Blueberry Pie

I am fortunate enough to work for a doctor who's patients LOVE him (and his staff). On any given week we have patients who bring us cakes, pastries, peanut brittle, fresh veggies and fruit. They even bring him homemade moonshine!! This past week the blueberry man came with tons of blueberries. I fell in love with him last year. I made around a half dozen blueberry pies last year between Easter and Mother's Day. Dave and I did not consume all of them, but let me say it is one of his favorite desserts. Before last year I had never made a blueberry pie and I have definitely perfected the recipe. The below recipe is a combination of many, making it my own!

Disclaimer: I am more of a Sandra Lee type of cook 1/4 pre-made + 3/4 homemade= semi-homemade. That means I don't make my own pie crusts. Sorry, maybe one day. For the meantime, enjoy!!

Filling:
3 Cups of Fresh Blueberries
3 Tablespoons of Corn Starch
3 Tablespoons of Water
1 Tablespoon of Lemon Juice
½ Cup of Sugar
¼ Teaspoon of Cinnamon

Topping:
½ stick of softened butter
½ cup of sugar
½ cup of all purpose flour

Mix all filling ingredients together and pour into frozen pre-made deep dish pie crust. For topping, mix ingredients together with a fork to make a crumble topping. Sprinkle over pie. I wrap just the crust in foil or if you have one of those fancy metal crust rings you can use that. Bake at 350 degrees for 45min to 1 hr., or until topping is golden brown.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. YUMMY!!

School 101

So I made it through my first semester and received good grades as well...
A&P 1: A
Nutrition: A
Medical Terminology: B
Chemistry: B

I am now taking Microbiology during Summer A which is only 6 weeks long, that means class every day and lab twice a week. After that I will have 2 months off from school for the remainder of the summer. I am applying for SFCC nursing school for the Fall, I should know in mid July if I get in, if not I will apply next spring for UF's nursing program. I will keep you all updated!! I hope all is well, can you believe it practically Summer already?

White is Bad, Dark is Good...

We took Maggie to the vet today for her 3 week check-up from the day we were told she had a 50/50 chance. The vet was very impressed at how well Maggie was doing. Her lungs sounded much better, unlike 2 weeks ago when she said "well she isn't any worse." The vet gave us lots of praise for taking such good care of Maggie she said without all of the breathing treatments and couppage she wouldn't have been as well. We were told we could stop the breathing treatments and couppage, yippee for me!! We are keeping her on doxycycline for 2 more weeks then "calling it a day" as the vet put it. You can see in her x-rays below, her lungs are much better. Normal lungs appear black on x-rays, as you can see below, before Maggie's lungs were almost completely white, they are now much darker. So white is bad and dark is good. Her lungs are almost completely clear, she may have scarring that will last her lifetime but that shouldn't be a problem since we won't be entering her into any races. She has tons of energy and enjoys getting into trouble. We are happy that she has finally received a clean bill of health!! YAY!!


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African Violets

Well my mother-in-law left her african violets in our care when she moved. Needless to say they are barely surviving and one is completely gone. They were placed in a window that is very close to the ground and Maggie loves being outside so she is constantly looking out the windows. In her quest for the outdoors she discovered the african violets. She completely destroyed one so we are down to 2 and they are now out of Maggie's reach. Maybe we can keep them alive On another note, my okra plants are still alive and growing, not producing any crop yet but I am still hopeful.

We visited the vet again this past Thursday and she said "Well she is not getting worse" in her lingo that means her new antibiotics are working and she is getting better. We can tell she is better. She no longer has weeping eyes or a runny nose and she is full of energy. When Dave picked her at Petsmart he liked her because she was a lazy dog, just what he wanted, little did he know he was picking the sick lethargic dog who is now very active. She has gained 4 pounds in 3 weeks. She is pretty much leash trained. Now we just have to master the potty training...





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