Premier Cheesecake Bars! Yunmmy

Premier Cheesecake Cranberry Bars

1 cups flour
1 ½ cups quick cooking oat
¼ cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter softened
1 pkg 12 oz white choc chips
1 pkg 8 oz cream cheese
1 can 14 oz Sweetened Condensed milk
¼ cup lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
1 can 16 oz whole berry cranberry sauce
1 tablespoons corn starch

Combine first four ingredients until crumbly, stir in white choc chips. Reserve 2 ½ cups of mixture for the top and press the remaining into a greased 9 x 13 baking pan.

Beat the cream cheese until creamy, add sweetened milk, lemon juice and vanilla mix until creamy. Pour over crust. Combine cranberries and cornstarch and spoon over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining crumble white choc. mixture and bake at 350 for 35 to 40 min. Refrigerate until serving.

1/2 Marathon Junky

As you all know Steve and I ran the Ogden ½ Marathon on Saturday! I carried our camera to document some of the highlights of the run but upon completion and returning home our camera is out of commission still holding the pictures safely inside. (I hope) So you will have to use your imagination. I talked Kris and Emili into running with me because I hate running by myself and in the first five seconds of the race they both left me in the dust, so I turned to my only other companion, the ipod, only to discover that it had locked up and refused to play any of my music that I had so carefully selected for the run. So the first stretch, which happened to be uphill, was a little more painful than I had hoped.

But the aid stations every two miles were awesome—it was almost like a 13 mile buffet, there was fruit, gum, drinks (I could have used something a little stronger), cinnamon bears, taffy, granola bars, wow!. I was afraid to eat too much, for fear I would be stuck in the port a potty for 20 min. so I began stockpiling stuff in my fanny pack. I did at one point try to eat a gummy bear and almost died on the trail. The little sucker slipped back into my throat so I was coughing and sputtering for a good ¼ mile!! My time ended up being 2 hours and 21 min. Steve did great, coming in at 1 hr 42 min, and being the sweet husband that he is came back to find me and ran the last mile with me, right when I really needed someone. I was starting to use profanity and wondering why in the H _ _ _ I would every run 13 miles, when we finally crossed the finish line, and I felt great. I will run the Ogden ½ again. I loved it not only because of the great food but because running 13 miles gives you such a high. That is my 3rd ½ marathon and I hope to run at least 20 more!!!

SHOE HEAVEN!!

Me, Lucy, and Sally went shopping at DSW, the new shoe store in Layton. Now for those of you who have not been into DSW let me explain my experience. I walked into the store and was immediately transported to a different place which I like to call “Shoe Heaven”—angels started singing sweet music, the sweet smell of leather filled my nose, rows and rows of shoes as far as the eyes could see. I began walking the aisles, talking to myself to take it slow, wanting the girly girl shoes, but knowing with 5 kids that was not really practical, so then deciding to get a pair of practical shoes and maybe two pairs of girly girl shoes, all the while picturing myself in the girly girl shoes chasing a kid and possible breaking a limb, but who cared I was in shoe heaven. Just seeing the names like “Steve Madden” “Two Lips” and “Mootsie Tootsie” sent shivers down my spine, I had almost made my selections and was headed to the counter when something entered my head “Do you really need those shoes”; “are these in the budget this month” It was my HUSBAND!!!! I think he must have a sixth sense about when I am to spend money and sends me mind messages, who let him in shoe HEAVEN!! Well I left with NO practical shoes and No girly shoes! But if you are looking for some sassy new shoes, then I would recommend DSW (Shoe Heaven) (Just wear headphones). Lovs

Just a Start!!

You may be wondering why in the world I would put a picture of myself in a swimsuit on my blog!! I am asking myself the same question, and I can only claim temporary insanity!! But moving on, I do not know much about blogs but I do know that if I continue to blog than the picture of me in a swimsuit will gradually move down the page and will no longer be the first thing you see when coming to my blog, which will be a positive for everyone. Here is another lovely picture, just to help with the progress in moving the swimsuit picture down! Lovs!