Caramel Apple Bars

A couple of MOPS meetings ago Jessica H. made these bars and they were so YUMMY! Here's the recipe:

1/2 cup cold butter
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker oatmeal cookie mix
1 egg
1 cup finely chopped peeled apple
3/4 cup caramel topping
1/4 cup Gold Medal all-purpose flour

1) Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.

2) In large bowl, cut butter into cookie mix using fork or pastry blender. Stir in egg until mixture is crumbly.

3) Reserve 1 1/2 cups cookie mixture. Press remaining cookie mixture into bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle apple evenly over crust. In small bowl, mix caramel topping and flour; drizzle over apples. Sprinkle reserved cookie mixture over apples.

4) Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 2 hours. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.

ENJOY!!!

Book Sale

Great time to shop for Christmas presents! Upto 80% off the cover price of all books!!!

Madison Scholastic Book Fairs Warehouse
6115 Pepsi Way
Windsor, WI 53598

Friday December 4th through Tuesday December 15th
Monday - Friday from 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday from 8:00am to 4:00pm

Car seats

I have two car seats that are appropriate for children up to 40 pounds and good through Dec. 2010, which we are willing to give away. (We used them with Olivia and Veronica won't be in them long enough to keep.) They are Graco five-point booster seats -- the ones that you usually use between the infant carrier seat and a plain old booster seat. Anyone interested in one or both can contact me at 566-1150 or jasonandlisamaddux@yahoo.com.

Beth Moore Video

Hey everyone,

As I was checking out all my blogs that I follow up on I watched this video from Beth Moore...awesome! Just a little 9 minutes to help you feel encouraged.

http://vimeo.com/7442184

And if you were wondering your blog site is livingproofministries.blogspot.com

Love ya

Conference Opportunity

Thanks Kelly for providing us with this info!

A Perfect Mess: Why you don't have to worry about being good enough for God...
When: January 23rd, 2010
Where: Wautoma, WI
Who: Lisa Harper: speaker & Kim Hill: worship leader
Cost: $25 b/f Thanksgiving & $30 after Thanksgiving...includes lunch
Registration Deadline is January 16th
web info: www.rcwcpresents.com
For more information visit the website or contact Sarah or Tami Jo. If there is enough interest there could be a carpool organized!

Babysitting Trade

Hi Ladies. I am looking for someone who would like to trade an afternoon of babysitting. My hubby and I rarely get to do Christmas shopping together and this year I’d like to do it! Here’s what I propose. Trade a Saturday or Sunday afternoon of babysitting. One week we watch your kids for the afternoon, one week you watch ours. You could use the afternoon for shopping or a date! The weekends are becoming limited due to the holidays coming up, so email me so we can get it arranged! Thanks Kendra L.

Things in Need

I'm wondering if anyone has a bouncy seat appropriate for a newborn (1 month old) that I could borrow for awhile? Ours had a corroded battery and won't work. Thanks. Lisa M

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I am needing to borrow a battery operated breast pump from Fri-Sun. Does anyone have one of these? Mine needs an outlet and where I am going I am afraid there will not be one available. Thanks. Nikki B

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If you are able to help in either area please contact the person or myself.

Verse of the Day

As many of you know I have a daily calendar on my (and my sister's) work desk that is by Anita Renfroe. I am usually inspired by what she has to say because it's so real. Today wasn't any thought of hers but simply a verse that hit me right between the eyes. It comes from Galatians 6:4-5 and it says...

"Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each responsible for our own conduct." (NLT)

I seriously almost fell off my chair. I struggle with this so much (especially at work). It hit me so hard that when I got home tonight I looked it up for myself and in other translations. Here are some of the other translations...

"Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load." (NIV)

"Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life." (Message)

"But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor. For every person will have to bear (be equal to understanding and calmly receive) his own [little] load [of oppressive faults]." (Amplified)

So no matter what version I looked up the message God was telling me was the same. STOP worrying about everyone else and what they are doing or how they are doing it. I only need to focus on my own work because that is all that I am responsible for.

I think this could go for not only me (and ALL my issues) but as moms. Many times we focus on how our husband is doing, how our sitter is doing (which to a point we need to consider this), how our children are doing, etc., etc. Let's all take a deep breathe and relax and focus on only what we are doing at hand.