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Yesterday I finished decorating all the gingerbread snowflake cookies. I get overly ambitious and then....yeah. But they came out nicely. Vikings won, which was fun. I love texting with my friend during the game.

The Heir was supposed to come over for lunch, but Saturday night was the "santa crawl" and as he works at a restaurant....he was pretty tired. He had to work again at 4pm yesterday (hence lunch) and he was too tired. I'm okay with that. Silly kid texted me at 11:30pm to tell me he loved me. I love him too, but don't wake me up!

The Spare was also a no-show as it was the get together with the dad of his friend that had passed a few years ago.

We just plotzed around.

Today I'm making another batch of cookies. We have a dinner to attend tonight. Tomorrow I'm meeting a friend for coffee. 'Tis the season!

Hope all is well!

Day 25 - What moment this week are you most grateful for?

It's early in the week, but I can honestly say that I'm grateful that my kids still like to come over on Sunday for dinner. I never pressure them, I tell them it's okay if they are busy. I guess I never really realized how lucky I am that they still come most every Sunday - even if it's just for an hour or so. Bless those boys.

Speaking of which, The Heir stopped by last night to pick up a package that had been delivered and brought his gf along. She's so sweet. I really like her. His Lordship wasn't feeling too great, so they didn't linger. I think the cold (it's only supposed to be in the low 30's the next two days) has gotten into His Lordship's bones and he's...cranky.

We finished making the cookies yesterday; got 17 1/2 doz. Not bad. I have a list of things to do today so I best get started or I'll run out of time. Darn short days!

Toodles!

So much going on today! It's Wednesday which means it's Hump Day (Mike!). It's 3.14 which means it's....wait for it....Pi Day!



Serendipitously, I'm making onion pie for dinner! Maybe I'll make bitty individual berry pies for dessert. I do like a good pie on pi day.

And, it's Whatcha Reading Day!

13. The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts
A little too much “war” history for me in this one. I ‘m glad I read it, but will cop to skimming parts that didn’t pertain directly to the horses.

14. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
Another Hannah Swenson mystery that I’d forgotten I had on my hold’s list. A fluffy read I finished in less than a day.

15. Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson
The second of the Longmire books. They are so completely different from the TV series and I’m quite enjoying them. I really like the dry humor of the main character. It doesn’t come across in the TV series.

16. Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson
The third Longmire book. This one went back and forth in time as Longmire is a Vietnam Vet (as is his buddy Henry). Since I just recently watched the Ken Burns series about Vietnam, this was quite interesting. I hope all this series continues to be as entertaining as the first 3 books.

It is supposed to rain, possibly snow today but it's clear right now. I think I'll go for a walk!

Carry on my nerdy pals!

Saw this recipe and had to try it. I don't know why I do this to myself, but they sure turn out pretty.

Chai Spice Gingerbread cookies with orange royal icing.

And this is what I did:


Mini loaves of banana bread with mini chocolate chips

So much better and tastier!