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Christmas Party this weekend

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This weekend my husband and I will be going to a Christmas / birthday party at a friends house. Well … depending on the weather. The party is out of town – about a two hour drive, so if it’s snowing or if the weather is really bad we probably won’t go, but otherwise we plan to be there.

I haven’t been to a good party for a while. I already picked out the dress I’m going to wear – a little black dress of course, and jewelry – maybe my sapphire earrings and a blue chamilia beads necklace.

Our friend that’s holding the party always goes all out. She makes dinners that are course after course after course. I mean – you sit there for hours eating! I’m thinking of maybe making a cheesecake to bring with me to the party, but knowing how much food she’ll probably make I probably don’t need to bake a cake.

Hopefully the weather cooperates and we end up going to the party. I’m looking forward to going.





Buying a Light Therapy Unit

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Well I’m off to Costco. My doctor seems to think that my extreme tiredness and intolerance of cold is due to having Seasonal Affective Disorder – even though intolerance of cold temperatures is not part of the syndrome at all. Anyway … I’m going to Costco to pick up one of those special light therapy units.

I figure, even if I don’t have S.A.D. it will help with my strange sleep patterns – as in maybe I can use the light to reset my inner clock.

While I’m there I might take a look t a netbook. I’ve been reading netbook reviews and the last time I was at Costco I noticed that they had really good prices for their Netbooks … so I might as well take a better look and see if they have any of the brands and models that I read about and what they’re selling them for just to compare.

Now to start putting on the sweaters and my coat … it’s freezing! Is it cold in your area too?

Exhausted after shopping all afternoon

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I’m so tired! My husband and I were out shopping this afternoon and we shopped for about 5 hours!

I’m exhausted!

The good news is that I think I managed to get just about everything I needed … now I just have to spend the next several days in the kitchen cooking! Oh boy! LOL

My feet are already sore after all the walking I did earlier today .. I can’t imagine how they’re going to feel tomorrow.

I have to try to remember to bring the camera out tomorrow when I’m baking all those cookies. I’ve been baking a lot in the last two weeks and I haven’t taken any pictures of the process or the finished product. I have to at least take a picture or two of the finished cookies tomorrow … I know I’ll make you guys drool over the chocolate chocolate chip cookies. Yum … hmmm perhaps the photos will even be good enough to be artwork prints? Well for foodies.

I’ll be baking cookies and more cookies this weekend

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I think I’m gearing up for another baking session this weekend. I don’t know why I’ve become so interested in baking in the last couple of weeks, but my husband is loving it.

Earlier this week I found a few more recipes that I’d like to try making this weekend. One of them is the Cinnamon Swirl Brioche that I mentioned a few days ago, and the rest are cookies.

In particular I plan on making three types of cookies this weekend.

One cookie is called a Sugar Crackle Gingerbread Cookie. It’s not a gingerbread man cookie it’s a round cookie and it looks delicious. I love gingersnaps and other types of ginger cookies and the recipe for this cookie sounds delicious. The second cookie recipe that I’d like to try is a recipe that I found on Southern Plate called “Dishpan Cookies”. The cookies are made with oatmeal and cornflakes and they look like huge old fashioned oatmeal cookies.

The last cookie recipe that I plan to make is “Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies”. Mmmmm Decadent sounding. I love nothing more than chocolate and these cookies look delicious.

I think my house is going to smell fantastic again this weekend. Oh and I’m sure everything will be covered in flour again too – including my danze faucet! That’s the one thing I don’t like about cooking and baking – the cleaning or clean up.

We can’t really afford to buy a lot of Christmas presents for our family this year, but since I’m on a baking spree (and we have most of the ingredients I’m using here at home already so it’s not costing much) maybe I’ll make up some “home made” presents. That might work.

Travel to a wedding or not?

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My husbands niece is getting married next June. We only learned that she was engaged in the summer, and when we spoke with her during her visit on Labor Day weekend it sounded like she and her fiance weren’t planning on getting married for a couple of years, but surprise – they’re getting married in June and it’s going to be in Mexico.

My husband has never really liked the idea of a Mexican vacation so he’s not so big on the idea of going to Mexico even for his nieces wedding. Plus … we don’t have a lot of extra money these days thanks to all of the temporary lay off that Chris has been going through at work. Still … I’ve been keeping my eye out for travel deals just in case we change our minds about going to the wedding.

We apparently have until April to make a final decision about attending the wedding, so we’ll see what happens.

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