found this in the archives (c.2009) . I've cooked many batches since.

I have an interesting relationship with cooking, not something I really want to get into right now, but I do enjoy making cookies. And I'm glad to know that. The girl I worked with, day in, day out, for 6 hours together 5 days a week, moved to san diego, so I made cookies for her last day. Inspired by a mention and experience of the Toll House recipe, I gave it a shot. They turned out great!

Very glad I didn't run out of flour this time, also that I remembered we have a hand mixer, I really need to keep that in mind!

chocolate chippss. call me crazy, but I usually put less than the prescribed amount. 2 cups is so much!

babies

they showed love all on their own!

ta da!

Spring

The birds have been singing incessantly the splendor of spring since it began on Wednesday. I sat in my car on my lunch break and heard them celebrating in such beautiful arrangement, it was as if they knew, as if they had all be in cue waiting for their moment to burst forth in song. The day before wasn't as such, and since then it is all I have heard.
Without realizing it would be the first day of spring I had planned to have a friend over for dinner. And I am so glad I did. Despite the fact that I broke the glass part of the blender, we had a great time. Together we made a salad I had learned the week before when I went cooking with my friend Lindsay. I brewed up some strawberry lemonade, my first time trying it and it was absolutely delightful! Angie had brought mango and strawberries for dessert, which started us on thoughts of mango sticky rice. So pushing time, we found ourselves adventuring to find some. We did, just before closing, and brought it back home to eat with the mango. I'm pretty sure it has become one of my favorite things.
What did you do on the first day of spring?

March 7, 2013

Today brought a springtime cool, with clouds and drizzle, a need for jackets, and a whispering suggestion of cozy. So here I sit with my ideal gloomy day snack of toast and hot chocolate, recollecting the day's simple delights.
As I sat in my car on my lunch break, connecting with Jesus through words written down, a drizzle splashed over my car, I looked up at my windshield to see the little kisses left on my windows, suspended transparency. I was safe from the wet, able to enjoy the gift it brought.
On my way home, as I rode the on-ramp, my eyes met that place above the horizon where they find the treasures the Creator brings each day. I was delighted by the figures God had placed in the sky today. Within the clouds were whimsical creatures, first I saw elephants, then a turtle, then a schnauzer who ended up giving me the thrill that floating clouds do. And I am pretty sure Nessie was there, too, the first time I have ever seen her in the sky...