1. Our new patio furniture- as a graduation gift, my parents gave us the patio furniture we have been wanting and I am loving our new space. I am also loving the fact that I have run an extension cord to my favorite rocker and am listening to my pre bar review lectures and taking notes on the patio. Here are a few views from my seat:
2. Cooking dinner- since I have had some time off, I have been cooking dinner and having it ready by the time Kevin gets home every night. This is a new luxury as I spent all semester in school and working and one I hope I can keep up. I'm not very good at recipe posts because I am a really messy cooker and the pictures wouldn't look very pretty, but this week we have had homemade chicken salad, barbecue pork with coleslaw and potato salad, and tonight we are going to have chicken tetrazini. I will share the lemon ice box cookie recipe that we made for a bedtime snack last night
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- dash of salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup (6 ounces) butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon peel
Preparation:
In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, beat together 1 cup of the sugar with the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, lemon juice and zest, then gradually blend in the flour mixture. Form the dough into 2 rolls about 2 inches wide and 7 inches long. Wrap the rolls in waxed paper and refrigerate until firm, about an hour.
Preheat the oven to 375°.
Unwrap the cookie dough and cut into slices about 1/4-inch thick. Sprinkle slices lightly with remaining sugar and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned around the edges, about 12 minutes. Cool the cookies on a rack and store in an airtight container.
Makes about 5 to 6 dozen lemon icebox cookies.
Unwrap the cookie dough and cut into slices about 1/4-inch thick. Sprinkle slices lightly with remaining sugar and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned around the edges, about 12 minutes. Cool the cookies on a rack and store in an airtight container.
Makes about 5 to 6 dozen lemon icebox cookies.
3. The weather- Having a few not so hot days before we hit the dog days of summer has been so refreshing.
4. Divergent- I loved the first two books in the Divergent series, and I am sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the third to come out. Any suggestions while I'm waiting?
5. Tennis- When Kevin and I first started dating, we loved to go play tennis. As planning a wedding, school, work and a fur baby got in the way, we kind of fell of the bandwagon. We went to play last night for the first time in months and had a great time. I am pleasantly sore this morning and had so much fun spending time with my husband and getting some good exercise. I hope we can make this a regular date this summer
and for good measure, What I'm not loving Wednesday
6. Poor sweet Charles has something stuck in his paw. I think it is a piece of glass, but whenever we get close enough to look, he has a come apart. Hopefully Dr. Erwin will be able to help him out this afternoon.
Looooooove the patio furniture! Very cute and something you will enjoy for a long time! I've GOT to hurry up and finish "Divergent" so I can move on to "Insurgent". I take it by your post that the second book will end leaving me waiting for a third book. That's frustrating on one hand (because I'm impatient) but also comforting (because at least the series won't be over after only two books). The first book is so good- I hope the second is just as much a page-turner!
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