to my standards.(Sorry, Christy- but as I said- it's definitely a FIRST!)

What was wrong with it, you ask?...

The cake was a bit too oily tasting and the sauce was too buttery. I'm going to have to tweak it a bit and make it with a bit less oil in the cake and then work the sauce so it tastes a bit more like caramel sauce to go with the apples in the cake.

GREAT idea....... it just needs a bit of tweaking.
I'll post a revised Recipe when it's tweaked to Perfection for me.

Water-Works.....The Movie- Part XXXIVII

The Nightmare Returns....................STUPID FREAKING/LEAKING ROOF!!!!!!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll bet if I blew a freaking hole in it with the damn shotgun it would REALLY leak.
I hate that effing house.

Into The Wild......

Paul and I watched "Into The Wild" last night. It was supposed to be a movie about a boy who left home to life live in the wilds of Alaska. OMG- As usual, I picked the movie, and it was crap.
And by it was crap, I don't mean it was crap, I mean it was C-R-A-P.
The music sucked, the plot(or lack of a plot) sucked, and the acting sucked.

The only thing good about the movie?....There was a BEAR!!!!!!! BIG BEAR!!!!

Weight Of The World......

I know I take some things too personally. Sometimes it feels like I have the entire weight of the world on my shoulders. I see something that needs fixing- some injustice being done, something that someone can't help and I just want to make it better for them.
I can't help it.
Maybe it's just the way I was brought up. Maybe it's because I was done wrong on so much in my life. Maybe I just have too soft a heart to see anyone in pain or suffering and not try to do something to make it a bit easier on them. I don't know.
But what I DO know is this.
If I turn my back on someone in need- how can I live with myself or expect any help from anyone when I am in need and asking for help? And I am in need much more often than I would like to think. I just can't stand by and see someone I care about suffering, be it a relative, or a friend.......and sometimes even a stranger. It just breaks my heart....... it just breaks my heart............. I tend to put myself in their shoes, many times because I've actually BEEN in their situation. I can vividly remember the hurt, the pain, the humiliation. It never goes away. EVER.

People say just walk away from it. Don't think about everyone else that needs help, think about Sunny for a change. My question is how? When it's people you love and care about, how do you just turn those people out of your mind? How do you choose who to put out of your mind? Why would you even want to turn your back on them?

Let them fend for themselves? Easier said than done.
Sorry, no can do.

I wish I could win the lottery....maybe money doesn't buy you Happiness, but it would go a LONG way in making some of the UNHAPPINESS go away!!

I'll just be glad when everything finally smooths out and returns to normal for everyone......whatever that is.

Here I Sit.....

.......at 4 AM with the mother of all headaches. Not able to sleep for fear of either the headache getting worse, or of having terrifying dreams. Bored out of my mind but needing to get sleep and rest before I head back to work for a long weekend.
I detest Stress.

Paul and I played a game he got for me/us called PuzzleQuest. It is awesome altho I'm still kinda sucky at it. I only won 3 times to his 15, but I'll get better.

I tried playing HALO with him too, but after only a few minutes with the double screen and all the motion going on I got a bit nauseous, same as I did watching The Blair Witch Project. Does this happen with everyone? And if so is it something you eventually can overcome or get used to?
I hope so cause I like playing games with him, altho I'm nowhere near the hardcore "Gamer" he is.

We also got our living room back yesterday. Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, we can start sleeping in our bedroom again. We were sleeping temporarily in the living room since it's the only room in the house with A/C. Now we have a living room floor and room to walk again.


It was a fun weekend.

To Whom It May Concern........

I have your animals.....If you ever want to see them again, do EXACTLY as this note demands.
Leave a brown paper bag with 5.3 Million dollars in unmarked 20 dollar bills inside the big tractor mailbox to the Old Bridwell Farmhouse that's not there anymore.
Do not attempt to involve the police or you will never see them again....I swear.
You have 6 hours.
Their fate is in your hands.