Jayne ,'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Is this more committee stuff? E-mail me if you want to whine.
Things are somewhat better on that front now that I've sorted through my inbox. There's also a "why do people have to be so complicated?" whine in there, and a "the cleaning service J uses was a half-hour early, and so I was still in the shower rather than long gone, and guess where the cleaning supplies are? my bathroom closet."
And my oatmeal was gross. And my mom still hasn't confirmed if she's coming to Chicago this weekend.
I find oatmeal problematic. I want to like it. I try to like it. My liking is really helped by lots of sugar, which kind of defeats the purpose.
Today did not begin auspiciously.
Word.
Monday began with a toddler knee slamming into my eyeball at 6am.
Yeah, the amount of brown sugar I need to heap in to make oatmeal vaguely edible probably invalidates it as a healthy breakfast.
Add me to the inauspicious Monday list. Matilda got a big ol' goose-egg on her forehead and I missed my train hence arriving 15 minutes late.
Frozen fruit, like berries or cherries, is good in oatmeal. You can put them in cooked oatmeal straight from the freezer and they'll defrost fine, and cool down the oatmeal.
I find oatmeal problematic. I want to like it. I try to like it. My liking is really helped by lots of sugar, which kind of defeats the purpose.
I hear that. Really, I like flavored instant oatmeal the best, but I can't believe that's any part of a healthy breakfast.
I'm a fan of putting toasted (sugared, of course) coconut on my oatmeal.
I tried to buy a loaf of bread yesterday that didn't have high fructose corn syrup. I had to look through about eight brands.
Frozen fruit, like berries or cherries, is good in oatmeal. You can put them in cooked oatmeal straight from the freezer and they'll defrost fine, and cool down the oatmeal.
Or refrigerated applesauce -- sweetens the oatmeal and cools the oatmeal down.
I add a drizzle of honey from a local bee farm (well, not *farm* -- apiary?), because I keep reading that eating local honey will build up some immunity to local allergens.