“C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me.”
Yesterday was an Easter gift. Today we’re back to a sun-less day with white gray skies, but it is still warm at 56° so I have a few upstairs windows open. I awoke this morning to the sounds of birds. I can’t think of a more delightful way to greet the day.
Dinner was spectacular yesterday. We sat in the bar waiting for our table and from the windows we could see only water making us feel as if we were on an Easter cruise. Our dinner table was in the main dining room by a window where we could see the shells and sand. We watched the tide come in along the break-way. We toasted the day. It deserved recognition.
Mondays have a stigma attached. I don’t have to drag myself out of bed any more, but Mondays still have nothing redeemable. Friday used to be my favorite day, but now I have no favorites. I like them all except Monday. I don’t even have much energy today, but I do need to get out for a few things, the in-between stuff I run out of before a massive grocery run. I need bread.
The day after Easter meant a half eaten bunny in my basket. I ate the small stuff, the jelly beans and hard eggs, but I left the bunny until last. He was always the star.
I have a special fondness for sugar cookies, and for most big holidays my mother would make batches of them. I remember waiting and waiting until they were cool enough so I could eat one, unfrosted. I remember the bottoms of the cookies were always a light brown, and when I first made my own, that’s what I looked for when I checked to see if they done. For Easter my mother made eggs and rabbits. Sometimes we’d help decorate. The rabbits were just white, but it was the eggs which brought out our creativity. We’d try and frost them with designs and lots of colors. I was never very good with the decorator bag. More frosting got on me than the cookies, but it really never mattered how they looked. They always tasted just right.
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April 25, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Same fantastic weather over here again 🙂 But now it´ll change for a couple of days they say.
As You know by now it´s tuesdays that I think are the worst days of the week. I know they take for ever to change to wednesday 🙂
I love sugar cookies! I once had a neighbor that when she baked them always made a couple of big cookie jars for me too 🙂 Usually it happened just before christmas and just before vacation started in summer 🙂
Have a great day now!
Christer.
April 25, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Christer,
The day stayed warm but the sun didn’t make an appearance. I went out for a bit with the dog then we both took a nap.
It was a nothing day.
April 25, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Todays Monday was OK. I actually drove myself to Physical Therapy, worked hard for 90 minutes, drove to the cardiologist and had my INR checked and then drove to the office.
Maybe the Easter Bunny has announced Spring for my health….but it is raining here in Detroit
April 25, 2011 at 10:03 pm
My Dear Hedley,
Maybe improved health and feeling hearty was the Easter Bunny’s gift. I’m glad for you!
April 25, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I woke up early, ( for me), and it was raining. Glad I took the clothes off the line..
I used dislike Sundays, because they led to Mondays. Monday morning meant getting up for school or work and of course I didn’t want to. Even though I am retired, it still has the same connotations for me. Ah well, Monday, Monday as the song goes.
Waving,
Lori
April 25, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Lori,
We didn’t get rain, just clouds all day. Sunday I never minded because I didn’t have to work. It was like the last day of freedom.
Monday will always be my least favorite day of the week.
April 25, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Well, for those of us who had to work today it was dragging myself out of bed. I think we over did Easter yesterday and you’re right about Easter eggs tasting better than day to day hard boiled eggs. I wonder why? We had our fill and I didn’t get to bed till 11PM usually its 10PM for me but we were busy cleaning up after a slew of family and friends. In fact, they left the baby with us overnight as the care center wasn’t to open till noon. Why even bother when grandma’s close by?
April 25, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Z&Me,
I totally understand dragging myself out of bed. I think it’s because colored eggs seem like you’re having a fiesta, a celebration.
Because we went out, there was no cleaning. I came home, slept for an hour and woke up in time for The Amazing Race. I did sneak just a bit of chocolate!