Saviour Soap and Dream Bars ....

By the time I am getting near the end of the three weeks of purgatory

known as Winter Break

I start to need treats to maintain my sanity

and this break, more than any other, I am in desperate need

because it has been wet and grey and mostly awful weather

which has meant that both daughter and dog have been firmly glued to the couch

basically eating their weight in food every two hours

and smelling up the place

so on one of the 5 million zillion squillion trips to the food shop

I also stopped in at one of my favourite haven's, Susan's , 

and picked up a bar of my favourite brand of soap

not the chocolate you would expect I would need as a sanity saver

though perhaps some dark chocolate coated ginger chunks 

may have also caught a lift home 

But most important was the soap

which is gorgeous and they are all really beautifully perfumed

and I have been walking around sniffing the stuff like a junkie

which is pure bliss given the circumstances...

This soap is the only thing saving me from taking out both dog and daughter

because the smells emanating from our delightful fur baby

due to Phantom sharing almost every sort of food possible

are simply horrifying

and he seems to have discovered using both dog breath and bottom burps

 as a weapon for revenge

you see his delightful little face plotting 

and he is delivering his smelly messages at every opportunity

So you have been out for the morning and left me here all on my own

try this fart on for size

You want to paint instead of play with me

this is one I have been saving all day

You want to sleep in

let me yawn in your face while standing on your hair so you can't escape

I tell you he has become the embodiment of evil bodily functions!!!!

So the soap has been jammed under my nose at every opportunity

and I am hoping that Mushu realises the futility of trying to continue the torture

in the face of me now having an antidote...

The other antidote is getting in and making these Dream Bars

which are a throwback to the eighties goodness and corny names

and having to make treats for the staffroom on a regular basis

and these never failed to please

Jen over at Artists Playroom asked us to do recipes this week

and though I had started strong and drew up a bit of a border

 time disappeared in a fog of dog smells

and the finished product is not quite what I was planning

but let me tell you these are yummo and worth making 

and if you need Gluten Free like we do here in our house

I have included the amended amounts in brackets

So

this is going out to all my friends over at APR and PPF 

I am off to make Dream Bars and sniff soap and dream about Tuesday morning

when Winter Break will be but a distant memory... xx

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