A New Light, and Tate Bakes

So, for you thorough readers, I mentioned in my last post that I was replacing something.

Not the boy (though we have our moments), the light fixture.

Because I'm a cheapskate frugal, and can't bear to buy any more ten dollar light bulbs.

So thankful my dad is such a helpful guy, AND an electrician!

I owe him a batch of oatmeal cookies ;D

Yes, you may have noticed it's missing something.  

One of the globes was already broken on arrival,

and Amazon is 'on it', so yay for them.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the nice, warm light :D

However, I realized I'd neglected to consider one thing...

This fixture is wider than our old fixture, and if we don't watch out...

I think Kerry is going to put some kind of stopper on the cabinet door, or I foresee replacing a great many more globes in the future.  Oops.

No, really, it came with a broken globe!  We didn't do it!

Also, the astute reader may remember Tate's charming plea for a friend's dessert recipe.

Well, we just made it and the kitchen smells so good I think I'm gaining weight just by the aroma.

Here he is melting the butter and giving me the side-eye...

Meanwhile, the dish is greased and floured.

Cracking eggs...

Measuring the almond extract - lots of almond extract!

Yes, he knows how to dip-level-pour the flour.

And mixing it all up.  Yes, we each licked a beater - yum!

And then sprinkling sliced almonds and sugar on top.

He may have gone a little heavy on the sugar, but with a whole cup of butter in the batter,

well... this isn't exactly health food ;D

And after about 30 minutes...

WA-WAH!

A tasty treat to bring to Easter tomorrow :D

And in case you're wondering about the device around his neck... that's his compilot.  It's a blue-tooth device that works with his CI's.  He was streaming music while he waited for the almond bars to finish baking.  Love technology!