day 287 of 1000 journey

Today is day is 287 of my 1000 journey. A journey into what you ask? It started back in May of 2004, after waking up from a dream. That fateful morning, I wrote and wrote -a thought so clear and strong. All four of my grandparents were around 90's at the time. I realized if they could have just one of their average days back it would be the greatest gift. To have a day where you realized the value and joy each day holds. To feel free to move, to love and laugh. Just a normal everyday. The days I was taking for granted.
Tuesday nothing special- my years were starting to blend and blur. What did I do last week? What did I eat for dinner? When was the last time I felt truly alive? A life of presents and blessings and yet they blended day after day. At the end of each year I couldn't remember the year, it just flew by.
Once I realized the most prized possession of life was life itself, I was on a quest to learn to savor and relish this life. For 4 years I tried to find ways to slow life down and to be aware of each day but still life kept rushing by.
287 days ago I started a journey. A journey to savor, to enjoy this beautiful life. A journey to follow my bliss-my heart. What did that mean? I had no idea. I just knew it was right. Why 1000 days? You know at first, it was just going to be a normal little 30 day thing. Then I read in my kundalini yoga book it took 1000 days to master a new habit. At the same time my yoga instructor mentioned this was a good time of year to start a goal. And so it began, my little 30 day thought became a life changing 1000 day journey.
Today, I find myself blogging for the first time about this journey. It is bigger than just me, I can feel it's power and desire to tell the world. I get goose bumps as I write- I get a lot of goose bump moments these days.

What will I share on this blog?: honesty- my heart-my journey. I can't worry about punctuation or politically correct thoughts. You are just going to get my heart. Take it or leave it I will let that be your choice. If this journey of mine benefits you or inspires you to take up your own journey, you will not be disappointed. If this journey of mine has no meaning to you that's OK as well.
Thank you for joining me on day 287-May 15, 2009.
Denise

It's 8:55 pm on Friday night still the 287th day. I've been wanting to create a new batch of cookies for a couple of weeks, tonight was the night. When my grandma was in the nursing home we would talk about cooking. At 93 she would listen to Martha Stewart and try to remember the recipes she heard, she could no longer see. She would spend hours upon hours visualizing and creating in her head. I would tell her of some crazy recipe I had made, she would say "Denise you write those recipes down" I have been writing down my recipes but tonight I'm going to publish my first one. Normally these recipe's are just writen for Grandma.

Before I tell you the recipe there is something you must know. I don't follow many baking rules, my baking is not always tasty but almost always healthy. My baking is probably like someone else paints, I go with my instincts and curiosity radar. This creates some very healthy and sometimes edible cookies.

Tonight's recipe is called: Friday night curiosity cookies

1/2 cup softened butter

1/3 cup olive oil

1/2 cup trubinado sugar

2 eggs

1 big tsp vanilla

3/4 cup sorghum flour

1/4 cup fava bean flour

1/2 triticale flour

2 tsp energy baking powder- or tsp normal baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups oats

3 tablespoons black and white Chia seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream your oils and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla cream some more. Combine flours and baking powder and salt. Add to sugar/butter mixture. Add oats and chia seeds. Mix. Drop by teaspoon onto baking sheet. Cook for around 12 minutes or until the tops are lightly brown.

Here is what I know at 9:10pm. I liked the taste of the dough, although it had a interesting sweetness. By the way I was using the Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin cookie recipe as my base. It called for 1 1.5 cups sugar I cut it down to .5- where the sweetness came from I'm not sure. This is the first time I've tried Sorghum flour or Chia seeds so who knows. One batch is out of the oven- they didn't spread but I knew they would be different since the isn't much gluten in the recipe. Second batch just came out. I brought one from the first batch into the office with me to try. Before I could eat my cookie, my husband came in nibbling on my Friday night experiment. He thought they tasted kind of like a lemon scone, also wondering what was the small black spots in the cookie. There was no lemon in the recipe another go figure... I think they are yummy!!!! Yup it's a keeper recipe. Happy travels