one of those nights...

okay so today i got an e-mail from a friend telling me that i had to write something because she went to check out my blogs and already read all of the ones that were there... geesh... so here i am...
the topic for tonight is about something that happens to all of us... i don't care who you are, whether you have money or not... whether you are old or young"ish"... or even if you are male or female... this happens to you... it's even been the subject of one of those funny e-mails that gets passed around and around via the Internet and you've seen it at least a half dozen times... i know i have... but it happens to me and it happened to me again tonight...
i was on the phone with a really good friend... chatting away and the subject of cookies came up... i've been on a cookie binge mood lately and well i can prove it by my new waistline... lol so anyway there we were talking about cookies and she asks what kind... well, chocolate chip for my dh and for me... i found this amazing recipe for oatmeal that are to die for... if i remember to i will copy paste into this message if i can remember how for you all to try... i mean this recipe is the best i've ever tasted... no gross cinnamon or anything weird like that... just raisins and oatmeal... well of course sugars, vanilla, eggs and oil... yep oil.... oh and baking soda and salt... which i never omit because it does enhance flavors (the salt does)... (in my opinion)...
so she says she wants this recipe and i promise to e-mail it to her right after getting off the phone... it was a lengthy conversation so when we did say goodnight i had to take a potty break... while walking to the bathroom i glanced to my right and looked into my sewing room... that's when it all started... after finishing my "business" i went straight into the sewing room... i wanted to look at some material i bought to make my grandson christian something for his birthday next month... i wanted to make sure i had enough... and if not i had precious little time to order more... well, i found it, pulled it out as well as bunches of other material... set the one i wanted to find on my cutting table so that i could straighten out the rest of the material cabinet then i would measure the original material i was looking for, but it was wrinkled from washing it so i had to press it first... then i had to find the pattern for the thing i wanted to make... of course made a mess looking for it and after i did find it and put that on my cutting table with the material i was looking for, straightened out the new mess i made...
i turned on my iron and remembered that my dil uses her iron board at the square end not the narrow end... i never would have thought of that... even for "square" material... that was always the "other" end of the ironing board... besides i have one of those cord keepers that is attached to the square end and it would be in the way... or would it... nope... moved it to the skinny end of the board since i was going to be ironing the material for christian's gift, for his birthday in a month, and since it was squarish lol it would be easier to work with... finally i got the darn thing ironed... measured it and it was plenty...
oh well, while i'm here i might as well cut it to get ready to sew... i can type that recipe in a bit... she wouldn't be making them tonight anyway... it's much too late for that... well for normal people anyway... for me... it's never too late to bake cookies... damn... i might end up making some after this now... lol
so i cut the material, then measure and press the 1/2 inch hem all around this thing... might as well sew it now... so i do... then put the Velcro sewable strips in it cause well, i had done this much... lol press it again and guess what? it's all done and ready to give in a month... wow... done early... me... amazing... i'm so proud of myself...
that's the topic... that's what i was talking about... that funny e-mail thingy... planning on doing one thing and getting side tracked doing something else and then the whole darn thing snowballing... but at least this time i did remember to send mare her recipe i promised to send... so this time it worked out okay...


the bestest ever oatmeal cookies... according to me... lol

eggs 2
brown sugar, packed 1 cup
granulated sugar 1/2 cup
cooking oil 1 cup
vanilla 1 tsp.

baking soda 1 tsp.
hot water 1 tbls.

rolled oats 2 cups
all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups
salt 1 tsp.

raisins 1 cup

beat eggs in mixing bowl until frothy. beat in both sugars. add cooking oil and vanilla.

dissolve baking soda in hot water. stir in.

add oats, flour and salt. stir well. fold in 1 cup raisins drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. bake in 350 oven for about 8 minutes. makes 3 1/2 dozen.