Sunday and still chillin'

It was hot and steamy again (what else?) so I mostly stayed inside and putzed. I skipped breakfast (I was gonna make scrambled eggs with grits) and made some granola bars instead, using leftover dried fruit from my non-existent Christmas cookies.

I melted two tablespoons of butter in a saucepan and added 1/4 cup each of honey and brown sugar with a pinch of salt. Then I added 2 cups of dried rolled oats, a cup of chopped nuts (I would have used mixed nuts had I went out to the store. Instead, I used up the rest of the pecans I had.) and the remainder of dried fruit (Michigan cherries, dried orange peel, dried cranberries and Turkish apricots). I was supposed to add two tablespoons of wheat germ (that I didn't have - Jake suggested grinding up dried oats in the food processor, but that seemed like a lot of work) so I just left them out.

I baked them in an eight-inch square pan in the toaster oven for 30 minutes at 300 degrees F. I let them cool and cut them into eight bars. I covered them with cling wrap and stuck them in the fridge to harden.

Later in the day, the projected storms had not developed (although I heard Troy got hammered) so I went out and hooked up the square sprinkler and watered the raised bed garden. Then I stuck the end of the hose into the reflecting pool and set the timer for 30 minutes. I shut that off and warmed up the leftovers (Spam slices and mac & cheese). I ate that watching my Sunday night shows and went to bed at 11:00 PM.