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My First Batch

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I am so thankful. This year I received a Kitchen-Aid for Christmas. Well, it isn’t Christmas yet, but I got my gift early.

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I decided to make some cookies. I have a friend that made me some oatmeal cookies. They were sooooo good. So, upon receiving my gift, I had determined that I would make my own.

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So I gathered all of my ingredients and I began to mix them. I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about cooking. I think the reason for that is because I know how to cook, but I’ve always found baking intimidating. Now that I’ll be able to bake things with my new “assistant,” it shouldn’t be as hard.

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Once I mixed them, I scooped them out. My kids and I rolled them out into little balls and put them on the cookie sheet.

The smell of these cookies was so pleasant, even before I began to bake them. It was as if I had walked into the candle store at the mall. (I don’t know the name of it 🙂 )

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I made a batch of oatmeal and a batch of oatmeal raisin.

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Finally they were done. My kids and I sampled them, as they cooled off. They were delicious. If you don’t believe me this is the testimony of my son. “Mom you should be on one of those cooking shows.” Another satisfied customer said “Mom, these are so good!” Now recent studies in my kitchen have shown that I don’t do well with store brought cookies. 😉

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I am very pleased with the results and so is my family.

I think I’m going to send a batch to my mom, very soon.

Thanksgiving Recap

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Today was a great day! I could not expect to have the day that I had. I wasn’t sure how the food was going to be or what type of people I was going to meet, but both were great. The food was amazing. I really had the best turkey that I have ever had in my life…and I’ve had some really good turkey. We went to a friend of my husband’s house from work. I met his wife and kids for the first time. They were very kind and hospitable people. They genuinely made us at home in their house and I was very thankful. ALthough I missed my family, I still had a very nice day. In the end, I was glad that we went. I actually look forward to visiting them again.

Did I get any school work done? No! It just would have been really rude to do my school work while at their house. With the amount of hospitality that they showed, I determined that homework would have been disrespectful and downright rude.

That being said, I’m going to have to crack down on myself for the next couple of days because I have a lot of work to do. I am not exaggerating. I really have a ton of work to do. I pray that God would bless me with the patience, endurance, and determination that I need to get my work done. I also pray for the favor that I may need with my professors when it comes to submitting the work.

I am so thankful that I am loved by God. He takes care of my family and I all of the time. My kids had a fantastic day. They enjoyed the food and the friends.

I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one.

On This Day

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Today is Thanksgiving…there is a lot to be thankful for. Like many people we will be sitting down to a table filled with food and saying that we are thankful for family and friends. There is another aspect of my Thanksgiving that I want to write about right now, my school work.

I am five days away from completing my degree. It was just a year ago that I was filling out my application to continue my education. Now here I am, just 5 days away from finishing. In four days the bulk of my work has to be submitted and then on Monday and Tuesday I have to submit a few papers. I am really excited, but it really just hit me. I’m not nervous, but this Thanksgiving will be very different for me. We are going to a friend of my husband’s house for Thanksgiving. The great thing is that I can focus on my work, we’ll kinda. I don’t want to be rude and I will definitely talk and have fun, but I’m bringing my books, my ipad, and my laptop.

I am praying that God would help me complete all of my work on time. I am really excited about closing this chapter of my life and moving on to the next. Last night, I had a dream that I was in a classroom with a bunch of other students. We were all working on a project and then the professor or teacher, announced that there was a job opening on the staff. They were looking for a new teacher/professor. I could feel myself get excited. I raised my hand, to let him know that I was interested. Before I could see what was happening, I woke up to the sound of Leo barking because he wanted to go outside. Got to love Leo. I do…

That was a really great dream. I am super excited! I know, I’ve said that already, but I am. I have been working on my degree for a long time. I’ve been back and forth between degrees as I worked on my double major. Then finally when we moved to Utah, I decided to simplify it into one degree. Now I am finished, well almost.

The amount of work that I have to do is a lot, but I am going to give it my all and finish it up. No procrastinating or waiting until the right moment to read or work on the papers. The time is now! Then I’ll get to eat some great food and meet some nice people. I do look forward to the activities of this day.