And Another Thing . . .
And Another Thing . . .
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Monday, March 8, 2004
Look what John sent me!! John is my friend from high school with whom I've reconnected, as I've mentioned before. And he definitely knows the finer things in life. I could not figure out what this padded envelope was in the mailbox today. It was too small to be my eBay order of 500 A2 envelopes. The only thing I could imagine was that it was the jewelry I ordered from Robin Gardella in Maine but no way she shipped it yesterday (Sunday!) for it to arrive today. And I'm glad I didn't think to look at the postmark (New Hampshire - duh!) because I totally loved the surprise of opening the package and reading the note. Thank you so much John - you are so kind! As I told John in my email tonight, I'm not sharing one morsel of these truffles with anyone. I gave Steve a Godiva chocolate one time and he gobbled it down like it was an M & M or something. No! No! No! They must be savored and mooshed around in the mouth for a while. Sheesh! It's common knowledge around work that I kept the really special chocolates (as people are sometimes prone to give me for my birthday) in my underwear drawer. It's not so much that I thought my skanky underwear was a deterrent but more that it was an unlikely place for anyone to look. Now I have a better place. I could tell you where but then I'd have to kill you. Actually I may still tell people I store the special chocolates in my underwear drawer because it definitely falls under the heading of too much information. And I really do enjoy watching certain people jam their fingers in their ears and start whistling the national anthem to avoid hearing any more about my underwear. Yes, I am easily amused.
Flourless Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies Continuing in our All Chocolate, All the Time theme, these are cookies I made for a work birthday tomorrow. The man they are for has "wheat issues" so I always make something he can eat, of course. I was going to try out a new raspberry/chocolate fudge recipe but he hinted strongly that he likes peanut butter. I asked him if I made peanut butter cookies last year and he said yes, with chocolate chips - and he even remembered which website I got the recipe from, Epicurious. This is the only recipe like it that I had stored so it must be the one! FLOURLESS PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 1 cup super chunky peanut butter (I prefer creamy) 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 6 ounces) Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Mix in chocolate chips. Using moistened hands, form a generous 1 tablespoon of dough for each cookie into ball. Arrange on 2 ungreased baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until puffed, golden on bottom and still soft to touch in center, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to racks; cool completely. Makes about 24 cookies.
Happy 59th Birthday, Mickey Dolenz!
Dinner: Simon and I had Spaghetti Alfredo with Broccoli again! We ate early then went to the mall. Simon bought my birthday present and I bought a new pair of black shoes for work. I'm so not a shoe person. But I was proud of myself, I passed by the cheapo shoes at PayLess and bought a nicer pair at Easy Spirit. Shoes, I've learned, is one thing where you usually get what you pay for. Yeah, Easy Spirit - I'm officially middle aged. Reading: From Chunk to Hunk by Fred Anderson Listening to in the car: Tonight I mostly listened to Simon be antsy about this job at Target. He wants it so badly! He spoke with someone today and they were to call him back. I told him stuff like this always takes twice as long as you think it should.
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