‘Tis the Season « Ramblings of a Hopeless Khowaga

‘Tis the Season

I know that friends from around the country will laugh at my admitted southern wimpdom at declaring the weather down here “cold,” but for us, it’s cold, dagnabbit:

For the record, today is a bit colder. Oddly, the weather widget I’m looking at says: “Today: High 59, Low 54. Right now: 40.” (In Celsius, that’s a high of 15, a low of 12, and it’s currently 6.) Ech. What do they know?

It’s also raining right now, which I’m feeling a bit conflicted about, because it hasn’t rained in so long, but I had plans to take the dog to the park today. (Ray left to go home yesterday, so I’m on my own and a bit bored. I’ve managed to sit through two of the Austin Powers movies so far, and it’s not even noon.) She hates getting baths, and I don’t like giving her baths, so taking her to the park when it’s going to be a big mud puddle doesn’t strike me as a lot of fun!

So, instead I decided to bake cookies. How domestic of me! I’m not great with the baking, but these came out great:

These are Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, which I’ve never made before. However, Bev and I were driving home last week and NPR had this cookie lady on, who described these in a style of narration that I can really only describe as semi-pornographic. At one point, Bev and I looked at each other and I said, “I’m starting to feel a little dirty listening to this!” and she laughed and said, “I know, right?” The narration was a bit lascivious in tone, but memorable enough that when I realized that I was going to show up to the folks’ house empty-handed, I thought, hmm. I wonder if I have all of the right ingredients in the house? And, for once, I did!

I also think that after eating more than two of these, you might become diabetic. They’re really sweet.

So, anyway. It’s a quiet week, but I’m enjoying it right now. For many, the holidays are a time of stress, but for me, I’m just going to sit here and be a lazy bum. The weather is cooperating with that plan quite nicely