It has proven quite tough so far to get back into the swing of things at work. It’s never fun to come back from a vacation!
I spent a lovely relaxing weekend at home. Jose and I finally took down the Christmas decorations on Saturday, spurred on by the fact that the city had tree recycling available at a nearby park — but only until noon. We are normally pretty lazy on Saturday mornings, but not this weekend! By noon, we had recycled the tree, vacuumed up all the needles it left behind, packed up all the ornaments, taken down all the other decorations in the house, and — last but not least! — cleaned the master bathroom. After a quick lunch, Christmas officially came to an end when we took down the icicle lights outside. It took 2 hours to put them up but only 15 minutes to take them down. Did you know that if you tug gently on one end of the cord, the shingle clips all pop out and the whole string comes tumbling down? Convenient!
We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon while watching the Texans win their first playoff game ever. (And by that I mean it was their first playoff game ever, PLUS they happened to win.) I’ve never really been a football fan except for the few years I was in college, but it was fun to jump on the bandwagon and watch on Saturday. About halfway through the game, Jose gave me a fornlorn look and said “I want some cookies” so I made some of those too.
The weird part was that when he opened up the bag of chocolate and peanut butter chips, they were expired! They were weirdly soft and tasted slightly off, and the bag listed the expiration date as August 2011. Chocolate chips last for like 2 years, and they definitely don’t last that long in our house, so the only explanation is that they were already bad when I bought them at the store. Annoying! The only other bag I had was cinnamon chips, so I experimented and just threw those into the same batter I make for chocolate chip cookies. The verdict? Just as tasty, of course. You really can’t go wrong with that recipe plus any kind of chip.
