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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Who does not like chocolate chip cookies?

I don’t know of anyone. Even people that don’t get real excited about chocolate ( and I find people like that a little unsettling, don’t you?) do usually like chocolate chip cookies. It really only comes down to two questions; Chewy or crispy? Thin or thick?

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I will be honest with you. I like my chocolate chip cookies to be crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, with a deep buttery -almost-salty flavor. I want them to be thick but not cakey. I am extremely picky about chocolate chip cookies, so when I say that these are the absolute best that I ever had, well I mean it.

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Saturday Surfing

The tree outside my bedroom window, the one that HASN’T fallen down from wind, flood, or snow, has tiny pinkish leaf buds on it. Could it be true? Is spring on its way?

Dang, I hope so. I am tired of cold weather, ready for warmth and summer and sitting on the porch. Excuse me,  sitting on the veranda. January might be the first of the year but I have always felt that spring was. It seems more natural a beginning to me. I am excited about my new life, the opportunities that are popping up everywhere, and finally (I hope) getting my kitchen finished this year. With the new book deal (Complete Idiot’s Guides… to be published for Mother’s Day 2011 – cookbook ) I should have enough to do the restoration/remodel on the kitchen. YAY!

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Blogsurfing a Few Days Late

The book signing was a blast. I will post about it soon. I did want to get the blogsurfing post up so you guys knew that I didn’t forget. :) This being Christmas week and all this post is gonna be a little hurried and rushed.

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image: Evil Shenanigans, used with permission

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