How was your holiday weekend? As sweet and light as these fruit-filled fritters the husband whipped up yesterday for brunch I hope. Wow, were they fantastic! And the perfect cap to a wonderful Christmas. :-DIn the end, too, the Grinch was foiled because, on the 24th, the bank provisionally credited our account the amount that was stolen a couple weeks earlier---even more reason to celebrate! :-)
Our family present seemed to go over well with many of its receivers. Now that Santa has delivered all of this year's gifts, I can share what we decided to make this Christmas---cookbooks! Using Tastebook, we collected, photographed, and wrote instructions for many of our family's favorite recipes. We tried to include something for everyone (being a mixed meat-eating/vegetarian family, this wasn't too difficult)---even the dogs' beloved kibble mix is in the book! The cookbook was great fun to put together, and I suspect this first edition won't be our last. :-)
This week I turn toward looking back at the past twelve months. Although this year was full of many challenges, we survived with love and good humor and contented bellies. During this reflective period, I start putting together my annual list---not of resolutions exactly---but more of life priorities for the coming year. I also like to pick one thing to work on personally; for example, a couple years ago I decided to cut out worry and last year, whinging. On the top of the 2010 list: no fretting about lifestuff that is out of my control. :-) I'll share more of the manifest as the week continues.
For now, though, I think there is a piece of Christmas cake calling my name....
