rhubarb crisp attempt

okay, so we have quite a bit o' rhubarb in our backyard, so i picked some, made a lovely rhubarb filling and followed my mom's directions in making a delightful rhubarb crisp. well after the mother-directed 20 minutes, it still looked, well, like the flour-oatmeal-brown sugar-cinnamon topping was quite dry. so i left it to 30 minutes. then nearly 45 minutes hit and as i feared for it's safety, i took it from the oven and gave it that old college try. here is how it looked:



it looks quite powdery, no?
so i took a bit and the bottom crust is how it should be.

it's back in the oven and we'll see what happens.

now we're watching "national treasure" because i have the need for mindless crapola. my sister and her husband -- both of whom are very knowledgeable about history -- spoke highly of it. so we're giving it the old college try. my night is filled with the college try.

and after all, isn't nicolas cage our very own national treasure?