I'm kicking myself for blanking during Girl Scout cookie sign-up month. Scott usually orders cookies from his co-worker's daughter and didn't this year (how? how could he not??) Now we have to drive around town and hope to find a group of unsuspecting Girl Scouts and jump them for their goods. Wish me luck...I don't run as fast as I used to.

This is for all you Hitchhiker's fans out there:

In an odd baking coincidence I have managed not once, but twice this week, to bake exactly 42 cookies. And I promise I didn't even try.

Yesterday was my day off. Scott had the day off as well, so we slept in and then had oatmeal cinnamon pancakes for breakfast (a house specialty).

After some routine errands in the morning (during which I started A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt) I spent the afternoon baking. I made the spicy chocolate cookies posted by fasterthanlight, ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago (months ago?) I pulled a recipe out of either Shape or Self for chocolate cookies with pistachios and dried cherries/cranberries. Not only was the recipe on the healthy-ish side, it also fit in the theme for our upcoming get-together. When I went to make my shopping list this morning I couldn't find the darn recipe. (Of course, ( Read more... )

So, I think I've fallen off the NaPhoBloMo wagon, fes42. Sorry. I really did try! But, the past week, with my parents in town and then the wedding in Kansas, left me with little computer time. I have been taking pictures, I just haven't been able to post them ( Read more... )