cake from scratch
the fact that it is already 2:24 p.m. bothers me. i love this day and it is going too fast. i woke up at 7:30 this morning, scoured cooking magazines, cookbooks, and the web for just the right recipes for tonight's dinner. i've been to jewel three times today, visited the local mercado where the owner and i discussed what could possibly substitute for rotel cheese in a tortilla soup (he suggested i visit a cheese specialty store ... i think i will instead return to the books for a new recipe), and am almost done making a cake (icing and all) from scratch. i caught the last 20 minutes of days of our lives (seriously, bring back the old belle! sean had so much more chemistry with her) and am now taking a break to update my blog.
i'm so thankful for this day of rest after a 4-day weekend with 23 high school students in Ann Arbor, Michigan. to be honest, i wouldn't have minded spending a few more days, or a week or two, more with them. i love them more than i can explain. they spent the weekend drafting resolutions to solve the world's ills at this model united nations conference. so smart, these kids. so talented, driven, focused. i'm so proud of them, even when they drive me up a wall. i have so many stories to share - i'll have to pick and choose the right ones. i'll blog 'em later.
in the meantime, it's back to the kitchen for me. i miss cooking, i miss slow mornings, i miss walking outside in the negative degree temps with bitter winds biting my face - i really do. it's days like this i wonder what would happen if i just up and quit my job and could actually live my life like i want to. i would win the lottery, adopt 10 kids, cook real meals, play outside, drink coffee and read sojourners and fabulous novels, take my 10 kids and their friends on trips around the world or around the city, visit all the museums i have yet to visit in chicago, volunteer, drop food off at peoples' homes, call my sisters, send care packages ... (sigh).
i'm so thankful for this moment of temporary pleasure.
back to my cake.
posted by Mary @ 12:23 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
The cake was fantastic, the diner superb and the company, priceless. You girls rock my world. Thanks Bosworth Babes for throwing a fine diner/soiree/extravaganza/bash whatever you want to call it.
adam, that's just because you're a much better cook than i am. your food is julia child worthy. but if you come to chicago, i promise a cake with your name on it.
p.s. if you DO end up going to hawaii this summer, make sure not to sit underneath any coconut trees. i heard yesterday that quite a number of people die from getting hit on the head with coconuts every year. also, don't get too close to vending machines. turns out 12 people die every year from them, too.
el cake-o was excellente my sista sista. so glad to be able to eat it two nights in a row. yehaw!!!
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