iSpec.

GOT TO GET THE CRAFTS DONE!!

I have a baby blanket for Mike & Marianne's baby that is still in progress and a striped scarf for my momma, and I do NOT have much time, so the grandma reading glasses are on, the coffee is hot, and Nutcracker is queued up on Hulu.  Let the crocheting/knitting begin.

Procrastination = Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe

Hi.  It's almost midnight.  Rehearsal today was productive, so this is a leftover smile from that.  Drinking some chardonnay, procrastinating on typing out the final version (with Downey High School references & blocking) of the script from the original.  Slow going, but mostly because of the procrastination.

Lower back hurts.

Been eating terribly the last few days.  Thought about having veggies tonight...for about 3.5 seconds.  Then ate about 3 of the apple-cinnamon muffins I had made this morning instead.  On Sunday, I was up in the little apple tree in our backyard, getting the fallen, beginning-to-rot (some were definitely rotten) apples off the ground and salvaging what apples were still good from the tree...as well as beginning some major pruning.  Well, two of those apples went into this morning's muffin recipe, which I got from Recipezaar & which I quite liked.  Here it is:
APPLE CINNAMON MUFFINS
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup milk
2/3 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups finely chopped tart apples
Directions

1) Preheat oven to 375.

2) In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix together.

3) Add all remaining ingredients and stir until flour mixture is moistened.

4) Spoon batter into 2 greased or paper-lined 12-cup muffin pans.

5) Bake at 375 for 19-23 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for about 5 minutes before removing from pan.

It filled the kitchen with a cinnamony autumn aroma and the muffins were deliciously (even now, 14 hours later) moist and the apples (Granny Smith) had baked down to a perfect texture.  Make 'em.  You'll love 'em.

Good Morning, 10.12.09.

5 hours of sleep?  Check.
Worrying about this week's rehearsal schedule til midnght?  Check.
Desperately need to wash hair?  Check.
Brownie & two cups coffee for breakfast?  Check.
Wondering how in the world I'm going to get around in today's forecasted rainy weather with no raincoat?  Check.

Good Morning!

This is how I look after waking...well, and after a necessary cup of coffee.

You know how, in movies, the girls always look up with makeup on, still looking smoking hot? And that seems like such a fraud -- because, really, who looks that good? Well -- the makeup part is easy enough: just don't wash your face before or after waking up.

The still looking smoking hot part I haven't quite mastered.

Welcome to this new blog.