When traveling

On the way to Oregon last week

Second night, second state

So I haven't mentioned it, but this weekend I knocked out staying the night in two different states. First Oregon, now California. Unfortunately, the circumstances were less than ideal. A friend passed away, and I came down here for the funeral.

It is currently my second, and last, night in California. I leave the state in about 8.5 hours, and I'll admit, I'm not updating because I want to talk about the list. I'm updating because I can't sleep. I have gotten up no less than 5 times in the last two hours to do things around the house. Clean dishes here, straighten up counters there, sweep up this and that. I guess I'm updating right now because the trash is full and if I don't watch myself I'll be back up and bringing it outside.

Loss is a terrible, terrifying thing.

Cookies

As an update, I just wanted to let you know I baked two different kinds of cookies the weekend before last. I would have taken pictures, but by the time I was in a place where lighting lent itself for pictures, they were all gone! I will take this as a compliment, and just describe them.

I made mostly-fat-free oatmeal raisin cookies (sent to dad), which would have been all fat-free except for I finished them off with a little bit of butter, just for taste (and to help hold them together). They were crumbly, but soft and amazing. Pretty much fancy granola once they got to daddio, but I didn't hear any complaints.

The other cookies were peanutbutter-applesauce, and holy DAMN. First off, the recipe made SO MANY COOKIES. Seriously, SO MANY. I really enjoyed these vs regular peanut butter cookies because they were lighter and a little sweeter. Cut down the sharp peanutbutterness.

Ok, I'm going away for now. I just need to remember to keep my eye on the goal (and be grateful for amazing friends who are pushing my ass to do this, and not let me slack off. Seriously, every time someone reminds of this stuff I feel so blessed to have awesome friends).