rainy day

Wed was a quiet day- saw A in the evening. T is leaving for her home visit in about 1 1/2 mo's, so she's sorting, pitching, packing and writing letters like a mad woman. I could be doing any of those things, too- but the urge didn't really grab me. Instead, I took a look around the apt. There's a better than even chance (what does that mean, anyway- sounded fitting here, at any rate) that we'll be leaving this city sometime in the next couple months, meaning there will be sorting, pitching, packing to do on a grand scale. I've been thinking about that for awhile and NOT buying up stuff in advance like usual- the freezer is nearly empty, no extra kleenex boxes around, stuff like that. Well, I took a look at the 'phone booth'- aka the hall closet which doubles as a pantry. Here it is:

There are some things here we could use up if we half tried.

If a person did a bunch of baking, *boom*, all at once, they could take stuff like cookies to preps with them instead of struggling away trying to do it there. I chose chocolate chip and Aunty B's molasses cookies (my favorites) and one other thing....

Forgot to put this on and dove in (see, that apron was my 'welcome to WI' gift from C&C K about oh 40'leven years ago (or 11) and since I'm hopelessly sentimental, I'll proly still have it when I'm 100... (or 70- not sure I want to live to be 100... that's sort of beside the point, I guess.)

So here we are. (That cup in the background? That's my Earl Grey tea- a great comfort in the absence of coffee- actually, a great comfort, period.)

From a distance- in case you wondered what the kitchen sort of looks like. Aside: in spite of what SOME people think, this is a great apt- largely because this kitchen is one of the largest, roomiest, easiest-to-work-in I've been associated with here; most kitchens are microscopic in comparison.

in the oven- the oven is... ummm... very special... not exactly the heartiest part of this kitchen...but it's an oven. It has an 'imported-from-Amer' oven thermometer in it, so you can cope with it (you may able to get them here now, who knows?)

Chocolate chip- if I have time, I'll do more, since we are so blessed with chips (all imported from AZ, I might add! Thanks, Reta! The gift that keeps on giving!)

Aunty B's molasses cookies. aside #2: if anyone reading this is in the Indy/Kokomo area and sees Aunty B in her Carmel digs, please pass this message on to her from me: I love you, I don't write to you nearly often enough, I miss you, I hope your cat is still purring loudly. Thanks for sharing this recipe with me. Sending hugs- me

And one more thing (besides lunch and supper) came out of the kitchen today.... can you guess what this is? Like, our all-time favorite...

:) yup...

I *heart* Rice Krispies (No, Reta, these are not AZ marshmallows and krispies... those are long gone! These came from Lebanon, of all places... and are destined to live a very short life... like maybe 24 hours... maybe)