Chinese New Year, however, is the best holiday ever invented. What other holiday allows you to eat a ridiculous amount of amazing food, light things on fire, and then get money in nicely sealed red envelopes? And, this year is the year of the tiger. Being a tiger myself, I am really excited about the new year. I hope it's a good one.
On the other hand, Valentine's Day gives me an excuse to participate in one of my favorite hobbies: baking. I decided that making potstickers from scratch would be too much work. I didn't have any ginger anyway, so I made sugar cookies instead. This was not stress baking - I only used one stick of butter. Here they are:
Although I made sugar cookies instead of potstickers, I had to honor Chinese New Year somehow, so I just wrote a Valentine's Day message in Chinese and called it good.
Today's blunder:
I almost drank lotion today. I grabbed what I thought was a water bottle off my desk, unscrewed the cap, and then noticed that the air suddenly smelled like peaches. I looked at the bottle, and then realized that I grabbed my lotion instead of my water.
Today's blessing:
A well timed phone call spared me from a very awkward conversation. I have never been so happy to answer the phone.
i feel like i need details about the awkward conversation
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I think I need to hear some details =)
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