Author: Launi

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Dang Cool

I forgot to mention that I did pick up a little treasure on our antique spree the other day. It would, I’m sure, be considered a silly thing to most people. But when the lady unlocked the glass case and let me hold the darn thing…my hands were shaking. See, I’d been looking for this pretty cup for about 15 years, and never thought for a second that I’d ever touch one–never mind take one home.

Now I suppose there aren’t many people on this planet that know what this even is. But I’ll give you a tiny hint…

Any guesses my friends?

Just curious.

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One Rainy Day

After days of rain…

the sun peeked out between all those clouds–for just a little minute. So Lily, Beckham and I rushed over to the school yard at the end of the block. We had the place completely to ourselves…

which meant that I could sit in the car with the doors open and just let them run and play. Yes, yes…I was being Lazy-Bones-Jones but they were happy–I was happy–so all was right with the world.

Then Beck rushed back to tell me something that he totally forgot by the time he got to the sidewalk…

and spied a row of teeny tiny ants–very, very interesting when you’re just 3 years old.

Very…very.  And while he was contemplating the little critters…

Lily ran back to the car with some treasures of her own…

just in the nick of time!

 

PS–the bald kid tells me–now that he’s left the valley–the rain should clear up soon. He swears it was only here because he and I  love it so much. I guess we’ll see.

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Perfectly Perfect Snickerdoodles

No, no. I mean it. These guys are soft in the middle, chewy-crunchy on the edges and cinnamony all over the place. That, my friends–spells perfectly perfect. You may just find yourself stuffing a couple of these in your purse, and skipping down the road singing a few bars of, “Oh, happy day…”

And rightly so.

Go get ’em.

Return with honor.

 

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Perfectly Perfect Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2tsp. vanilla

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1/4 cup sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt, and set aside. Cream butter and brown sugar and 1 cup of white sugar on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. Slowly add flour mixture and beat on low just until mixed.

Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon in a bowl. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and then in the cinnamon sugar. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool slightly before moving to cooling rack.

Perfectly Perfect Snickerdoodles
 
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Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. cream of tartar
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2tsp. vanilla
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Mix together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt, and set aside.
  3. Cream butter and brown sugar and 1 cup of white sugar on medium speed until fluffy.
  4. Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.
  5. Slowly add flour mixture and beat on low just until mixed.
  6. Mix ¼ cup sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon in a bowl.
  7. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and then in the cinnamon sugar.
  8. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  9. Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool slightly before moving to cooling rack.

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Treasure Hunting

In order to have everything ready for the Spring Quilt Market which begins in a couple of days–April and I thought it might be a good idea to go…

on an antique hunt.

What fun it was to wander around finding treasures at every turn. This door knob–for instance, is the very kind that were on all the inside doors of our house in L.A. where I grew up.

Alarm clocks–the kind that you have to wind…

old, non-identifiable building tools…

rolling pins…

hand crocheted doilies…

glass jewelry keepers…

and my personal favorite–this hanging birdcage.

I can’t help wondering about all these pretty things and the adventures they’ve known…

the places they’ve been…

and the lives they’ve touched.

Who were their owners and how did they feel about their world…

and what do you suppose they would think of ours?

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Flying Away

Please forgive my delay in posting…

I’ve been a bit distracted.

This is the day my friends. My boy–my itty-bitty boy…ok, not so itty-bitty, but still–is flying far, far away. He leaves today. He’s on a plane this very minute, in fact. First he’ll land in Atlanta, Georgia, then take a zillion hour flight to Moscow, then a six hour flight to Novosibirsk (Siberia). Once he’s there, he’ll receive his assignment and depending on where that assignment is he could have up to a 30 hour train ride to his new area. I know, I know…yikes.

It’s a big day for us–at home–because he got to call me from the airport, but much bigger for him because…well…because he’s the one who gets to do it all.

He sounded good and terrifically excited to get on to the next phase of this big adventure.

 I was just happy to hear his voice.

Be well and safe and brave my sweet boy–and after all the jet lag…

email your mama.

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