Today was a lesson in perseverance, keeping on when I want to quit. My daughter and I decided to make oatmeal cookies. Oatmeal raisin cookies to be exact. My husband loves them so I thought I would make them as a treat. for him. This would be a quick and easy treat. We went on the "net" and found a recipe that looked promising. As we were mixing the ingredients, I told Abby to get the brown sugar. She went to the cupboard and brought over a bag, looked and then said, "Wait, these are beans not sugar. Back she went to correct the mistake. A few moments later, I opened a can of milk, only to discover that the milk was sauerkraut. I caught the mistake before I dumped the sauerkraut in the mix. We moved on to adding the oatmeal. I mean, you HAVE to have oatmeal in a oatmeal cookie. I needed six cups. I measured four cups and the oatmeal well was dry. Yikes!! I searched and found some flavored oatmeal packets and started opening them. I managed to get t