Here is my peanut butter bar recipe.

Peanut Butter Bars
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup margarine or butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
½ tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
½ tsp. soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup oatmeal (quick oats)
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions: Sift dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl cream sugar, butter, vanilla, and peanut butter. Mix well. Then add egg. Add dry ingredients. Stir in oatmeal and chocolate chips. Press into a 9x13 pan. Bake for 15 to 16 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool Bars for 5 minutes
Glaze
½ cup powdered sugar
½ cup peanut butter
5 Tbsp. milk
Mix ingredients together and pour on top of bars.

Here's the salad I brought to January's book club.
Everyone else post your recipes :)

Best Salad Ever
1 Head read leaf lettuce
1 head green leaf lettuce (or just all romaine)
1 package dried cranberries (i don't use that much)
1 package feta cheese
candied almonds (see below)

Dressing:
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp poppy seed
1 cup sugar (i don't use that much)
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp dry mustard
Mix everything in blender except poppy seeds and then add poppy seeds and mix in.

Candied Almonds:
melt 1 tbsp butter and 3/4 cup sugar. Stir and heat until mixture liquefies. Add 1 package (large size) slivered almonds. Spread on greased foil. Let harden and break into small pieces-toss with other ingredients in salad. Note: the dressing is very acidic and wilts the lettuce quickly. I don't mix in the dressing until right before eating.

Room Service

Thanks Marcy for the fun afternoon! All who went had a great time. We've gotta do it again. I personally think we need to write and act in our own play. We've got the looks and the talent! ;)

St. George Invite

Hey Ladies!

Kiki has invited us to go to St. George this year for our birthday getaway celebration. We will probably do it in June near the end. Is that good for everyone? Kiki's family has a house down there with a pool and lots of games. It has like six bedrooms! I think it will be a great place to celebrate our birthdays, eat lots of yummy food, and stay up late talking about all the juice in our lives! What do you think?

Babe- A- liscious!

After the play last Saturday I decided to do a little photo shoot with Laurel since she just turned 40. Love the dark hair and dark beautiful eyes! Laurel's hair is naturally curly so it always looks great! She will soon be singing, "It's raining men!"

My personal fav.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Lisa lent me her copy of this book and it was an interesting read. I finished it, though, and thought it was a real shame that the girl in the story had no one to really share her thoughts and dreams with. She was even keeping things from her husband at the end of the book. It got me thinking that the only thing that truly matters in life are the relationships that we build and enjoy each day. We all need someone (at least one person) that we can be "real" with.

Big Russ & Me

A guy I admire recommended this book to me. Very different from what I usually read, but very good. It's about the character-building experiences of Tim Russert's life. It made me think of some experiences of my own childhood in a different way. For instance, when I was 12, living on the bottom road of my very small town, my best friend lived toward the top off the town, uphill all the way. My mom would not drive me to her house when I wanted to play there. I had to walk the 15 or so minutes and I hated it. But now I think she might have been wanting to teach me something and I hope my kids have to do some walking in life and not have everything handed to them. :)