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So what shall I do on this Saturday that is all my own, a Saturday that is also my birthday?

Clean my room.

Take a shower.

Make sock monkeys with Hannah.

Work on the church website.

Read.

Brush Peanut the shedding poofball.

Eat a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

Chase down dinner with dessert.

Watch a movie.

Sleep.

cookies: a photo essay

Stephen made Peanut Blossoms tonight, as a special treat for a friend.

Stephen

“I think I’ve mastered the sifter.”

flour mountain (black and white)

And while he sifted, I unwrapped kisses.

Stephen, on using an electric beater

“It’s the softer side of power tools.”

cookie batter

While they baked, Hannah shared her kirigami with Stephen…

Hannah shares her Kirigami with Stephen

…and he chose one to go with his gift.

Perfect.

the perfect treat

I realize that the majority of my blogging is done when I’m not doing something I should be doing, like writing a paper or cleaning my room. Which I suppose means that my lack of blogging is an indication that I’m not procrastinating.

Or something like that.

Here’s what I’ve been doing to make the most of my winter break:

- curriculum planning

- recreational reading, a long forgotten pleasure. I bought The Tale of Despereaux for my 12 year old sister and we’ve just started reading it together.

- photography

- catching up with friends

- planning our rockin’, sockin’ New Year’s Eve party

- catching up on all those movies I’ve been missing out on. Pirates of the Caribbean? Not as bad as I was expecting. An Inconvenient Truth? Al Gore’s self-promoting vignettes aside, it’s very compelling.