so fitting

so i have this daily illustration pull off calendar thing and this morning i was very hesitant to pull off yesterday's to reveal today's cheesy, lovey dovey illustration. but when i tore it off, i thought "how fitting."



happy valentine's day.

aspiring baker

so, one would think that after all the cooking shows i watch and the martha stewart addiction, i would have somewhat of a grasp for baking in the kitchen. today i proved that theory wrong. i was so excited about making pretty sugar cookies for my office for valentine's day, though i am opposed to the holiday it was a good excuse to bake. so this weekend i went through all the trouble trying to find the best recipes for the dough and the icing. i had visions of the smooth, pastel cookies that martha makes effortlessly and look so beautiful. then last night i went through the ingrediants and realized i have nothing but butter and water and that this grocery list was far longer than i had wanted to spend. so, long story a little shorter, i decided to buy the log of cookie dough and make the icing so i can still make them pretty, feeling at least half satisfied. today i got home all ready to begin. well, lets just say they came out paper thin, and were not the heavenly dessert that is featured on martha's living magazine covers. the whole stack of 20 cookies stacked only around three inches high. they all can now be found in the trash. i am so discourged i am not going to try again.

i think i will just bring valentines candy and not mention my failed cookies.