Me in a nut shell

I will never promise you something I can not give you; you will never hear me say "things will get better I promise", because I have no power to make sure that happens. What I will promise is I will be here for you, in what ever capacity you need me to be: an ear to vent in, a shoulder to cry on, hell hand me a shovel and I will dig through the trenches with you. I do not believe in happily ever after, and fairytales- the real ones- do not involve getting every dream you dream to come true. I will celebrate with you when things are good and I will help hold you up when they are not. I will be as genuine with you as you are with me. I wont promise you roses but I will help pull the thorns out of your fingers when the roses you think you are holding release their thorns. I am not a downer I tend to be optimistic, but above all I am a realist. I know the world is cruel and ugly and I will not pretend otherwise. I believe that life lessons are learned in the school of hard knocks, I have scars that prove my attendance. Life will either make you hard and harsh or more perceptive, I have chosen the second path. If I could take the pain for you and still let you learn your lessons I would, but since I can not, I will do what I can and that is walk beside you and make sure, no matter how many times life knocks you down, that you get back up.

alternate sugar

Today I went searching for info on baking goodies with alternative sugars. Not the chemically made sugar substitutes but natural sources for sugar. I found that fruit puree s can be substituted for sugar while baking. A few Tweeks to the recipe is needed, most notably the amount of flour, but only by a small increment. You can substitute equal amounts of puree for the sugar called for in the recipe. I started slow and replaced most of the sugar in the recipe I tested it on using 1 c fruit puree and 1/4 c white sugar, instead of the 1 1/2 c sugar the recipe called for. I did add in white chocolate chips, so I figured they added up to the other 1/4 cup sugar. I also had to add less than 1/4 cup additional flour to get the right consistency.

Over all it was a success and the cookies taste amazing. The most notable difference is because the cookies are not overly sweet themselves the white chocolate chips really stand out and satisfy that sweeth tooth. Will be trying more substitutes in the future stay tuned for the results...