Humid, Hot & Lazy

Yesterday was too warm to think of breathing, let alone baking. It did rain and then cooled down a little, but by that time the last thing I wanted to do was go heating up the kitchen. Grocery shopping was also a bust. First it was too hot to walk there, then it was too rainy, and after that I was just too lazy. Besides I really hate being in the grocery store on a weekend, it is just way too crowded.

Here's hoping that today will be a little cooler and I will be brave enough to venture out and face the grocery store crowds. I will have to soon, otherwise the cats may run out of food. I'm always afraid what the pair of them might do if they don't get fed. As it is when feeding time rolls around, they circle like sharks the whole time it's being dished out.

In Case of Inclement Weather

Depending on the heat of today, there may be baking. As previously mentioned, I want to make some Monkey Bread and perhaps some Buttermilk Cookies.

I made a batch of the cookies earlier this week and they were amazing. Like little morsels of cakey goodness. The recipe calls for lemon zest, which gave them a nice subtle lemon flavour, and I am thinking they would also be really tasty with orange zest.

But first there must be grocery shopping and that too will depend on the heat. If it's like yesterday I will probably be spending the day in front of the fan. We don't have air conditioning, and if I bake when it is this warm, I might melt the cats.

If baking does indeed happen, I hope to have some photographic evidence to share.

The Forgotten

I can't believe I haven't made this yet. I found the recipe a while back and was waiting on a bundt pan. I finally remembered today that I wanted to give it a try. Well, as luck would have it, now I have two bundt pans ... and not enough yeast. I will be making it this weekend. I must, it has to be done.

Best Laid Plans

Quality sleep is something I have been sorely missing of late, and I had planned to sleep as late as was humanly possible today, or at least as late as the cats would allow. Imagine my urge to maim disappointment when the jackasses workmen next door decided to begin grinding and cutting crap for some installation first thing this morning. So much for sleep.

After feeding the cats, so they would stop circling like sharks and a few chocolate covered jubes to ease my nerves I am here to post something I had planned on posting a few days ago. Actual knitting progress. A whole knitted baby bonnet, okay I still have to weave in the ends. Even more of a shocker, the sweater intended to accompany the bonnet is already on the needles. I tell ya, it's damn near a miracle.

For the bonnet, I have used the Fuzzy Brim Baby Bonnet pattern, and converted the fuzzy brim bit into a garter stitch folded brim. I also opted for three stitch i-cord for the ties instead of crochet.



If Satan's minions the workmen continue on their current course, therefore making a nap completely impossible, there may even be bread baking. My Foodie Girl Stumbled me to buns, a variation of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, I'm dying to try.

Wild Mustard, Butter, Lemon Squeeze

Nope, they are not ingredients for a culinary endeavor. They are some of the candidates currently in the running for new paint for the living room. At least we have narrowed it down to a yellow. Now we just need to decide among the bevy of paint samples taped to the wall.

I want yellow because the room is a little dark, with only one window, and it tends to be cold in the winter. It can't be a flashy yellow, or too green a yellow. It must be warm, inviting and comfortable, with maybe just a hint of exotic spice to it. A warm, creamy yellow. Decisions, decisions.

Picked up a new DVD today, Waitress. It came highly recommended by my Foodie Girl. I loved it. I'm not usually a chick flick girl, but this one was a fun watch. Of course, now I want to go and make a pie. Ooops, I almost forgot. I'm supposed to be makin' Pecan Pie Mini Muffins for a certain boss of mine, who turned 26 on the weekend.

She Shoots, She Snores

I don't really snore, I did aim for the net though.

This evening was supposed to be the beginning or my cupcake recipe experimentation weekend. However, there was an event that beckoned to me, a call so great I was apparently unable to resist. What could possess a lure so powerful? It was that wonderful, blessed, miraculous thing called...a nap. I have been tired for the last couple of days, I should have felt it sneaking up on me, but I didn't and then it took me down.

Cupcake recipe experimentation will have to begin tomorrow (unless something else arises). It's okay though, the pictures are always better when taken in the daylight.

This concludes today's entry, as my hands and wrists are really acting up.