Tuesday, December 16, 2025

I agree tha****er aerobics should be a pleasant time in the water not a freezing experience LOL.

Speaking of pain in the ass cookies, I decided to make the italian rosemary ones last week. First step, infuse brown sugar with rosemary at least 24 hours. Then use that brown sugar, along with other ingredients including lemon zest and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Roll out cookies, and cut into small circles. Brush with water than sprinkle with brown sugar to make a glaze. Add a little piece of rosemary on top for additional flavor and decoration. Bake. Cool. Make a filling out of marscapone, butter, etc and more lemon zest and juice. Spread on cookie, top with other cookie making a sandwich cookie. Uffda. I will say they are delicious and my family should not fall in love with them because I doubt they will make the cut (haha see what I did there) next year.

Those cookies sound delicious! Have I sent you my new address yet?

You win! That sounds exhausting and delectable!

I definitely would not have the patience to make those. I make the easiest cookie ever: little almond and butter balls rolled in confectionary sugar.

Greetings all

It has rained lightly all day but not a downpour. So it was no sweat driving to Scrabble. Again I had the Shark on the ropes but lost at the very end by just a couple of points. Dang it. But I won the other two games so there. Hard to get annoyed with an enormous man wearing a Santa Hat. This group is fun because we discuss all the events of the day - local and national. There are always funny stories.

So afterwards I stopped in to a tiny Mexican restaurant for a small burrito. Could only eat half thanks to vsg. I will go back there as it is one of those neighborhood places that everyone knows everyone. After that I spent some time making new stuff at the studio and then went to the gym and walked.

And my Apple watch arrived. Yikes it has a zillion functions and I have yet to figure out the two I want which is step counting and heart rate. Baby steps.

Liz stay warm on your travels. It will be fun to have the family together and lucky you your DS cooks!

DD the Duluth trip looks great. Worth the chill. Beautiful scene. And those cookies sound spectacular. And labor intensive.

Ditto Paula. Yellow hibiscus is as great as xmas lights.

CC your roofers lucked out with the cookie bonus. Don't know how you managed with the power blips. Do people there have generators or are power blips rare? They are common here. Ovens take a lot of power I guess. And yeah spritz cookies are a pain because you have to get the exact right texture or they won't come out of the press and stick. Fortunately there are many other ways to get butter. Like Russian Tea Cakes. I have a recipe for sliced spiced almond squares which I think I will make next week. Yikes, Christmas is almost here!

Today my older brother would have been 78. I think I have told you all that he got sleeved maybe 6 or 7 years before he died and it changed his whole life for the better. A gift.

Peps yay for experiences as gifts. Are you also going to the Sphere in Las Vegas? On my bucket list.

Cheers all

Diane S

This photo of Shel popped up. With Chip and Tesla.

Awwwww, I so miss our Shel!

Remember how funny she was??

I sometimes think about her daughter, and how Shel used what little time she had left to try and prepare her for life without her Mom. I hope she is well.