{"id":1161,"date":"2013-04-19T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2013-05-23T23:46:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:46:33","slug":"fly-on-the-wall-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Fly on the Wall – April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you interested in seeing what other people do at home when they think no one is watching? Every month a group of bloggers give you a glimpse on “Fly on the Wall”. Here’s mine – hope you’ll read through to the bottom, where you’ll get the links for the other 11 blogs! <\/span><\/span>\"fly1gifcropped\"<\/a><\/h5>\n

Cookies, cookies, cookies. Every surface was covered with cookies in different stages, because I somehow decided that hitting 1,000 \u201clikes\u201d on my Rowdy Baker Facebook page meant I should make 1,000 cookies. I thought I\u2019d have plenty of time, but a sweet blogger pimped me out a bit and the last 50 \u201clikes\u201d happened very quickly.<\/p>\n

Do I need to tell you I didn\u2019t make 1,000 cookies? Not even close. I think I hit 250, which was still pretty impressive, since they were large rolled cookies (what was I thinking?) and I added icing and put names on some of them before I pooped out. If you don\u2019t see your name it\u2019s because it\u2019s off to the side and I cropped the photo. That\u2019s my story and I\u2019m sticking to it!<\/p>\n

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Keep your fuzzy little fly butt off my cookies!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

I was doing the happy dance when I hit 1,000 but The Man was less impressed. I believe he just grunted \u201cyeah?\u201d (such a charmer) so I didn’t share my bottle of champagne with him. I was a little sorry about that the next morning. I will say he perked up a bit and showed some enthusiasm when he realized the photos were done and the cookies were fair game.
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\nBaking in a Tornado posted a comment on her Facebook page about ironing, which immediately took me back to my childhood. I spent a lot of time ironing since Mom worked and it seemed like everything in our house was pressed. When I was younger and less skilled I ironed handkerchiefs, dishtowels, sheets, and pillowcases. As I grew older I was trusted with actual clothing, including nightgowns. Yes, nightgowns. I can tell you right now that you should NOT use a hot iron on a sheer gown. Nope.<\/p>\n

What my mother taught me – and I think of this every time I iron anything \u2013 was to go slowly and spend more time smoothing than ironing. It takes less time to do it right than to go back and try to remove a crease in the wrong spot.<\/p>\n

Heads up! This is more than a tip about ironing; it\u2019s very wise, and applies to so many circumstances. I need to remember to smooth things over so I don\u2019t say the wrong thing. I need to learn to think before I speak because it\u2019s a lot harder (or impossible) to backpedal and take back wrong or hurtful words. Sometimes you just can’t iron out those creases.<\/p>\n

Smooth, smooth, smooth!
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\nI have messes everywhere. Little bits of paper cover the dining room table and floor as I wrap the stems of almost 100 paper flowers for my Homemaker\u2019s Club spring tea. A small group of  us made the flowers, but ran out of oompf before the stems were wrapped, and we wanted some daisies too, so\u2026I volunteered. I don\u2019t mind \u2013 it\u2019s actually kind of fun, but with my short attention span I just do a few and then get bored and walk away. That\u2019s okay; we like eating in our recliners. I should just give up and call it a craft table.<\/p>\n

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Making messes…it’s what I do.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"fly1gifcropped\"<\/a>Leftover oatmeal usually goes to the chickens. Somehow I always make way too much! (They love it, and I love to indulge them a bit.) But today I looked at that oatmeal and then looked at the bag of dark chocolate-covered raisins, and experimented. Though my method of adding and mixing defied the rules, and the dough seemed<\/em> heavy and sticky, it made really nice, puffy, cake-like cookies with slightly chewy bottoms and plump chocolate raisins peeking out.<\/p>\n

I should have added the whole bag, but a lot<\/del> some of them spilled out…into my mouth.<\/p>\n

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Leftover Oatmeal Cookies with chocolate covered raisins!<\/p><\/div>\n

\t Cooked Oatmeal Cookies (with chocolate raisins)<\/span><\/p>\n
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Author: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n
I made these cookies with leftover oatmeal, which had raisins and cinnamon in it. Add a little cinnamon if you like.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n