Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

The weekend's gloomy, cloudy skies finally caved in yesterday...and gave us, drought prone LA'ers, some much needed rain. I have a love/hate relationship with the rain (as I do with LOST...2/2/10). Love the free car wash. Love the bathed lawn. But, hate the freezing house...58 degrees (inside) in fact.

In a previous post, I mentioned how much our house heater sucks. It's old and far from eco-friendly. We are major weenies and refuse to use the Lusk signature fireplace in our living room. So, what's a semi frozen blogger to do? Bake. Bake like a 50's wife and pray I don't set the smoke detectors off.

I found an easy peasy recipe a few months ago that I've been dying to try out; Crispy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (talk about a title hook!) And let me just say, I literally used the words, "heaven's to betsy" when I took the first bite- that's how amazingly delicious they were. 



Goliath cookies were on Chris' mind and so, he conquered. 



He made sure to include a quarter for good measure. Geez, this takes me back to my elementary school days of Friday after-school bake sales which included jumbo pickles and saran wrapped giant cookies at 50 cents a pop. Those were the days.

And what better way to end the post but with a picture of our much awaited sectional.



She's here!!

9 comments:

  1. nice couch! Thanks for stopping by my blog! And your mouthwatering cookies are making me want to run to the store and get me some chocolate chips so I can make my own.

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  2. Oooooh, congrats on getting your new couch! It looks very sexy in that room. I want cookies now, dang it.

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  3. 58 degrees - Yeeouch! Good idea to bake... that definitely helps! Those cookies look dee-lish. And your new sectional is so stylish yet comfy looking. We love the chaise on our sofa!

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  4. Those cookies look so yummy! And your couch is beautiful!

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  5. When I get home...I'm going to eat my giant cookie and drink a glass of milk. Only, it's not going to be a glass, it's going to be a bottle. and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

    Well...I guess technically you could destroy the bottle or throw the cookies away; but that would make you mean and wasteful respectively.

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  6. The sectional is fabulous! I just started craving chocolate chip cookies... weird....

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  7. Thanks everyone! I am drunk over our new sofa. But I must confess...I spend more time ogling it than lounging on it. ^_^

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  8. That sectional really tufts my buttons! (taps microphone, 'is this thing on?')

    All bad jokes aside, that is an extremely good looking sectional. I love all things midcentury modern!

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