Recipe: Blueberry Streusel Muffins

This is a recipe my YW President made me for my birthday. It was DELICIOUS!!! So why not spread the love?? :)

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Blueberry Muffins:
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/3 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups blueberries

Streusel:
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter, then add egg and mix well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
Alternately add flour mix and milk to the creamed egg mixture.
Stir in vanilla; fold in blueberries.

Fill 12 greased or paper lined muffins up 2/3 full.

For Steusel:
Combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon in small bowl.
Cut in butter until crumbly as for pastry.
Sprinkle over muffins.

Cook 25-30 minutes or until browned. Yields 1 dozen muffins.

Runners, Take Your Place!

A steely voice declares aloud "Runners take your place."
Trembling with a sense of fear they step up to the line
Worrying about the race that they are about to face.

"Set!" He cries and down they go, ready to begin.
An echo of a gunshot thunders in their ears, and they start.
With urgency they fly as though time has already gone thin.

The seconds tick and runners struggle to make or keep their place.
Spikes gleam and thrust and runners sprint to stay ahead of the pack.
The timers yell out minutes as the runners fight with grace

To push themselves and try to do the best they've ever done
Or learn to fly with legs of steel atop the track and gravel
And strive to do their best against themselves and everyone.

The final bend, the final push, the end is now in view.
They runners find within themselves the strength to finish strong
And, finishing, collapse to the ground, a rest that is long due.

On the ground, caught in the snare of pain that was their prize,
And yet a victory inside themselves, a smile on their lips.
They've made their mark, they've taken their place, so it's with victory they rise.

Remember when....?

Remember when I was still small
and could climb upon your knee?
I drew markers on the floors and wall,
and I saw the world only as it affected me.

Remember when I learned to ride a bike
and finally tied my shoes all by myself?
There were still lots of foods I didn't like,
but I could finally reach stuff on the shelf.

I'm grown up and not that small anymore
but as I leave home now I'll still be
the little girl with so much in store
that knows you will always love me.

Rediscovering School

Wow, it's been a while since I've been on... I've been going through the wonders of entering college. Wow, what an unnecessary pain that is. I'm just glad I got it working out as I did in the time I did... Now lets see if I can repeat that while helping my cousin within 3 days!

Financial Aid took forever, but I at last got aid to cover all of my tuition & fees, as well as books & supplies. :) WOOT! I'm pretty pleased.

And I got into classes,
so college,
HERE I COME! :D