Sunday is Family Day

Sunday’s have always been the day when I talk to my family. I live far away from them and Sunday we are always around so we always talk. I call my dad and mom (though this sunday I didn’t talk to my mom) and I would like to start calling my brother, Grandpa and my Grandma. Sometimes I don’t know if we really think about how important family is. Days go by and I sometimes feel like I take for granted everyone will be there tomorrow. I think about it all the time…my family on both sides have lost some very important people in the past few years…it really is taking its toll. There are people who my daughter will never know who were REALLY important to me and my husband. It just breaks my heart. I hope we can convey to her how important they were and how much they would have loved her…and perhaps do love her from heaven.

On a much lighter note…I would like to give you my recipe for chocolate chip cookies.

I modified (just a little) Jeffrey Steingarten’s from his book “It must have been something I ate”

2 sticks of butter

5/8 cup of light brown sugar

3/8 cup of dark brown sugar

3/4 cup of regular granulated sugar

1 egg

1 tsp of vanilla extract

2 tbsp of water

9 oz of semi sweet chocolate chips

2 cups of all purpose flour

Mix the softened but NOT melted butter with all the sugars add wet ingredients (egg, water, vanilla extract) add flour and chocolate chips…mix

bake at 375 for 6-10 mins depending on your oven…just make sure they are still a little soft in the middle! (so not quite brown)

THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD!

I would like to say thank you to everyone who has read my blog…you can subscribe if you want to…when I get better I will be posting pictures and stuff! Also, I would like to thank my mother who is a great mom and a wonderful friend…Love you momma, I know you are my only subscriber!