Life: Idiotropic

The first half of this week was a blur of errands and tasks as I plunged headfirst into the many volunteer projects that I'm juggling this year. The strange photo to my right is part of the "Double Dutch" bar in the Dutch NSU (National Support Unit) here on base. Each country has a NSU. Some are just an office. Some are purely administrative. And some, like the Dutch one, have full bars and party rooms. I particularly like the strange wooden shoe/let/head hat rack on the right.

Being on the base a lot for meetings means that I'm around more to have lunch with the girls and take photos for the yearbook which I'm doing again this 3rd and final year. Arianna is posing between her friends, Martina and Gavin. Martina is a new Italian student this year getting a crash coarse in English, but doing better every day.

Tuesday night I baked blueberry muffins, a treat I took to the first IWC board meeting of the year and the first one I've led as president. The meeting went well and I'm really excited about the possibilities this year.

I used a recipe that I got from a friend in Oklahoma years ago. And they were good - not too sweet.


Ingredients:
2 eggs beaten
1 c. milk
2 T. melted butter
1 1/5 c. brown sugar
3 c. flour
2 T. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
4 T. flour
3 c. blueberries (I used frozen)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Mix eggs, sugar, and milk. Then add melted butter.
Sift together dry ingredients and combine with wet mixture.
Toss blueberries lightly in flour, then gently fold them into the batter.
Grease and flour muffin pans, then fill them 2/3 full.
Bake at 425 F for 12-15 minutes. Test with toothpick.
(I like to sprinkle a little coarse sugar onto the tops before baking)