The Cookie Monsters !!

With summer coming to an end and the #1 and #2 going back to school, it was time to think about school lunches and what are we going to do.  Hot lunch? Probably not with the two picky pallets I have to cook for everyday. Cold lunch is the ticket. So off to the store to get lunch goodies.  What is the number one thing I have to listen to when shopping.  "Dad, why do you always have to make something why can't you just buy cookies."  "Because I am cheap and homemade is so much better." I swear that line never works. This is where the story takes a turn.

Since I have been working my part time job every weekend thePickupboys.com, the first lady has been hanging with the kids and last weekend decided to try her hand at feeding the cookie monsters. Now the first lady will be the first one to tell you she is very kitchen challenged.  Working the mixer to her is like driving a brand new car with a manual transmission!! What is the third pedal used for?? She looked up the recipe on the computer, excellent...now to execute the directions.  All the ingredients in the pool except for you mister brown sugar, you stay out on the side lines.  Whoops.  Well lets just say the first batch looked good but I refer to them as the diabetic cookies.

Second round the first lady nails it, knocks it out of the park.  WOW those are great M&M cookies.  In fact she was so impressed with the batch she decided to make another batch the next day just to validate the proficiency of her new found skill.  Now I'm not quite ready to open a cookie stand at the state fair but these were right up there in my top three best. Way to go First Lady, way to put the smack down on the kitchen and show it who's the boss.  Best of all, it is nice to hear "Dad can I have homemade cookie in my lunch?"  

Summers Over....NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What the...or should I say where the... heck has summer gone?  Does anyone remember back to their grade school days when summer vacation lasted forever, well a heck of a long time. I went swimming everyday, hung out with my friends, biked all over the town, went tubing down the Kasson creek after a hard rain.  This all before noon most days. I still had time to mow lawns for money, clean the garage, play little league.

This year I jumped in the pool 3 times, grilled out twice, one round of golf and I can't remember doing anything else.  What the heck, am I just that busy.  Is everyone that busy?  I know time gets quicker as we get older but this is a little crazy.  I think the answer lies in the fact that I'm not taking inventory of what I'm doing everyday.  I'm not taking the time to reflect on the week or month.  I need to keep a diary to remind myself that I do a lot everyday.  Maybe what I'll do is post once a week what I did, this may force me to slow down and take notice of the things around me.

So going forward I will post my blog every Monday on what I did for the week.  This way I will have a record of the things I have done.  It will force me to write more instead of just a quick post on Facebook.  I will be able to reflect and feel that I have accomplished a lot in the short time they call life.  Yes this is a great idea.  52 weeks, 52 posts.  52 disjointed efforts at cheap entertainment based on "Brian's Crazy Life"

See ya Monday.