Snippets of life…
I live on an alley, that is slowly becoming a laneway, where people walk and drive, and it is starting to have a life of its own. I love when people walk by, and I get to see snippets of their life. It is so hot here, but thankfully there is not a lot of humidity. It is my last day off and I go back to work tomorrow. I don’t want to think about it, I just want to enjoy myself today. I have no idea what I am going to do today, part of me wants to cook–peanut butter cookies with buttercream icing….oh yeah they are that good. I could cook 24/7 if I had endless amounts of energy and air conditioning….oh the joys of air con in the kitchen! My next place will have air con so I can cook all the time.
My nearest and dearest is off to Europe for just over a month as his last hurrah before settling down in Boulder. CO to do some body work. I will get to see him just after the high holydays, and I will bake and cook and he will eat!
Ahhh the High Holydays, it brings me back to last year, that in a way seems so far away and yet so close at the same time. I will not be working the day leading up to Yom Kippur and if I am it will be a day where I will eat and eat and eat! I will not cry over the fact that I feel that I have been replaced and I will spend it in my community, not holed up in my home. I am going to try my hand at honey buttercream icing, and apple cupcakes, both of the gluten free and regular variety….
This summer has actually been great so far. I feel like I have been out in the world, and I have met new people and things are starting to expand for me. I know that I did not keep some of what I said I would do this year, so they have to become a higher priority in my life now. But life is a lot less boring than it was this time last year, and it seems more hopeful-eventhough I did not get into school and things look different than I hoped they would.
Check out the Peanut Butter and Jelly cupcake I made: Jelly injected into the cupcake and the gingham liners courtesy of my friend Anne!
