in the kitchen

tomorrow i'm supposed to bring something baked to our staff meeting. it's fall, and i love to bake. so my problem is not "what to bake?" as in "i can't think of anything." my problem is, i have 100 ideas (well, 10 maybe) and can't decide if i should make the pumpkin bread pudding... an new recipe, or norwegian kringlar, or heart waffles, or zucchini bread or any of a dozen favorite cookie recipes...

now i've run out of time, so it will be my tried and true, have the recipe memorized, swedish coffee bread. at least i know everyone likes it!

yum

emotions

what is a hormone, anyway? has anyone ever seen one? is it just a word we use to excuse our bad behavior?

i don't know, but being a woman can be decidedly trying. my goodness, the emotions we have to deal with! i think i'm generally a content, happy person. i tend to work through tough weeks thinking next week will be better; or difficult years with, " next year will be better." but every now and then i'm just blindsided by my emotions.

a couple weeks ago i was particularly tired, and a little stressed... not so very uncommon for me. but on that wednesday morning, i could not stop the tears. it was ridiculous! what is wrong with me? i hadn't even had a hot flash for a few weeks. i should be getting over all this woman stuff! not so.

thursday morning i woke up just fine and wondered what in the world was so horrible! all i could do was chalk it up to hormones!