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Friday, June 27, 2025

VAL'S 4-Patriots OATMEAL APPLE CRISP; Shabbat~Ocean Park-WA


While Holland was out-of-house this morning - running down an oil filter for our 4x in Long Beach, I pulled up a Messianic Music Album to fill the atmosphere with Shabbat blessing ☝️💗😇👌 … 

Joshua Aaron - 'You Are Holy' - FULL Album: 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TcU4Y_AAU)

Then, I got busy making my favorite Apple Crisp Recipe. The first time I made this Apple Crisp was in April 2019 - 4 months into widowhood; so, Holland is the only husband who will enjoy it, with me 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 😘 

I try to keep things in this marriage separate from my previous marriage: I want my New Life 💞 to experience new things - and we are doing that traveling America 😊

Betsy & Independence - learning all over again how to cook with an RV Propane operated oven; Ocean Park-WA

I have lived for a while in an RV with my 1st Husband when he was moving from job site to job site as a shovel operator for a logging company - but, it's been a while since then and I am having to learn how to use a propane stove again 🤔: using it is a cinch … it's the *cooking time that gets tricky.

I have a lot of 4Patriots food packets, so for this recipe I used one of the oatmeal packets … and added a little more sugar & cinnamon, because I don't know how [sweet] the oatmeal really is: I can't stand oatmeal and there is quite a bit. Little by little it will disappear in dessert recipes 😉

YUMMY!

*NOTE: Gas ovens take longer than electric ranges - keep checking about every 15 minutes past the 40 minutes cooking time stated below for an electric range oven. I like my apples cooked "apple pie soft", so my cooking time may not be the same as yours.

VAL'S 4-Patriots OATMEAL APPLE CRISP ~Serves 6

1 c. 4Patriots Granny's Sweet Oatmeal w-Brown Sugar dry mix * 1/8 c. Granulated Sugar * 1/8 c. firmly packed Brown Sugar * 1 tsp. grnd. Cinnamon * ½ c. Margarine * 4 extra-large Red Apples, peeled, cored, and sliced * ¼ c. Tangerine Juice * 1 TBSP. Fireball Whiskey * ½ tsp. Vanilla Extract * ¼ c. chopped Pecans * Vanilla Ice Cream or Whipped Cream, optional * 1 med. Mixing Bowl * 1 lrg. Mixing Bowl * Lrg. Oblong Glass Baking Dish * Butter-flavor Cooking Spray

I used these big, solid-fleshed Apples, harvested in WA State + 2 Tangerines.
4Patriot's Oatmeal Mix = 1 cup
I use margarine because my body is lactose intolerant; margarine tastes just fine, but it can be a little soft & sticky, in the blending of ingredients.

1) Preheat oven to 325-degrees.

2) Mix tangerine juice, whiskey, and vanilla extract in a small bowl: blend. Set aside for now.

3) Combine oatmeal, sugars, and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in margarine.

Thoroughly blend oatmeal mixture & margarine.

4) Place prepared apple slices in another large bowl and pour blended juice mixture over apple mixture; sprinkle with half the oatmeal mixture.

Peel, core, and slice apples …
I used Fireball instead of Rum; the cinnamon flavor will taste good ;-)
Mix half the oatmeal mixture with the flavored apple slices.

5) Butter the oblong cooking dish; transfer apple blend to prepared baking pan.

Place apple mixture into a  buttered (I used buttered cooking spray) oblong baking dish.

6) Sprinkle the remaining oatmeal mixture over apple blend, and sprinkle the chopped pecans over entire top of apples and oatmeal mixture.

Top with remaining oatmeal-butter mixture.
Sprinkle with crushed pecans, &  bake - it will fill the air with deliciousness baking aroma.
7) Bake until juices bubble and topping is dry – about 40 minutes. Serve crisp warm with ice cream if desired.

Husband says, "repeat" 😁👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 😘

The perfect way to usher in the Shabbat Rest 🕊️

A HEALTHY MARRIAGE

Any couple with a healthy marriage that has lasted 20, 30, even 50 years didn’t just stumble into happiness by chance. It wasn’t luck. It wasn’t fairy dust.

And it sure wasn’t easy. That kind of longevity doesn’t come without a fight....a beautiful, exhausting, intentional fight. The kind where both people decide, day after day, that the relationship is worth the effort. That love is worth protecting. That the bond they share is worth more than pride, ego, or temporary emotions.

Behind every couple still holding hands after decades together are stories of sacrifice. Of choosing each other even on the days when it would’ve been easier to walk away. Of forgiveness....real forgiveness, not the kind you speak but don’t live out.

They rebuilt trust after it was broken. They kept dating each other long after the wedding rings were exchanged.

They made time for deep conversations when it would’ve been simpler to go to bed angry. They learned how to apologize without justifying.

How to listen without interrupting. How to communicate without attacking. How to hold space for each other without letting the world tear them apart.

Marriage, real marriage, is hard. It requires blood, sweat, and tears.

There will be seasons that test you. Days when love feels like a choice more than a feeling. Times when one of you will carry more than your share while the other learns how to grow. And yes, there will be moments when pride begs you to shut down....but you’ll choose to open up instead.

Because a good marriage doesn’t magically happen. It’s built....through storms, through silence, through uncomfortable growth. It's nurtured through emotional labor, through showing up when you're tired, and loving even when you're hurting.

And those couples who still look at each other with love in their eyes after all those years? They’re not lucky. They’re intentional. They put in the work...365 days a year.

So no, you don’t get a fairytale without the fight. You don’t get forever without sacrifice. You don’t get peace without choosing it daily. But when two people commit to doing the work...together...what they create is far more beautiful than any fantasy.

They build something real. Something that lasts. Something worth every tear, every argument, every hard conversation… and every single moment of love that follows.

