happiness is a warm... laptop

I woke up this morning to lovely sunlight filtering in through the window. So I got up and opened the window, despite the slight chill (noticing in process that the jumble of overgrown plants that passes for a backgarden had frost on the leaves) to let in the air and birdsong.

So now, I'm snuggled into bed (for warmth, I swear >.>) with my laptop close, but mostly just staring out the window at the gloriously blue sky, the sunlit houses, and the occasional bird that darts by.


It would be far too easy for me to spend the day like this.

if we had children they'd be lovely and beautiful

The fact that my cookie is shaped like a fucking parasauralophus just makes life that much better.


...I should make myself a parasauralophus icon. Hmmmmn!



So, yes, apparantly the desire for soup can convince me out of bed even on a day such as today. I'm making up a batch of garlic-carrot soup. If it turns out good I'll post the recipe. (I love to experiment with soup flavours! I should have been posting the successes along the way... oops!) I also decided it was time to finally bust out the dinosaur cookie-cutters and made some basic sugar cookies. The second batch is a liiiittle dark because I was straining my soup/smushing carrots and didn't pull them out of the oven at the right time.

Making cookies in an oven as tempramental as mine is quite an adventure I must admit, though! Baking time is total guesswork. You just have to watch them and hope for the best.


Add in nutmeg's "chillin'" play list and omg, I am in my happy place. Is there some way to incorporate music and cooking as a career? Because that would be heaven.