ARice Senior, here. Yep, that's right- Senior, not Junior. I was asked to guest blog, so guest blog I did. I'm pretty sure Oprah wants me after this little gem...or maybe Ellen. Probably both. People, let's not worry though...I always have time for the peeps...
So I’m almost finished my Christmas baking. Almost. Shortbread cookies, butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, caramel shortbreads squares (new this year- and TASTY), ginger cookies and chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies. It was a labour of love…and a massive investment in butter and sugar!
Baking is one of the things I love most about the Christmas season. I try my very hardest not to scarf down loads of the stuff while I’m chefing away in the kitchen, but usually fail miserably in this task and wind up languishing on the couch cursing the very moment that my brain told my stomach that consuming mass amounts of unbaked goods was a logical and smart thing to do. This year, I was benefitted by the terrible cold settled in my sinuses and chest (cold=benefit? Strange!), but since I couldn’t taste anything, I really didn’t feel like eating anything, and that means more baking for the masses and less in my tummy!
I know you’re probably wondering what a single 30+ gal could possibly do with all that baking. Don’t worry, I certainly don’t consume it all myself…imagine the junk in the trunk if I did! I love to give my baking away as gifts. This is another thing I love about this whole Christmas season…the gift giving. Such a pleasure to give someone something homemade and from the heart and see their reaction! I work in a school and I can attest first hand that teachers are BUSY people at this time of year. While lots of the peeps are dashing from one Christmas party to the next, teachers are often staying late at school, putting on the Christmas concerts and arranging the millions of Christmas activities that accompany the last week or so of school…and lets not forget those senior and junior high teachers that are spending hours in the gyms supervising other peoples’ children on teams. After all that, who has time for baking? So bake I do…and each and every teacher at my school will get a little bit. Sugar, butter and chocolate make people smile. Especially at this time of year!
I should also mention, along with the baking and the gift-giving, that I find Christmas is the time of year where we spend the time, energy and effort to catch up with people we don’t get to see that often…and even those that we maybe do…and I love that about this time of year. Amidst the atrocious winter weather, icy roads and busy schedules, we just seem to make time to fit in time with those people we love and cherish. And that in itself is a wonderful thing. A fabulous thing in fact. There is nothing like catching up with old friends and the people you love with a lovely glass of red or a warm cup of tea in hand. I like it so much in fact, that this just may in come to be my goal for the New Year (noticed I called it a goal and not a resolution)…more time with the people that really matter. After all it really is about the simple things, isn’t it? Baking. Making someone smile with a gift. Visiting with friends. Just a few of my favourite things…
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