FAWNING MAKES ME NERVOUS~Trump World

Things are getting a little freaky …

I do like President Trump - I always have since his first interview decades ago: his words were the same then, as they are now; he has not deviated at all - except to exit the democrat party before it was infiltrated and overrun by soulless and zombie-minded lunatics.

BUT

All this fawning makes me nervous; and I literally sat straight up in my seat when the Saudi King called him "The President Of The World".

President Trump is the Man of The Hour 😎 - but, he is NOT Almighty God, and all the fawning and praising … on top of the Office of Faith in the White House, run by an adulterous/blasphemous apostate who bows to islam; smacks too much of the heralding in 😳 of the Anti-Christ 😟.

I am NOT saying that Trump is the Anti-Christ, what I am saying is what is happening looks very much the setting of the stage FOR the Anti-Christ to play his hand at some point.

I'm NOT HAPPY when I see 🧐 or hear 👂 things like this 😡

GROCERY DAY IN WARRENTON-OR; Ocean Park-WA


June 26th: Today was Grocery Shopping Day - we chose Warrenton-OR over Longview-WA; it shaves an hour driving time off the necessity.

Warrenton-OR from Ocean Park-WA; 46 min (32.0 mi) via Sandridge Rd and US-101 S
Trying a 'softer bangs' approach for my 'growing-out hair' phase … this process will take time. My hair grows at a snail's pace.

Heavy ocean mist lay over every area of the Long Beach Peninsula-WA, as we left for Oregon.

We listened to Blackfoot all the way from Chinook-WA, to Warrenton-OR: and I said to Holland, "there was a time in the 1970's that all I listened to was Native Bands - Blackfoot, XIT, Redbone, Buffy Saint Marie … who I just found out is not Native at all, but Italian - so I culled her last year sometime when that bit if news hit the airwaves. Do you know who XIT and Redbone are?" Since he is half-Native himself (I'm at least 1/4 Blackfoot), I thought he might know; but he didn't. He only knows Blackfoot - and didn't know until today that they were Native, until I spilled the beans. I don't know a whole lot about a lot of stuff … but I do know the background info of bands I like 😉

Redbone is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbone_(band)

Blackfoot is an American Southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1970: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfoot_(band)

XIT (Crossing of Indian Tribes) is a Native American rock band that released two albums in the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIT_(band)

Minutes from crossing the Astoria-Megler Bridge; Chinook-WA - playing in the background is Blackfoot's, 'Highway Song'
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR9sPqs8H2I)
Incoming tide under the Astoria-Megler Bridge; Ships are turning to point towards the ocean …
The tail-end of the Bridge curves around to Astoria Port-OR
The Astor Column in Astoria-OR~Holland had never seen the Astor Column - so we visited it together, June 5, 2023
The Astoria Column-OR
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria_Column)
The New Youngs Bay Bridge, linking Astoria-OR to Warrenton-OR
New Youngs Bay Bridge-OR:  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Youngs_Bay_Bridge#:~:text=The%20New%20Youngs%20Bay%20Bridge,and%20was%20dismantled%20in%201986.)
We thinking this building going up will be a Hotel to house Cruise Ship travelers; ships too tall to safely clear the Astoria-Megler Bridge's high point.
Mural on Soon Yi Sushi Restaurant; Astoria-OR
Soon Yi Sushi Restaurant#100 Columbia Ave, Astoria, OR
Don't know … but it is part of the Maritime Marine Museum Complex; Astoria-OR
Holland worked a construction job on this building~OR State University; Astoria-OR
He also did construction work on this building~Astoria Aquatic Center; Astoria-OR
Crossing over Young's Bay-OR to Warrenton-OR; pretty misty.

Holland has been hearing through various sources 💻 that there may be a government blackout-restart sometime soon, so he wanted to make sure we had food, water, fuel, and medical stuff. Groceries grabbed and tucked into 2 carts, we trolled the isles in the Pharmacy Dept., and Holland asked, "Do we have any Mercurochrome?" I burst out laughing because I was surprised he even knew what that stuff was; then I said, "I haven't seen that stuff on the market in decades - but I'll see if they have anything similar." And they did 😉

1950-60's 'Mercurochrome' Fix (L) & Today's version of 'Mercurochrome' (R).

I haven't heard anything about a government snafu coming from any of the sites 💻 I frequent … but, if there is, we are properly stocked and ready: we paid a King's Ransom 😳 for "the necessities" today 🙏 🤞

Leaving Warrenton, heading towards Home, I caught sight of 1 lone White Pelican in Young's Bay.

The ocean mist never did abate. The Day was wet from start to finish: it has been a real bummer weather-wise for 10 months straight 😟 (AZ-CA-OR & WA); upheavals world-wide 🌎 are adding to the whacky weather 😒

Misty view of the Astoria-Megler Bridge seen from Young's Bay-OR
White Pelican seen in Young's Bay-OR
Traffic Humor while waiting at the overhead traffic light; Astoria-OR
WA State coastline shrouded in the mist; crossing the Astoria-Megler Bridge from Astoria-OR to Chinook-WA

When we got back home, & everything was unloaded & stashed all over Independence … we both kicked back and relaxed.

And I was happy to see a recipe that my mother used to make 😁 … and I lost with all the box shifting 😔 from Storage to Storage; at the start of our Road Gypsy adventure:

Found a recipe online of the frosting my mother used to make ;- )

So, I tucked that recipe away for future reference - found a music playlist I liked; and picked up my WIP. Holland asked me how long before it would be finished … and I said, hopefully by the end of the month; but more likely somewhere around the first week of July.

Scrolling music playlists while I inch my way towards completion of this WIP …
On the wing of hope and prayer.