It’s been a pretty quiet Monday for me even though it’s less than a week before Christmas. We’ve gotten most of our Christmas shopping done if not all, most of the Christmas cards are in the mail and if they aren’t they will be soon and I’ve picked up all my ingredients for the cookies except for some pure vanilla extract. The grocery store I usually shop at was out of the small bottle and I didn’t feel like paying over $7 for the larger bottle. How many times will I use that? Probably not too much since I don’t plan on opening a cookie factory. Just as a “test run” of sorts, I bought a package of cookie dough already made and precut. I guess it’s not a “test run” since they are already mixed together but whatever. I baked those and I think a little too long as they are pretty cripsy. I like my chocolate chip cookies a bit softer but some people like them crispy. Oh well, they still tasted good anyway, at least to me and the growing peanut.
Speaking of the growing peanut, I don’t think I have any of the so called cravings yet. But I’m not sure whether I’m more hungrier than usual. Sometimes I feel like I eat more than I should and too soon after dinner. But I’m not eating anything bad or I try not to. Okay don’t count the two cookies and two small pieces of chocolate candy I had, but I also had two pieces of cinnamon toast and a bottle of water. Water has become my friend and although I was never one to hate water, I’ve learned to drink it more often than soda, coffee, or iced tea. I really miss iced tea and the reason I don’t drink it is because I can’t just have one glass. If I go to a restaurant, I don’t want to get iced tea just for one glass so I just don’t have it at all. It’s rather sad and I miss it a lot. I really equate iced tea, unsweetened that is, with water except for its caffiene. Water is just fine for me though I don’t drink nearly enough or so I don’t think I do. I need to keep better track of my water intake especially since I’m supposed to have at least 64 oz a day or more! No wonder there’s a drought in some parts of the world…