I baked this batch for even less time (12 minutes). Better than 14. I don't know what Martha was thinking with 25.
Around the time I started baking, I called my sister Laura to learn the 
results of her ultrasound: another girl! My niece Ava (age 4) decided that she will name her little sister Lavender Bluebird. I like it, but I think my sister and her husband are considering something more traditional. That's a photo of Laura and me baking cookies in the 1970s. She ended up with a culinary arts degree and a career managing a nursing home dietary department. I ended up here, writing a cookie blog.
Speaking of which, I was planning on making Classic Shortbread today. It's actually on my list. But I discovered last night that I need a 10" tart pan to do that. Wish I'd known that when I was at Williams-Sonoma in downtown Seattle yesterday. There's not one to be found in Southeast King County. I'll make a list of all the equipment I need for the 39 more recipes so I can be on the look out for everything.
It was good to get back to work this week. I was grateful to have lunch with friends, talk on the phone without having to yell at kids and balance my checkbook for the first time in weeks. Oh, and working. Working without children hanging over my shoulder is very productive.
This week also brought, however, more anxiety about the failure of the company that manages our investments. Best case, we could escape with our properties intact. Worst case, we could lose both of them. It's scary, frustrating and maddening. We did nothing wrong, but we end up paying. But, so goes the credit crisis, I guess. Meanwhile, James is tense and cranky.
I tend to forget about the issue for long periods of time because I have more immediate things to take care of. Kids, housework, job, errands, etc. They're all great distractions.
And tonight I'm heading out for another great distraction: Girls' Night, with Denise, Renee and Ronae. Probably going to see Slumdog Millionaire and get dinner. I have amazing friends. Nice, funny, smart, creative and a lot of fun. I think it's a good policy to hang out with people I would like to be more like.
They're not going to be happy, though, to find out that I have no shortbread. Tomorrow, I break the rut, I swear.
results of her ultrasound: another girl! My niece Ava (age 4) decided that she will name her little sister Lavender Bluebird. I like it, but I think my sister and her husband are considering something more traditional. That's a photo of Laura and me baking cookies in the 1970s. She ended up with a culinary arts degree and a career managing a nursing home dietary department. I ended up here, writing a cookie blog.Speaking of which, I was planning on making Classic Shortbread today. It's actually on my list. But I discovered last night that I need a 10" tart pan to do that. Wish I'd known that when I was at Williams-Sonoma in downtown Seattle yesterday. There's not one to be found in Southeast King County. I'll make a list of all the equipment I need for the 39 more recipes so I can be on the look out for everything.
It was good to get back to work this week. I was grateful to have lunch with friends, talk on the phone without having to yell at kids and balance my checkbook for the first time in weeks. Oh, and working. Working without children hanging over my shoulder is very productive.
This week also brought, however, more anxiety about the failure of the company that manages our investments. Best case, we could escape with our properties intact. Worst case, we could lose both of them. It's scary, frustrating and maddening. We did nothing wrong, but we end up paying. But, so goes the credit crisis, I guess. Meanwhile, James is tense and cranky.
I tend to forget about the issue for long periods of time because I have more immediate things to take care of. Kids, housework, job, errands, etc. They're all great distractions.
And tonight I'm heading out for another great distraction: Girls' Night, with Denise, Renee and Ronae. Probably going to see Slumdog Millionaire and get dinner. I have amazing friends. Nice, funny, smart, creative and a lot of fun. I think it's a good policy to hang out with people I would like to be more like.
They're not going to be happy, though, to find out that I have no shortbread. Tomorrow, I break the rut, I swear.
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