The Fourth Law of Thermodynamics...

"If anything can go wrong, it will."
I am certainly no astrophysicist.  My daily routines are not at this moment world-changing (although I do hope that my job rearing children, encouraging my husband, and supporting friends and family will have a positive impact on the community around us).  Therefore, day to day crisis' are rather small scale in the scheme of things.

Crisis #1:

Blueberries?
They were on sale!  My kids love them... or they used to until they went on sale, then they went on a 3-day blueberry strike.  It happens quite regularly actually.  Last summer they lost all interest in peaches during peach season.  Honeycrisp apples finally made their way to the west coast and suddenly my children loathe apples.  I have a freezer full (it is a pretty small freezer - I long for a basement with room enough to house a deep freeze) over-ripe fruit waiting for it's place in a pie.  Trouble is pie is a huge temptation for me and I can only make it when equally-pie-loving company calls.

Solution:
White Chocolate Blueberry Squares

2 cups amaretto cookie crumbs
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 ½ cups fresh blueberries
1/3 cup whipping cream
8 oz. White chocolate, finely chopped

Directions

Line an 8 “ square metal cake pan with parchment paper, leaving a few inches of overhang; set aside.  In bowl, toss cookie crumbs with butter until moistened; press firmly onto bottom of prepared pan.  Sprinkle with blueberries; set aside.
In a saucepan, bring cream to a boil; pour over chocolate in heatproof bowl and stir until melted.  Let cool slightly; spoon evenly over berries.  Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.  Cut into squares.

Crisis #2:
What are amaretto cookies?  A cookie I am not familiar with?
I looked at 3 local grocery stores and could not find them so I used butter cookies for the crust instead.  I was happy with the result.  Nonetheless, I did eventually find them on amazon.com.  http://www.amazon.com/Amaretti-Saronno-Cookies-Window-Lazzaroni/dp/B0001K5LTY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1296004760&sr=8-1
See how sweet they look?

I would like to try the recipe again using the intended crust (blueberries are still on sale) and I think I will even try to add some lemon zest.

Crisis #3:
Promises broken.
Well, not broken but not met according to my expectations.
My friend asked me to donate some bars to a bake sale at her child's school.  How fun!!! I love this kind of stuff.  I began dreaming up cute packaging and assembling taste-testing panels.  Decisions were made.  I planned to wait until the 11th hour to bake the bars as to ensure their freshness.  It was a great and seemingly practical plan until... my daughter came down with a virus that seemed treatable only with constant snuggling, unending doses of fever-reducer, and several night wakings met with even more snuggling.  It is difficult to bake a pan of bars with a 1 year old in your arms.
In the end I did deliver 3 pans of bars (including the new produce savers), individually wrapped and labeled.

*I did in fact try the amaretto cookie crust and found the taste to be a bit overwhelming.  I will continue to use the butter cookies in the future.  I also tried the lemon zest with no real consequence either way.