Rules For the PA Driver's License Center:

I had to renew my driver's license. Yesterday I enjoyed a much-deserved day of rest, and took the day off to do things that normally I'm unable to do through the week.

One such task was the dreaded driver's license center. I soon found out that the following do's and don'ts apply when renewing your license in the wonderful state of Pennsylvania:

1. DO take a book, a DS, your IPod, snacks, medication for nerves, a pillow, blanket and an alarm clock.

2. DO NOT take your antsy seven-year old who has to pee every 15 minutes.

3. BE prepared to wait. For at least four hours, on a fast day.

4. EXPECT the clerk to not know how to do her job.


No wonder people in PA take such shitty pictures for their licenses. By the time your number is called, you have permanent frown lines etched into your skin and your once-perfectly coiffed hair resembles Don Kings 'do.

Recipe of the Week; FORGOTTEN COOKIES

This recipe is a lot like my blog lately. Forgotten about for awhile, then remembered and enjoyed later on. Ah, fahget-about-it!

My son brought this recipe home with some Sunday school papers a few weeks back, and it's a really neat idea, I think especially because in the summer if I do any baking at all, it's later on in the evening.


INGREDIENTS


2 eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup sugar
pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until they hold stiff peaks. Add salt and vanilla. Stir well. Gently fold in pecans and chocolate chips.

Cover cookie sheet with foil and grease with butter or margarine. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the foil. Put in the oven, then turn it off. Forget about the cookies until the next morning, when you can enjoy them with coffee or tea!

Do not open the oven once the cookies have been placed inside.

The Great Longaberger Score

A new thrift store just opened up about 6 miles from my house, and about 1 mile from my office. You know what that means! Lots of lunch-time thrifting! It's called Thrift King, and during my first visit there I scouted a royal treasure to be sure!

LONGABERGER! Can you believe it! For (drum roll please) $6.00! I looked up this newspaper basket, a discontinued item, on EBay and other resale sites and the cheapest ad I saw for this very basket was $60.00! My basket is in pristine condition, too. Not a single nick, scratch or stain. As you can see, I've already found it's proper place, nestled right beside the love seat holding my magazines and whatever else.

I also found a great little wrought-iron shelf for my bathroom, and a pie-crust lattice cutter (still in the original packaging, appearing to be unused), both of which were less than $2.00.

Oh Thrift King, how I love thee.