Pull Up A Chair…
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It is that time of year again when my thoughts turn toward cookie baking. But this year, I’ve got a head start, because I saved last year’s list of cookies — and annotated it as to which ones were easy and which were a pain in the ass from start to finish.
And the truly annoying ones are not making the list this year, I don’t care whose favorites they are. Well, not quite true, if they are my faves, they are probably getting made anyway. (Being the cookie baker in the family has to have some perks, right?)
Last year around this time, we talked cookies and candies and all sorts of delightful holiday yummies. And a lot of you shared some amazingly tasty family recipes. Some of which made it into my computer recipe file, and then onto the list…and will likely make it onto this year’s list again.
But there is always room for one or two more, isn’t there?
So this morning, it’s a bit frosty outside here. The Peanut is watching some Bugs Bunny cartoons with Mr. ReddHedd. Somehow, the snide bunny one-liners never, ever get old. And I could watch that Wagner snark and laugh every single time, let alone the “open Saskatchewan” genie spoof with Daffy Duck.
I’m curled up in a comfy arm chair with an ottoman – laptop on a lap desk — with a fresh mug of coffee and a couple of trusty cookbooks on one side of me and a snuggly miniature dachshund on the other. The cat is curled up on the tree skirt under our Christmas tree in the sunroom, peering up at the birdfeeder’s many feathered visitors and wishing she weren’t stuck on this side of the glass. (Not that it would matter, she’s so pampered, those birdies would kick her behind…let alone the evil, taunting squirrel that likes to wave at her and laugh.)
Let’s kick back a bit and relax after the crazy Thanksgiving travel and family bonanza, pour another cuppa coffee, talk about some treats and sweets and homemade gifts and whatever else is on your mind this morning that won’t send our blood pressure through the roof. Pull up a chair…
(Photo of some yummy peanutbutter kiss cookies — Mr. ReddHedd’s favorites – via ciboulette.)
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