Well it's morning

And it is a cold morning. The house is down to about 64 degrees. Jeshua is probably pleased, but Caritas is probably freezing. I am the one who is right in the middle. I am alittle cold but if I put a sweater on I would be fine. It is because I have wet hair that I am cold. It will be fun in a month or 2 when it gets cold enough outside and my hair freezes when I go out to start up the car. *grins*

I got into the car with every intention of not signing surplus. I get to work and head into the building and realize I forgot to take 5 of the 6 pills I take in the morning. 4 of them would be ok to miss, but the High Blood Pressure one would have hurt. I am at times getting a caffeine headache, I dont need a HBP one as well. Of course that is how I rationalized signing surplus. I could have handled not having my pills till 11:30.

Yesterday I set up 3 coupon trades and I am getting all of the coupons I wanted from 10/6 at a very reasonable price. One trade is for BTFE, the other 2 only charged 3cents/coupon! One person even had every item on my wish list including the quantity I wanted. If I had waited I could have gotten them all from one person. I will know for next time. I am so hoping to get one of the trades before friday. I should if she mails them wed since we are in the same state.

I will probably help Phaeton work in the yard today. That way we can get some of the landscaping done. That would be nice.

Right now I need a nap.

Baking

Today I decided to do some baking. Yes it is all from pillsbury or other type mixes but it is still baking. :) I am making a snack cake, a banana bread, a cinnamon swirl bread, blueberry muffins and apple cinnamon muffins. It should take me about 2.5 hours with 3 loads into the oven. The first batch, snack cake and cinn bread, is already in the oven and starting to fill the air with lovely scents.

I think this to me is my fall fever. I want to bake. I can use the oven and it doesnt add to the horrible heat like it would in the summer. The first day that I feel is cool enough I usually bake. It makes the house so warm and inviting. The smell of chocolate and cinnamon filling the kitchen. YUM!

I am modifying the directions slightly to lower the fat content, and we shall see how it turns out. I know it worked before for brownies. We shall see when the guys taste it. If they cant tell the difference it will be a success.

Progressing nicely

The baking is progressing nicely. The snack cake and one of the quick breads is done. The 2nd is in the oven, and it will take 45 minutes. I am thinking about having a piece of snack cake. It was cool that the banana bread box had on it how to lower the fat. It was exactly how I was planning on doing it. I am using egg beaters for the eggs and applesauce for the oil.

YUM the snack cake is good. I need to take the cinnamon bread out of the pan. I am also thinking about adding cookies to my endeavors today. It depends on if I can get stuff done before I have to head out to take Phaeton to work. I might be cutting it close with the muffins. Well there is always tomorrow.

Wrapping things up.

Baking is done. The muffins came out about 5 minutes ago. I still need to dribble some glaze over the cinnamon quick bread though. I got one slight burn where a pan tilted and natural reaction was to stop with my non-covered hand. I also in the baking frenzy got to eat a nice salad for lunch. The house smells great! A combination of banana, apple, blueberry, cinnamon and chocolate. I didnt add the cookies.

I cleaned up as I cooked. I cleaned and reused the same bowl for 3 of the mixes. All the bowls have been rinsed out. I am getting alittle better about that. :) Now to go and sample some of my treats.