1. All of my cookie/brownie recepies are in a certain cookbook. A cookbook that sits in any one of ten unpacked book boxes. In any one box that is neatly stacked in a closet or now serves as part of an elegant “table” beneath a tapestry. In any box that I refuse to find the very same week we are cleaning the house for our Housewarming/Christmas party this coming weekend.
2. There are many cookie recepies online. When you are making cookies for a party, it is best to test them first. And when a receipie calls for vegetable oil and you do not have any vegetable oil, olive oil can be a substitute. But not for sugar cookies. Never for sugar cookies.
3. When the child picks up a 24 hour stomach bug at daycare, you will no longer be able to put off laundering the mattress pads, duvet covers, pillows, etc. Note that the dryer lint tray happily catches for you all of the little chunks of washed and dried bits of chicken vomit in keepsake condition. Note that no matter how many items of fabric are involved, rinsing the most chunkalicious portions of vomit prior to stuffing them into the washing machine is recommended. Gag if you must, but rinse. Rinse.
So, the weekend in sum:
olive oil = thumbs down
laundry detergent = thumbs up
4 Comments
December 10, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Hey lady! Where’s my invite?? And about the keepsake lint trap stuff, I just added some poo to my collection this weekend! Potty training…what fun.
December 11, 2007 at 8:46 am
Hey, are you coming to San Francisco in January?
December 11, 2007 at 10:51 am
Sarah–I seriously, seriously thought about inviting all the local Indy bloggers, but I thought it would be too weird a first-time meeting event! Playing hostess to a large group wouldn’t allow me to really get to know anyone! But I DO want to organize a get together!
And A–I AM coming to San Fran!
December 12, 2007 at 10:18 am
YAY! I’ll see you there!