I got out of bed this morning to find the mixer back on the counter, so I was quite happy to make quick use of it...except I had to run to the store because we only had salted butter, but I got myself some unsalted and it worked out.

Strangely enough, there was a chunk of stale bread in the brown sugar. At first I thought, "that's some strange looking sugar..." before realizing. I'm not sure I want to know how it got there. ^^;

But all things considered, the cookies turned out very good~ They were supposed to be drizzled with chocolate, but I couldn't be bothered they already had chocolate chips in them, so I decided to skip that. I posted the recipe for anyone who wants to try it! I think the peanut butter is a great addition. ♥

A coworker was making Amish friendship bread--a dough she mixed up and then divides and gives to friends. She knew I liked to bake, so she gave me one of the portions, which had to be baked today. Luckily for me it was slightly cooler today, so after some drama, my dad said I might as well just bake it here (though I said I would do it at my sister's house, oh well). I haven't eaten any yet since it just came out the oven, but it smells delicious. ♥ I was just in heaven while it was baking and the scent of cinnamon was wafting through the house.

Though la_menthe's parents don't mind if I bake over at their house even on the hottest of days. XD So last week, we, along with Zedka, made S'more sandwich cookies, and they turned out delicious. Even the plain cookies without the marshmallows would be sooo tasty.

Err, so I've kind of been MIA for a while, but mostly because I've just left my computer off lately. I was using it very little so I figured it was a waste to just have it on all day, and since it takes forever to boot up (I can come back two hours later and it'll still be chugging away doing...something XP), I decided it was just easier to not turn it on at all. I've mostly been amusing myself with Xenosaga III. HaKox is one of my favourite minigames ever! ...Though I think I need a new controller, because mine is actually kind of oversensitive. HaKox is already a puzzle game; I don't need to be diverting extra attention to controlling the camera. ^^;

...I bought a bagful of candy yesterday: three chocolate bars, one package of Pez (clearout! :D), a bag of Rockets, and some of those sour Juicy Squirts I'd been wanting to try (regular ones are better, though). I also found out that we would be getting a cooler at our Shoppers for individual ice creams. Eeeeexcellent.

On Monday, I played some racketball (racquetball?) with Zedka and la_menthe--and it was an awesome time, except that I'm somewhat of a stranger to physical activity and so the next day I was staggering around like C3P0 about to keel over (or maybe KOS-MOS or an AGWS would be more appropriate, since I'm replaying Xenosaga? XD). I was pretty much in great pain from my thighs to the middle of my back and in my entire right arm, with the occasional aching in my calf muscles and ankles.

This morning was the first day it was all gone (unless I flex certain muscles, and then they just feel a bit strained), but now I've gone and almost killed my hip. XP Since of course whenever I make something, I always seem to require at least one ingredient from the highest shelves, and so I'm up and down the stool to get it down and put it away again, and I guess that didn't agree with my joint. I had been planning on walking to Shoppers to get a phone card and some whipping cream, but that might not be a good thing right now. Stuff like this makes me feel old!

On a side note, I've posted a recipe for shortbread.

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Also: 2 WEEKS! Well, less than that! XD

Apparently I can't sew, and neither can my mom, which was...news to me, actually, because I was sure she could. ^^; But it would appear that we don't have a working sewing machine anyway, which renders that kind of moot. So I guess that just means I'll be going as...myself? An anime fan? XD

And now I must decide whether I want to read the Slayers REVOLUTION manga summaries, or try and ignore them until I can see the series...I probably won't be able to resist. XD; But I think the series didn't really impact me as much as it could have when I finally got to see it, seeing as I dug up every detail of every episode that I could get my hands on way ahead of time. Well, I'll give ignoring it a try! XD

It's been a while since I was able to make something, since I had been feeling somewhat ill for a while (which I began to realize may have been the result of too many painkillers. Whoops.) and then we had tons of treats in the house already, so there was no point in making more. Monday was my mom's birthday, so we got her flowers, a gift card, and some chocolate from my favourite chocolate shop (I must remember to bring earthstar_chan one of their giant peanut butter cups to Anime North! ^^ They also have the best chocolate truffles.). She also got more chocolate from some of her friends, and surprisingly enough, no alcohol at all. XD My sister got a pretty tasty cake with a key lime filling for her.

Anyways, yesterday I did make some cookies since nobody was home to complain, and I decided to try some simple sugar cookies. They turned out very nice, and everyone seemed to like them (with the exception of my dad, who always complains about everything, so we don't really care <<;). They were called Amish sugar cookies, and they were really easy, since they were just drop cookies.

My mom says she's getting fat, but once the air conditioning is on, I won't be able to bake at all. And there's still so many recipes in just the one book, plus once we get two more ramekins, I want to make molten butterscotch cakes. Maybe I need somewhere to donate some of the things I make.

Also: Funny thing! My sister is moving...to a house just up the street. My dad couldn't believe it, but out of everything they looked at, that was the one they liked best. XD