Oh what a beautiful…

morning in the heart of Illinois.  The sun is shining and it is 64 degrees to reach 90 degrees today.  It is a great day to be alive and I thank God that am.  I have finished my 4th week of recovery and today begins my 5th week.  I am gaining more strength each day.  I think I will try and tackle a quick once over cleaning this week.

My son is coming to see me this Friday and my brother and his wife the next day on the 14th.  I am in a dilemma on what to have to eat while they are here.  My brother made it simple and said ‘Sis, don’t worry about it, we will take you out to eat and if that doesn’t work we’ll get you a gallon of homemade soup.’  My son is a different story.  I definitely will make his lemon cream cheese bars that are his favorites.  I have everything I need to make them.  It will all work out!

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

These lemon bars are a great favorite of my son. Easy to make too!

Step 1.

Mix 1 box yellow cake mix with
1/3 cup oil and
1 egg
Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup. Pat remaining mixture into a 13X9 ungreased pan. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile do

Step 2.

Beat 8 ounce package of softened cream cheese with
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar and
1 egg until light and fluffy.

Spread over baked crumb mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture over top. Bake 15 minutes longer. Do NOT overbake. Chill completely and cut into squares.

I hope your weekend is a good one.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

No fooling…

It is cold this morning at 23 degrees and the sun is shining brightly.  I am up early and have already made the lemon cream cheese bars to freeze for my son who is coming to see me this week.  I have posted this recipe just about each time my son comes to visit.  These are his very favorite.  I have also arranged a personalized birthday cake for him.

Posting the recipe again for the 100th time..

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

These lemon bars are a great favorite of my son. Easy to make too!

Step 1.
Mix 1 box yellow cake mix with
1/3 cup oil and
1 egg
Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup. Pat remaining mixture into a 13X9 ungreased pan. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile do
Step 2.

Beat 8 ounce package of softened cream cheese with
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar and
1 egg until light and fluffy.

Spread over baked crumb mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture over top. Bake 15 minutes longer. Do NOT overbake. Chill completely and cut into squares.

I have an appointment this morning for a haircut so I will cut this short.

Do stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

I did it…

I got the cleaning all done.  I had to stop about once each 10 minutes to rest my back, but I got it done.  I know I will have to clean again next week but that is OK.

The lemon cream cheese bars are done and ready to be chilled so that I can cut them.  Note the old dish the bars were baked in.  It is Pyrex and was a wedding shower gift about 100 years ago. 

I only make these bars when I know my son is coming for a visit.  I love anything with a lemon flavor so I can’t be trusted to make them when I am here alone.   My very favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie.

The heat is supposed to break a record for today to reach 97 degrees.  I am not going out today.  I will have to go out tomorrow to get the last minute grocery items.  So I think I will rest on my laurels, whatever that means.  Hold on a sec, I am going to Google it and find out.

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“Laurels were once given as an honor for achievement--think of Roman senators wearing crowns of laurels. One who "rests on his laurels" is content with present, or past, achievements. Though laurels are positive, one who rests on them is considered lazy.”

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So just consider me lazy today.  lol  You all stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

 

Busy morning…

already.  I have made cookies in anticipation of my son’s promised visit this weekend.  The kind of cookie where you forage in  the freezer and dig out chocolate chips, mint chips, M & Ms, walnuts and use the trusted toll house recipe.  They are really good.  I know because I ate one, just to see if they were good enough for my son.  Later in the week I will make the lemon cream cheese bars that are his very favorite.

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

Step 1.
Mix 1 box yellow cake mix with
1/3 cup oil and
1 egg
Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup. Pat remaining mixture into a 13X9 ungreased pan. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile do
Step 2.

Beat 8 ounce package of softened cream cheese with
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar and
1 egg until light and fluffy.

Spread over baked crumb mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture over top. Bake 15 minutes longer. Do NOT over bake. Chill completely and cut into squares. Refrigerate.

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I have been to the pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions and I dropped by my daughter’s house to leave some cookies for her and Mike.  And now I am back home and that dreaded bathroom is hollering at me to come in there and clean it.  YUCK!!  The worst thing I hate about cleaning.

Thank you to my blogging friends that commented on my header photo.  I took the picture the first fall I moved here, October 2010.  The trees were beautiful that year.  This year the leaves are dying on the trees from the drought.  Some of the trees are bare already.

If you all were close by we would have a cup of tea and a cookie.  So until we do get to meet, please! stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Short but sweet…

is my post today.  I have been to the store already this morning.  I went so early that I had to wait for a school bus loading kids.  It was stopped right in front of the house here in Pekin that was built a few years ago by Extreme Makeover, the TV show.  I know there is a handicapped child there so the wait was a little longer.  If you will go to this link, you can read the story of why the house was built.  http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x398374077/Grys-family-of-Pekin-gets-home-makeover

I purchased fresh lemons today to make the cream cheese bars for my son so I need to really cut this short and get in the kitchen.

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

These lemon bars are a great favorite of my son. Easy to make too!
Step 1.
Mix 1 box yellow cake mix with
1/3 cup oil and
1 egg
Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup. Pat remaining mixture into a 13X9 ungreased pan. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile do
Step 2.
Beat 8 ounce package of softened cream cheese with
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar and
1 egg until light and fluffy.
Spread over baked crumb mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture over top. Bake 15 minutes longer. Do NOT overbake. Chill completely and cut into squares.

Also, I have to have another mask for my c-pap so that will be brought by some time today.  One nice thing about living in a larger city is I am just a few blocks from the company that delivers these.  Wish me luck as I have had 3 nights in a row of little or no sleep.

I hope you all have a great day.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth