Post-holiday weekly update

Hope everyone had a very happy new year! I played lots and lots of board games, went to an escape room, and ate way too much. It was great.

But now that things are back to normal I'm working on a book nook I got for Christmas!

I enjoy working on minis, but they're made out of much more forgiving plastic. Now I'll be building tiny things out of wood and paper.

It even has lights! So far I've only broken one piece that I had to glue it back together. It's in this picture and you can't even tell it's holding on with glue and sheer pluck.

I was trucking right along until I got to Step 13. Create 61 books.

I feel like I may be on step 13 for quite awhile.

Here are the first 6 of my 61. Madame Bovary turned out the best, so she gets the honor of having her cover showing.

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone is staying nice and warm and having a lovely holiday.

Diary of a Rookie Cook

My work was having a cookie party, and I decided to participate, like a crazy person. But also because I have this!

An entire cookbook of cookie recipes that I got as a gift when I was in college, and which I have never used but have dutifully put into a box every time I have moved. Because:

1 - I am a book hoarder

2- I've moved this book across the country four times. I can't get rid of it NOW

And now, the moment has come at last to justify its existence.

I decided to go with the Eggnog Cookies, because they seemed festive and it was also unlikely anyone else would make the same thing. I quickly looked through the pantry to ensure I had all the ingredients.

And that's how I learned that 3/4 cup of salted butter is more than one stick. But it's all right, I technically didn't have enough sugar either. I just added more eggnog! Problem solved.

I have one major issue with this recipe. It does not tell you how to make those neat little circles. Dropping "Rounded teaspoonfuls" resulted in these little mutants:

How do I make them pretty recipe?? HOW!!!!

They tasted nice though. They were very soft and not overly sweet.

I put them out with a post-it that said "Look Weird, Taste Good"

I even got two votes for best cookie! I didn't even vote for them as best cookie!!

WINNING