I've been trying to figure out how to establish a wider audience for my blog. One friend said I should contact Taste of Home (the editors of my cookbook) and market it to them. However, I've come to the conclusion that I should not be a professional writer - let alone a professional blogger. I've been finding lots of ways to distract myself from the actual writing of the blog. That friend that suggested I get a bigger audience - I've been "researching it" for about four months now. It wasn't a quick easy answer, so I'm still "researching."
Also, I have three cookies to write about (I made two of the batches two weeks ago), but I keep finding things that need to be done. This morning, there was nothing on my to-do list other than write blog. So far I've gone for a walk, gave Joey a bath, took pictures of Joey, sorted Joey's clothes, worked on my abs, got a haircut. Did you know Facebook changed again? Yeah, I know that news is a few days old, but I only ever check FB on my ipad, and it didn't change on my ipad. I don't check FB on my computer because I hate my computer. It's new. I did not get it by choice. Did I mention already how my son spit up all over my MacBook Pro? I now have a windows laptop. The reasons we went with ASUS (imagine that word dipped in loathing) - 1 - they're less expensive, so when Joey spits up all over this one, won't be as expensive to replace. 2 - my scrapbook program doesn't work great on Apple. 3 - I'm getting a Apple laptop from work in the fall (it won't be mine, but it'll be mine for nine months of the year). But I hate Windows! Like just now, I was just typing away and all of a sudden, I was typing in the website address box - what's that about. Earlier, when I was shopping on Amazon (yeah, I did that today too), I was about to confirm my order and it just restarted - I had to do the whole order over again. Also, if I brush the mouse pad, the menu screen pops up. Moral of the story - MacBook Pro is worth the money. I cannot wait until September (only for that reason); I'm enjoying my summer.
Okay cookie #100
#100 Chocolate Macadamia Macaroons
Oooh - someone just texted me -
Had to find my phone. Shoot, my friends (Tanell and Megan) can't come over tonight for game night. That's what else I did today - try to arrange a game night.
Anyways #100
shoot - Joey's waking up. That boy does not nap. We do the whole same routine everyday - and everyday after about 30 minutes of napping in his crib, he decides he's done. But he's not done, he's still crabby - so after much much much time of trying to convince him that he's still tired, he falls asleep in his swing. I work on him napping from about 12-5 everyday and usually only get him to sleep for 1.5 hours of that time.
Okay, back from feeding Joey.
#100 (for real this time) Chocolate Macadamia Macaroons - or as Mike's cousin calls them - baked no bake cookies. Shoot, I said I would facebook her the recipe - better do that before I forget.
Okay so like no bake cookies basically - coconut, macadamia nuts, sugar, cocoa, flour and salt - - then egg whites, corn syrup and vanilla - baked. Then after cooled, dipped in melted chocolate. Very good and I don't even like macadamia nuts.
Made these for my sister-in-law's birthday
#101 It was my brother in-law's birthday as well. We went down to Indiana (not for their birthday, but for the 4th). I hate when I ask someone what their favorite cookie is and I'm told - they're not picky. Just tell me some ingredients you like. My sister-in-law did that. She knew what she liked. She got a cookie that she really liked. My brother-in-law "donated" his cookies to a family party. If I was told what he really liked, I bet he would've kept them.
He got a cookie from the Cookie Cutter Delight chapter (I have to use up some of these recipes).
Apple Cutout Sugar Cookies
I'm not so great at the rolling out part, I always roll too thin. This is a sugar cookie with powdered sugar/corn syrup icing. Mike said it's like a cracker with icing on it (I rolled it to thin). I gave my brother-in-law this cookie because he loves our mother-in-law's Christmas sugar cookies. Just a tip - don't try to make a recipe of something someone loves that someone else makes - just go with something totally different - you'll always lose.
#102 Orange Slice Cookies
I joined a Mom's meet-up group - not that I'm ever actually available to go to their events. They always have things in the morning (that's when kids are awake and not crabby I've learned), but I coach tennis in the morning, so alas. However, they had a pot-luck picnic - so naturally, I brought cookies (from the Big Batch Bonanza chapter). Orange Slice cookies - yes, cookies that have those orange slices in them. I don't understand why the store sells bags of just the orange slices and no bags of just the green slices, or the red slices (my personal favorites). It's like Starbursts selling a whole bag of just yellow or orange starbursts - nobody likes those - everyone likes the red and pink starbursts.
Anyway, the cookies were a hit - well, at least with one person. Mike told me though - when one person specifically goes out of their way to say how good a cookie is, then at least 3 or 4 other people thought that too, they just didn't say it.
Okay - now all caught up. Of course I know I'm making another batch tomorrow for Grandma's birthday and another batch for the softball potluck this week - wonder when I'll get back to blogging about that.
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