The Rainy moments.....

THE EVER SO LOVED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE....YES FROM SCRATCH!
2cubes butter
1c brown sugar
1c white sugar
CREAM WELL
~ADD ~
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
3cflour
1tsp baking soda
1tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 and 1/2 c chocolate chips of choice and add nuts if desired
BAKE@ 375 9-11 minutes~~ best results on parchment paper and golf ball scoops

SOME WOMEN REFUSE TO SHARE THEIR RECIPES?

~MY RECIPES DO NOT DEFINE ME~THE RESULTS OF THEM AND THE SHARING OF THEM DOES~

Does this scream out to you on a rainy day? At my house, a rainy day is a great opportunity to gather my teens around me with comforts and memories that bind us all together with the taste and smells of home. When I was growing up, my Mom worked outside the home...always,  I was what they call a latch key kid! I guess I found comfort in the kitchen as I would call her at work and she would give me the instructions to start preparations for dinner. This helped her, since she got home usually around 5:30pm and it helped me to not feel so lonely while giving me a sense of purpose and responsibility. I have one older brother 5 years my senior, but he was usually busy in his life, so it was just me. I remember chilling glasses in the freezer for my parents so they could have something a little special with their dinner. I was a pleaser and I was hopeful to make them happier than I knew they were .  Ok, that's another post! So, with sharing that little memory into my past, here are a few memories I tried to create over our rainy weekend.
                                                                       
Making Cards is really enjoyable and a great way

to enjoy my time with these growing teens who seem to open up when they are a part of things. The girls of coarse...my guys...not so much on the cards! But they enjoy the food that is happening!
The guys hover around the kitchen and family room as to be sure they are not missing out on any important discoveries from the oven. They add a few tauntings and teasings to keep up the fireworks,
while the girls make sure they are at the front of the line for the first tastings emerging from the kitchen....ahhh the balance in all things! 

THE ROLLS FOR SUNDAY DINNER!  

The men in my home eat half a dozen of everything!! usually when it is all still warm from the oven, I think there is something about allowing them their fill. I like them to feel that there is always enough.

In my youth, I remember having to be careful and not always having a FILLED PANTRY.This is my way of changing my past and offering my children something different. I always say that we either repeat our upbringing or we change it. I have tried to change the things I didn't care for and repeat the things I thought were worthy of passing on . I am sure I have not been completely successful at this, but I continue to try!

AND BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...THE PINEAPPLE SCONE!   

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend

I am wishing you all my Aloha for a Fabulous week

Queen B