Blueberry Muffins- Finally!

i have been super slacking on this again. i am sorry. i feel like i havent had any time for anything lately, and i don't know why. i am not working any more than usual, er, something like that. maybe? although i did actually waste some pto on sunday to take a day off, and then had monday off, too. i think im wasting a sick day on saturday, so i am not working much at all the next week or so. THEN i took monday and tuesday off because i have jury duty one of those days. wat? i am not looking forward to that at all. least political person ever, and worst person ever at decision making sitting right here.

i haven't even gone running in a week. over a week now. it super sucks. i am hoping to try tonight, or tomorrow, definitely.

well, enough about that. in the mean time, i got this recipe from my baking class in college. it's actually for chocolate chip muffins, but it actually made a pretty awesome blueberry muffin, too! i kind of wish i had the chunky sugar crystals to sprinkle on top of them as a blueberry muffin. i also added some orange zest, so there was a nice hint of citrus in them too!

Blueberry Muffins
12 muffins

2 c all purpose flour
1/3 c light brown sugar
1/3 c granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
zest of one orange
2/3 c milk
1/2 c butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 c blueberries
1-2 tbsp flour

preheat the oven to 400F. grease or line 12 muffin cups.

in a medium bowl, combine the blueberries and the 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour, and shake to coat. this will keep your blueberries from turning the batter entirely purple.

in a separate bowl, combine your flour, sugars, baking powder, salt and orange zest, and whisk well to combine.

in yet another bowl, combine your milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla and whisk well. add to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined (a few lumps are okay!). fold in the blueberries, and divide between the muffin cups. bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown (mine took the whole 20 minutes, but it is probably because of my silicone liners i used. just keep an eye on them!).

ta daa! muffins are magic! ☺

seriously. i have been dying for blueberry muffins since i picked a freezer full of blueberries. they call to me in my sleep. i owe someone a pie, too.

so those two days i had off, it was for kristen's birthday. it was also my grandma's birthday, she turned 92. my mom and i went out to see her for a couple of hours for dinner, and then came home so ron could show off his new car to his dad. after that, we went to see kristen and played cards against humanity until 2 am. it was super awesome, but since we had to get up early to leave for darien lake, we were all really tired the next morning. but- we got up anyway, grabbed some stuff to make lunches, and headed out. we spent the day there, hitting up rides and playing in the water park. it was nice out, so it was a pretty good day, not to mention tickets were buy one get one! free is my favorite number.

yes, as you can see, i abused snapchat all day, but whatever. it was all good times. i feel really weird when i have a few days off like this and go out. having a life is so weird. considering i didn't use up all my paid time off, i will probably try to waste a few days here and there in the coming year. unless i get fired or quit or burn the place down. i actually got a new manager, but noone has met him, and noone knows who it is, all we know is he was from outside the company. because hiring completely new people who know nothing about what theyre getting into is the best idea ever. sigh. im just not gonna say anything, cuz apparently myself and other assistants who have been with the company for years are useless. yep. we'll see what happens.

i have this weekend off, though, too! we are gonna go apple picking! apple muffins!! yay! ☺

alright. i have to get ready for work now. thanks for reading, i am going to do my best to keep to my sunday-wednesday schedule on here and not miss anymore. have a good weekend!