BONANZA

The past week I have been hit with one migraine headache after another and no matter what I do I can't get rid of it once and for all.  So I have spent quite a bit of time this week on the couch trying to get some relief.  Well, while I was flipping through the channels I reconnected with my first true love HOSS CARTWRIGHT!  

You see growing up if the Widman children were really good during church on Sunday we could go home and watch Bonanza.  I should probably define "really good" - if my dad who was the Bishop did not have to come down off the stand or my mom who was the pianist didn't have to stop during a song to discipline us, we had been really good.  Needless to say we did not see many episodes.  With that being said, one of my favorite childhood memories is coming home, popping some popcorn, getting the blankets all ready in front of the TV, and watching this great show.   In my eyes Hoss could do no wrong, I would dream of him galloping up on the horse, taking his hat off, smiling at me with those big dimples, sweeping me off my feet and taking me back to the Ponderosa.  It was a fun walk down memory to watch three episodes of my true love in action.  It didn't get rid of my headache - but for a few short hours I had a smile on my face.

Baking

Today I thought it would be fun to make some Valentine sugar cookies and share them with some of my friends.  I quickly learned there are somethings I should just leave to the professionals and baking is definitely one of them.  Here is how the day unfolded.


8:00 am - start making cookie dough only to discovery I did not have any baking powder or baking soda.  Quick trip to the grocery store.  Returned home and finished making the dough.  In no time at all I had the dough in the refrigerator chilling.


2:00 pm - start baking cookies, I had watched a couple of cookies shows and was anxious to try some cute ideas in baking.  One of the ideas was to cut out a heart shape and then a smaller heart shape in the center of first heart.  Then put a Lifesaver Creme Savor in the cutout - the idea is that it would melt and look really cute. 


Things were going great until I dropped the first cookie sheet of these cute cookies on the floor - so they went in the trash.  After that little fiasco I got into a groove and hearts were flying out of the oven.


4:00 pm - while cookies were cooling decided to make the frosting.  Opened up the canister were I keep my powdered sugar and it was empty.  Second quick trip to the grocery store!  


6:00 pm - while decorating the cookies and really getting in the festive Valentine Day spirit, I thought how fun it would be to also make some cute cupcakes.  Mixed up the batter and was ready to bake these scrumptious little things only to find out I no longer had a cupcake baking pan.  Third quick trip to the grocery store!  


Now I am no artist - in fact most days I cannot draw a straight line with a ruler, as I looked at my 'decorated works of art' I found myself thinking 'a three year old would do a better job!'  Then I realized that the people who would receive these tasty treats would know they were made with love and would overlook my lack of  decorating skills.  


All in all it was a fun afternoon, the cookies and cupcakes are somewhat edible but bakeries across the nation have nothing to worry about - I will not be putting them out of business.  In fact, next year I think I will buy everyone a box of chocolates!