Hot damn, it's been a minute since I last did a blog post. Things are finally slowing down - which can be a good thing or bad depending on how bored I get....I've finished with school (hurray!) getting my Masters completed in under a year and to top it off got it with honors. The poor Midwest got slammed by one winter storm after another and with the kooky names the Weather Channel has been handing out it's been stranger than usual. Khan, Nemo, Q...you know. The regular ilk of winter storms.
Our poor cocker spaniel looks like a raving maniac by the end of winter. I say this as he's rolling amuck on the office floor the red hair a mop of sneezes, grunts and general happy. The cats remain unimpressed.
What I'm impressed about is the fact that I bought 25lbs of flour for $9 at the local market! I know...not the craziest thing to get all worked up about but as someone that easily goes through 5lbs in two weeks it means a lot. And I'm picky about my flours. Tuesdays/Wednesdays usually means fresh bread and I'm getting the art of tortilla and roti making down to encourage dreams of pitas. Mmm...pitas...
The accumulation of such flour encouraged a batch of oatmeal cookies, they've barely lasted the night. For some reason they keep defying gravity and land into my hand...only to be nom'd upon. They should know better. And while I'm not an original fan of oatmeal - I prefer chocolate chip - this recipe is damn fine in my opinion. The mix didn't seem to hold together at first, but the brown sugar and apple syrup (I'm even pickier about syrups) coalesced into a nice chewy cookie. DB has mentioned that when these are gone they shall need replacing. You know, to fill in the 'void' in the cookie tub.
I'm watching you...just like I have to watch the cornbread pan....
Anybody plant bulbs this last fall? Or even have any in the ground for more than one season? As for us: the tulips are sprouting! All about the yard, I see the tips of tulips breaking ground - even in places where I thought I retrieved them for relocation (makes a mental note to mark those for later removal). So I'm expecting a wash of red, white, purple, and black this spring along with the multi-hued crocus as their delicate flowers are already blooming. Overwintering in the back porch, the strawberries swear it's early summer with the new foliage peaking through as the lemon plant has three little baby lemons. Overall, I'm ready for spring and summer.
