Just thinkin' about tomorrow...

I have decided to participate in NaBloPoMo again (see The Wayback Machine for January and April NaBloPoMo participation).  Agreeing to participate in NaBloPoMo means that I will blog every day this month, which is easy enough since I blog nearly every day anyway.  In addition, NaBloPoMo provides a theme for each month that you can blog on as you wish.

This month's theme is "tomorrow" so each day I plan to try to note at the end of each post what my plan for the next day is.  I think it might be a fun exercise in seeing how often my days turn out to be how I expected them to be.

But let's talk about today for now (there goes the theme, as always).  Today I got to sleep in and enjoy a lazy cup of coffee while doing my daily blog reading before hopping into the shower and getting going with the day's to-do list.

Tonight the hubby and I are going to a barbecue at his brother's house and I felt like making a dessert, so I decided on Cherry Crumb Cake, based on Bake or Break's Blueberry Crumb Cake.  The hubby doesn't eat blueberries (*sigh*) or cinnamon (*sigh x 2*) so I did a little substituting.  I used chopped cherries in place of the blueberries (as the site suggests is possible) and in place of the 1/2t cinnamon and 1/4t nutmeg, I used 1/2t nutmeg and 1/4t allspice.  (I don't know what I'm going to do with all the cinnamon I have in my spice cabinet; I suppose I can save it and use it for gift cookies and cakes at Christmas.)

{This might be my fave food picture I've taken so far. I love how the cherries look.}

However, I baked something else first!  I had two bananas about a day past their prime so I decided to find something to do with them: whole wheat banana honey mini-muffins!  I decided to do mini-muffins instead of regular size muffins simply because I enjoy them more.  And doesn't small food just taste better?

{They look a bit dry, but I promise the inside is moist and yummy.}

All in all, it was a successful day in the kitchen.  I think I had a little helper spirit, though:

{A little ladybug on our kitchen ceiling}

Now I'm covered in batter smudges and flour dust and I never put on any makeup or jewelry today (why would I?), so it's time to spiffy myself up, get pretty-fied, and head out so I can enjoy some grilled meat and good drinks.

Tomorrow: I'm going to see Harry Potter at the IMAX!  Then I will probably order a salad at the spicy ribs place we're going to lunch.  Then it's time to plan the weekly lunch/dinner menu and do the appropriate shopping.  Sunday is my favorite day because it's the only day of the week both the hubby and I have off.

Comments

[Lori]

That cherry crumb cake looks soooo good! And so sad about the hubby's dislike of blueberries and cinnamon :( Hope you had a good time at the BBQ!

[Tara]

I totally going to steal your idea for blogging about tomorrow for NaBloPoMo :)