YAY, AURELIA!!
I made macaroons for the first time last night. Used parchment paper for the first time, made a sizing mistake with the cookies (too big, had to reshape all of them, was worried about over, since it acted weird the other night.)
But they were DELICIOUS! I did a really good job, and I'm proud of myself. New recipe!
Also, WOO JESSE & THEO!!!!
Way to go with the walking and the fundraising and the cookies and the glayvin!
Timelies all!
Sitting in a workshop called "Belt-it-out songs"
I am striving to be an obedient servant to the pomodoro timer today. So far so good.
I'm excited that I am feeling much better -- was afraid the walk would be it for me today -- so I think I'm going to make this elaborate baked shells in roasted pepper cream sauce I've had my eyes on!
Brava walkers!
I'm bummed: it's a cloudy day and it would be nice to bake, but the oven won't work without power at that outlet, damn it.
What I need to do today is hang some pictures and clean house and do laundry. But I ran nearly 4 miles this morning and I would really like to just laze around. Sigh.
I'm vegging on the patio now, with my Fitbit hovering at not quite 10K steps. Later, there may be bread baking, but for right now it's feet up time. Oh, and I have my new t-shirt on. :-)
It was a really lovely walk, with nice people, and the kiddo wasn't that whiny, just tired, and calmly dealt with by the parental units. That was no bother at all for the other team members, from where I stood.
I, OTOH, ran out to Menard's, got what I needed and...stopped in at Marshall's and spent an enormous amount of money. In my defense, all kinds of stuff I need/want was on clearance. I ended up with:
For me: 2 dresses, 1 shirt, 1 big comfy Blackhawks hoodie, one pair flats and a pair of awesome fall boots.
For my apt: gorgeous deep purple bath towels
For the house: calphalon deep sautéed pan, curtains for the bedroom, and two large throws
For the dog: new hammock thing for the back seat as the current one is falling apart, 1 cute red sweater that will hopefully bother her less than her sheepskin coat, and about a gazillion dog bags.
I hope that's all. Phew.
Sounds like a good haul, brenda.
I may have sufficient food made for the week. The rabbits certainly have a generous pile of scraps for today. I still need to make the apple tarts I promised myself I would try, so I guess that's what I'll start once this break is over. Then there's lunch and running and laundry to consider. Probably in that order.