My Goal

I came home tonight with a goal. The goal was to bake for two hours - from 6:00 to 8:00. I felt that in that time I could bake some mini crème puffs and mix up some wonderful lemon curd. Simple enough....on paper it was anyway. You see everything I'm baking this week needs to be mini sized. Usually I'm really good about doing a little test beforehand but tonight I was confident my crème puffs would be the perfect size..........hello they were not the perfect size. They were not a bad size just too big to be in the mini category. No worries I say to myself I will whip up another batch and still reach my 8:00 goal. I've made crème puffs a million times! However, out of my next batch of 48 only 15 survived........hello I burned them.........are you kidding me. I've been hovering over the oven like a buzzard and for one minute I turn my back; yes the timer was on but for that minute that my attention was elsewhere my baby crème puffs burned. Thank heavens for tomorrow when I whip up round three.

Oh, by the way the lemon curd turned out splendid!

Day of Rest

Looking back over the past two weeks I realized why today I have just run out of gas. Plain and simple - lack of sleep. Two weekends ago we spent in Idaho for Mister Man's 40th High School Reunion. We had a grand time renewing old acquaintances and spending time with family. Last weekend I spent in Utah with Original One and Original Three for One's birthday. Sleep was rare but time spent was priceless and worth every waking moment. This weekend was spent with our "dil" and number nine. It was wonderful but today was the last day of our visit as they will be leaving in the morning. Two weeks gone but memories stored...........so many great memories!!

Less is More.........

Today was a baking day in preparation for a baby shower I'm hosting. With the help of my "dil" we spent the better part of the day creating dozens of mini corn bread muffins with bacon (yum) and mini-cinnamon rolls (yum, yum). They are the cutest little bundles of goodness. They are bite sized wonders if I do say so myself. They are just so mini and cute.

I love that less really is more...........a lot more!

In the Still of the Night.........

Although I don't plan to make my daily blogs in the month of October an eleventh hour practice tonight I find myself in that very position. It has been a busy day up at 5:30 (that's a.m.) on the road by 6:15. Left the office at 3:00 with my "dil" and number nine who are visiting; we ran some errands before heading back up the hill for home. Got home at 6:15 (that's p.m.) then left again for the grocery store at 7:30 got home at 9:30! It's an hour round trip to the grocery store. Once home the next thing I know my "dil" is cleaning out my refrigerator! Blessed am I, then she is sweeping the kitchen floor with a broom. All is quiet in the house just the swish of the broom and the tick of the clock can be heard. There is something theraputic about sweeping with a broom I say to which she agrees. In the still of the night we find peace and the strength to press forward another day!

Commitments, Goals, Deadlines..........

Commitments and goals and deadlines, oh my! Seems like life is full of them. Without them sometimes I just can't get anything done. I'm happy for October. I'm happy for 31 for 21. Today I'm making the commitment to blog for 31 days, that's my goal and I'm stickin' to it and the deadline, October 31, 2009. Sometimes I can't live with them but today I can't live without them!