da interwebz

I have two things I am feeling angry about 2 things right now, but I don't know if on the internet is the best way to vent about them.  I have a growing uneasiness (the entire world and me) about everything I ever read on the internet being recorded or judged.  I really don't want every little article I read to be tracked and all the slightly ridiculous cat pictures, and yes...celebrity gossip via yahoonews to be publicly known, but I guess I shouldn't have started a blog then should I. That is not one of the things I am feeling angry about, they are along the line of arbitrary grading and politics.
On a happier note I made a lemon meringue pie and a layered cheesecake (first layer plain, second layer chocolate).  No, we are not eating both of those. The pie is for eating, the cheesecake is for bringing to a ward activity.  And it was the first cheesecake I have made in awhile that hasn't cracked!  How did I do it?  No idea, but I mixed it less than usual so maybe that's why?

This is the song we sing when I bake...make no mistake!
no idea about this video but also can.

bathroom tile

wow, so I bought that nail polish yesterday and then today I painted my nails, and it turns out the color is the exact same as the color of the bathroom tile in our apartment.
                                                                           see

Then I wanted cookies so I made some

Almost no sugar, lots of what flour and 6 grain oatmeal.

Also less than a stick of butter. 

I figure with chocolate chips that adds quite a bit of sweetness. 

Paul was happy (and tired of studying) 

We are doing pretty good on this minimizing sugar goal.

cake

I really am a fan of making up recipes.

1- Recipes always add way to much sugar and butter, I usually half what they say
2- I don't have money for extensive ingredients
3- I learn a lot about baking/cooking by failing and have learned a lot about the way things work.

so today I wanted cake...and I wanted it fast.

so here what I dumped into a bowl (I don't measure)
wheat flour (the base)
white flour
2 eggs (to hold it together)
baking powder (so it will rise)
all spice (for flavor)
cinnamon (because its cheap)
molasses (healthier than sugar and for sweetness)
about (I am guessing) 3 tablespoons sugar (we are trying to cut back on sugar consumption plus I used molasses)
some oil (for texture)
water (to loosen it up and make it batter like)

                                                          (isn't that molasses pretty)

                                                    (it cracked but oh well, still tastes good)

                                        with the chocolate, and look its even quality chocolate

I put why I put it in next to each ingredient, that how I remember ingredients, all the different things it needs , sweetness, holding together etc...

Then I put it into the oven...not sure what degree probably 350-400F, not sure how long (just took it out when it looked done).

Then I melted about 1/8th of a bag of chocolate chip and a tiny amount of butter(so it wouldn't burn the chocolate) together for some intense chocolate on top this is what came out....it was delicious.