Five Things I'm Thankful For

[rsadelle]

I've been cranky all day. There isn't anything particularly wrong with my life, so there's no real reason for it. (Well, mostly. I'm a little tired and it's allergy season, but I can deal with that.) So to try and counter that, here are five things I'm thankful for, in no particular order:

• lakeeffectgirl's suggestion of Larabars as a morning snack. I loved the apple flavor, and now I'm going to have to try them all and then buy the ones I like in bulk.


• Sarah's Bad Rabbits and The Young Veins show liveblog.


• siryn99 sending me a link to a post that had my new favorite Gabe and Victoria picture. (I'm such a sucker for them singing together. Which is really about how I'm a sucker for couples who are evenly matched.)


• I made peanut butter last night, so I can eat as many spoonfuls of it as I want today without worrying that I won't have enough for breakfast tomorrow.


• The AP Tour. I would never travel to go see The Cab, but I just bought tickets to see them in my very own hometown on Thursday.

Comments

[lakeeffectgirl.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I'm not big on fruit-flavored bars of any sort. The Luna bar flavors that I haven't tried yet are all fruit flavors, mostly because I'd rather eat the nut and/or chocolate flavored ones (white chocolate macadamia is still the winner!). I think if I wanted something fruit-flavored I'd probably just eat fruit, and now that I think about it, I've never really liked much of anything that has a fruit kind (apple cinnamon granola bars as a kid, for example). Huh.

Mmmm, coconut-rolled date balls. Now I want those, ha.

[rsadelle]

Huh. I like fruit flavored things!

Date balls: dates (maybe a cup?), 2 cups pecans, cinnamon, coconut. Soak the dates for about an hour, then drain and combine in the food processor with the pecans and cinnamon. Form into balls and roll in coconut. Keep in the refrigerator. (They're really good cold.) If you're like me, these will not last long at all.

[lakeeffectgirl.livejournal.com]

I bought some from the grocery store once. I think they maybe lasted one day and then they were all gone. Gone! But mmm, homemade, with pecans and cinnamon. I'll have to try that, and soon.

[rsadelle]

They're amazing. I made them at Halloween last year, and my mom said she used to make something like them back in the day, but with walnuts instead of dates. I have no recollection of this, so she thinks maybe it was before I was born.