Mikiesboy

Baked oatmeal is great. I've been making it for a few years. Michael loves it especially with chopped apple on the bottom. I put pecans and raisins in the oatmeal, nutmeg and cinnamon. It's really good.. hot or cold. This is the recipe I prefer: https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/amish-style-baked-oatmeal-with-apples-raisins-walnuts.html

I'd don't write fan fiction but I don't scoff at it. I mean, many people love it both reading and writing it. So, nothing to scoff at. You are writing what you enjoy and what your audience does as well. You may not have created the characters but you still need to write them and your story. I guess I write what I want to. I think the best thing I've written is The Searcher. It's a sweeping adventure/fantasy and I had high hopes for it, but it wasn't well received really. I'm grateful to the people who did read it and a couple have asked for more. I'd love to go back to that world to write a sequel for them and for me. Give Stravor and Keter their voices again. Some people seem to be able to write in the same world and the same characters forever, but I don't want to. I like to explore worlds, people and creatures. I like to challenge myself and discover how I can make even the most outlandish idea believable. Will people accept, fairies, goats, and salamanders who talk ... and the answer is yes, they will and they have. I'm grateful to those who let me take them on those adventures. I've written the real world stories also. Doing that was difficult, because it had to be right and real. The Changes stories were deep, emotional and at times very hard to write but the result was worth all the hours of research and writing. I think you need to write what is right for you, things that make you feel good, or to give voice to something you need to say.

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Sounds like a pretty good day to me. Glad you had a good time.

ha.. thanks for posting that.. i thought about this earlier today!

The hash-man was here, I see. Excellent. No slapping anyone today...

good night!!

Night Reader xo

that's baked oatmeal ... i think Wayne has other things in his oat hash. Let's see what the hash master has to say ... lol

swiped from the weather network..

Michael says this is a crime of opportunity... A resident near Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan recently called the RCMP after wooden posts on their property went missing, The Humboldt Journal reports. The caper was quickly solved when officers spotted the missing posts in a nearby waterway. It turns out a beaver (or beavers) had lifted them to add to a dam. RCMP says the "extremely Canadain" case is now closed. Police tried to locate the suspects but they were "gone on arrival." If they are located, the beavers will not face any charges, officers say. “Who could really blame these little bucktooth bandits, considering the price of wood these days?” Cst. Conrad Rickards of the Porcupine Plain RCMP Detachment told the journal.

oh that sounds nice. our fav grocery store closed at christmas, leaving us with an expensive place. With Michael not driving for the last ..well nearly a year now, we dont go far. You do not want me driving you anywhere but crazy. Least that wont kill you. So we do go and shop every week, but walmart delivers cans, heavy stuff.. um very inexpensive oats and really good frozen veg. I mean really good. So we stock up from there every few months. But we walk to the grocery store and stuff.

Someone.. who shall likely not remain nameless said to me, the DiC is a good little place, tim. It's safe, supportive and funny. it is and you're all part of the reason it is❤️

awwww hugs, honey. make a nice warm drink and snuggle up.. maybe take a pain killer?

When i started making other kinds of dessert for us.. because of Michael, I said to him you know this will not be the same as usual brownies or whatever. He said I know. I'm willing to try anything. I know it wont be the same as things made with sugar and flour, but it's going to be better than the alternative, which is nothing. Sasha's, lemon squares are wonderful, so are his macaroons (use honey), the zucchini brownies are very nice. Sometimes for dessert Michael and i have a fruit plate, or we buy good dark chocolate and have a square or two with an orange we share, along with a few pecans. We like the sugar free jello with fruit, Michael has a bit of cream on His. I make apple crisp and a pie now and again. Sasha's crackers are amazing and good for you. We have them as an afternoon snack with some cheese. His cream cheese muffins are good. I want to try his lentil burgers, but i'll make them smaller to have for lunch with some carrot slaw or something. We have Walmart or ... nothing. There are very few department stores here we can afford. They have all closed down... Zellers, Sears.. and others that were affordable all closed now. I order groceries from Walmart, we dont go there.

Yeah.. sometimes they had to be there ... if they were close to arrests shift could be 12, 20 hours.. whatever, they just did it. Like you probably.

i understand. Michael used to live on soda, fast food, candy...when he was a cop. Once he was diagnosed, all that stopped. Like the same day. I love maple syrup too. I use mostly honey, it has greater sweetening power. But we don't have it in tea or coffee. For coffee we use Walmart's version of splenda. It's nicer than splenda.. not as weirdly sweet.

Applesauce is used to reduce fat too. It's great stuff.

I felt the same when i was looking for sugar substitutes. It sounded perfect, till i started reading. Really bad for those who need to watch sugar. Honey is the better choice, but you still have to be careful with it. That's why i like Sasha's recipes. He uses honey or maple syrup but very little. So, it's okay for Michael.

i like to make healthy stuff ...bonus is it tastes nice.

Everything i do, i do for love ... of my Husband and his health.

Be careful agave.. it is worse than high glucose corn syrup. It can reduce insulin sensitivity, may negatively affect your liver and is higher in calories than sugar. I looked at it when Michael was diagnosed and rejected it outright.

Hint.. when working with oatmeal... let it sit for a few minutes after mixing it. Let the oats soak up some moisture.

I looked for my idiot student to see if his wire had come in later in the day but it hadn't. a team mate will check tomorrow as well. I decided to see how old he was ... i thought he was a kid the way he was acting!! He is 32 freaking years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That just floored me. Wow, and he wants to come to Canada to go to school. wow.

omg..LOL.. too funny.