Well hey there, friends! Long time, no talk!
Yesterday wound up being such a busy day, that by the time I finally got back home, all I wanted to do was crash on the couch with my boys…and that’s exactly what I did.
But rewinding a bit, let me fill ya in on some key highlights from my day yesterday. Once I took care of picking up some of the paperwork at the new job, I headed over to meet up with mom and we were, once again, out for the day. Our first stop?
Breakfast
Oh. My. Lord. It was soooooo good. We decided to stop at Grandma’s, a place that I’ve visited once or twice before, and actually had part of a gift certificate to use up. I was having some real trouble deciding what to get because I sort of wanted pancakes, but I wound up ordering “Granny’s Special,” which is two eggs (scrambled), home fries, choice of meat (bacon), and toast (cinnamon swirl).
As I was ordering, the waitress said that I could still order just one side pancake if I wanted to…my rumbling tummy obviously took control over that decision. 
Everything was delicious, and I ended up eating the eggs, the pancake, a few home fries, and a slice of toast. Needless to say, I didn’t need another meal for quite some time after that one.
Mmmm…a breakfast fit for a queen!
After breakfast, mom and I headed to the mall to do a little shopping. We found some new dress clothes for me, and the two of us also made a few more Christmas purchases. I’m pretty sure I only have two or three more things to get – woo hoo!!
After shopping, the two of us made a quick pit stop to visit the little bro at work, since yesterday was his birthday.
picture from his birthday last year
We’ll be celebrating with him tonight, but it was good to be able to see him yesterday.
After that, we made a quick pit stop back at my mom’s house for about 20 minutes to crash and put our feet up before heading out. That was when we first heard of the absolutely horrific tragedy that happened in Newtown, CT. I still, honestly, am having a really hard time putting how I feel into words, so I’m not even going to try. But my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was involved. Unbelievable.
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A little while later, mom and I were back out again and actually headed over to the school that she works at…for some cookie baking.
If you guys have been reading for any amount of time, then you know that mom and I always have our annual cookie baking day. Well this year, we had the opportunity to join a few other lovely ladies that work at the school and take over the school’s kitchen. I mean, how awesome would it be to be able to cook/bake in a kitchen like this everyday.
And to have these ovens? Swoooooooon.
Our baking was actually part of a cookie swap that was happening, so we each only had to make one kind of cookie.
I decided to make my favorite Snickerdoodles and my mom made the original recipe to my Toffee Chocolate Crispy Cookies.
Of course, there was also some sampling that happened while baking.
Once everyone had finished their cookies (some were done last week), it was time to get the swap under way!
We all divided and conquered, each taking a tray of cookies and diving them on to individual trays for each participant of the swap.
Eventually, all of the trays were filled…
And I got my own delicious tray to bring home.
That’s right…they are all currently sitting on my kitchen counter, tightly wrapped up, as I type. I know I’ll dig in eventually…it’s just a matter of time. But most likely, I’ll send a majority of them into work with Jay (or myself!). Either way, not too bad a deal for only having to make one batch of cookies, right?
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This afternoon, Jay and I are going to attempt to finish up our shopping, then we’re meeting up with the family for a fun birthday dinner at this fun place.
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
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