Saturday Night

Last night was one the ubiquitous banquets in town. I had never heard of such a thing but they have them for every animal - elk, turkey, pheasants, whatever. My in-laws love to go to them but Travis doesn't care for them and neither does his nieces. Usually they just go - which I imagine is a nightmare - they aren't the best behaved and it really isn't for kids - but yesterday and 6:45 in the AM!!! my sister-in-law called and asked if we would watch the kids. We had so much fun with them. Had dinner, played outside, played on the Wii, we ran into town and got a movie and ice cream. You can imagine how excited Travis was to rent the Hannah Montana movie. He was really hoping for Monsters vs Aliens, but once the kiddos saw Hannah Montana that was it. The little one drew pictures and pictures of chickens. So cute. For the most part they were pretty good. They are my nieces and I love them but they also terrify me because the thought of having such spoiled rotten kids - they literally do not know what the word "no" means. They don't even slow down or pause. But they were good about helping set the table and feed the animals before dinner. Anyway, we had fun. I asked Travis if I could have three - his response was only if they were boys - I think Hannah Montana really scared him.

Pushiness

It is so frustrating when people don't call you back. My Small Health Issue has failed to resolve so I called the Dr's office 3 hours ago and nobody called me back. Now that I have finally gathered the gumption to call back they are closed. I hate to be pushy but I need an order for blood work. So do I call back tomorrow or hope they remember me? Eck. I hate both options. I made a super healthy, fruit filled, dairy free sweetbread the other day. Travis thinks the combination of banana and blueberry is weird, but I thought it was super yummy. Next time I am going to try to replace some of the white sugar with agave . . . I like the idea of using agave but don't yet feel comfortable using it in recipes.

Dairy Free Banana Blueberry Bread

1 cup blueberries
1 5/8 c flour - I used 1/2 c wheat, 1/4 c wheat germ and the rest white
1/2 c oatmeal
1/2 c walnuts
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 c applesauce
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 c mashed banana - about 2 bananas

Coat blueberries in 2 Tbsp flour. Stir in the next 6 ingredients. In another bowel mix applesauce and sugar until dissolved. Add eggs then bananas. Mix wet mixture into flour mix until just mixed. How many times can you write "mix" in one sentence? Bake in greased bread pan at 350 for 60-90 min.