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Third Annual Christmas Cooking Baking Day
Today Mildred came over and we made cookies upon cookies! We also had a new addition this year: Mildred's friend (and now ours) Rachel. Rachel made a recipe called Galaxy Cookies that i recognized from the old Betty Cro… -
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Today i quilted two more sets of butterflies. Six butterflies go into one set. Four sets go into one square. There are five squares in this quilt. Let's see... one hundred and twenty butterflies total! Now i have only 7 … -
Marmalade
This week at Sunflower, tangelos were on sale. Marmalade! i thought, and yesterday i bought ten nice big ones. Right now the peels and pulp are coming to a simmer with some water, and a tad bit of baking soda. In awhile … -
Gluten-free baking
i often send cookies to work with Jonathan, and his coworkers all love me for it (i think he's gotten a little more popular too, if such a thing were possible). They call me the Cookie Lady. (i call them the ravenous wol… -
2nd annual cookie-baking marathon
On Saturday, Mildred and i had our second annual cookie-baking marathon. We made four recipes, all from the Christmas cookie magazines that Mom H. gave me. We made cocoa tassies with peppermint filling, maple-cashew good… -
Baking with a three-year-old
i forgot to mention that on Friday i had Naomi from 9 to 6. We had a really fun day. i had her two other days within the last couple months, and she is really growing. She has a little friend named Claire that she talks … -
Roof update, &c.
Monday we finally got a good downpour, the first big rain since the roof was replaced. It held up perfectly! No leaking at all. So everyone can be very proud of my very capable husband and his crew of amateur roofers. … -
Family and creativity
Mi mamacita is in town this week. She got in on Tuesday around lunch and will leave next Wednesday afternoon. So far, we have mostly been shopping. We've gone to Sunflower twice (for dinner items yesterday and today, sep… -
Distressing (cabinets)
i haven't checked on the sticky cabinetry in the garage, but last night i distressed the two false drawer fronts that are in front of the sink. i think they came out pretty well. i took extra care not to make them look t… -
Baking in a toaster oven
Yesterday i felt an urge to bake. i had had an emotionally trying afternoon, and baking, especially cookies, is therapeutic. So i dragged the toaster oven in from the garage and preheated it, and i made some cookies-- da…
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