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I finished The Time Traveler’s Wife day before yesterday. I’m kind of sad to see it go, but it got too sad in the end. I almost cried over it. ALMOST doesn’t count. This book did not make me cry. Also, I found out that there is a movie in the works, and Rachel MacAdams is going to be Clare. I’m not the only person who was reminded of The Notebook by this book.

Overall, I really really did like it, though. I recently realized that my favorite style to read is Sci-Fi. I’m not sure how, but I didn’t know that about myself.  I guess it’s not your standard sci-fi that I dig, but sci-fi nonetheless.

I picked a bunch of huge lemons from grammas tree today. This wasn’t a simple task, because her lemon tree is HUGE and full of thorns. Really big thorns that just really don’t belong on a fruit tree. I shake my fist at you, lemon tree! Also, if I shake you, I get your lemons without pain! I made her a gallon of lemonade, and I brought about 10 of them home. So with ONE of these huge bastards, I made strawberry-lemon bars tonight. Here’s the recipe, though I added strawberries to the filling. Please, if you do that, make sure you use SWEET strawberries. Learn from my mistake. This is also the easiest recipe ever to cut in half.

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 sticks (8 ounces) butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 4 beaten eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
• sifted confectioners’ sugar

PREPARATION:

Heat oven to 325°. Blend butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar. Pat into ungreased 13×9x2-inch pan. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. For filling, blend together eggs, sugar, 4 tablespoons flour, lemon juice, and lemon peel.

Pour over first layer. Return to oven and bake at 325° for 20 minutes. Loosen around edges, cut into bars and sift confectioners’ sugar over the top while warm.

I’ve got a lemon icebox cookie recipe, too. I’m too into baking now. Not good for the old belly.