~~ Favorite Past Times ~~

One of my all time favorite past times is baking... I love to cook.. and people say I am good at it.. But one thing they never let me live down is my cookies... I get request after request for my Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter Chocolate chip cookies.. and Peanut Butter ones.. So yesterday I baked.. I made the Chocolate chip and Peanut Butter ones and they are delicious cookies.. The aroma filling the house.. Mmmm.. I also tried a new recipe.. Macadamia nut cookies with white chips.. First time I ever made them but a friend ask me to and I think they turned out pretty good... Just waiting for the official taste test to see what they think. I am posting a few pictures of the cookies I baked yesterday.. Don't they look YUMMY !!! :-)

I used to bake with my mom every year when I was little.. I always loved to bake with her when I could... back then they never said it was bad for you to eat the dough.. so little hands always find their way in for a treat.. As the years went on my mother rarely baked.. She suffers from an illness that lots of people don't understand.. but it is very much real and very much an on going battle even to this day.. She is Bi-Polar ... Hit the link here to learn more about this illness. I love her dearly and I hold on to her memory of the mother I knew.. and no matter what my love for her doesn't change.. I am sure I will be writing more on this subject in later entries but for now.. I think about my yummy cookies.. and the wonderful colors and sounds of Christmas.. even on the coast of Virginia once in a while we get some snow.. for now it is rainy and a cold... a cold that bites from the ocean.. but for me.. it is a wonderful day.. a day filled with memories and hope.. a day filled joy.. a day that I even feel like cleaning around the house.. hehehe. I am just in a wonderful mood today..

Enjoy the pictures I took and have a wonderful and safe weekend..

Pictures By © Kristal 2005