My “day off” last week wasn’t exactly what I’d planned because my son ended up staying home with a cough that day. But this weekend made up for it.
The weekend in Egypt is Friday / Saturday. Friday morning my husband took my daughter off to do some tennis practice and my son went off to play with a friend, leaving me on my own for several hours. I used that time to putter about in the kitchen and made some Valentine’s Day treats. I’d planned to make truffles for Valentine’s Day but since I still haven’t had time to take my microwave in for a check-up and I don’t have a double boiler to melt the chocolate, instead I made chocolate mint-chip oatmeal cookies (an oatmeal cookie made with cocoa and chips) and some banana bread. Quality control is crucial in situations like this and I’m happy to say that the cookies were awesome. Only the best for my family 
And since I’d been on tennis duty all week, I sent my husband to soccer practice on Saturday morning. Me? I stayed home in my jammies and made a baby quilt. Just a few hours alone listening to music and sewing undid all the stress of the week. My husband came home later with the kids and two big chocolate bars for me – one huge Nestle Crunch (selected by children) and one Lindt Intense Mint dark chocolate. They in turn were very enthusiastic about the cookies I’d made.
Time to myself and chocolate. What more could I have asked for?
That sounds fabulous. I just finished making banana pudding. Sugar free, but yummy anyway. I love oatmeal cookies with chips in them. … Maybe I’ll make some oatmeal cookies tonight. That sound like the perfect thing to do since it about 28 degrees and the wind, she is blowing hard!
by anny cook February 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm