I was a little cranky this morning, I went to bed super early last night thinking that I would get a good nights sleep and be all chipper and ready to start my busy day today. Instead I was slammed out of unconsciousness at 11:45pm with some unknown thing scuttling around under my covers and crawling all over my legs. Now some of you might think it could have been hubby feeling frisky but it definitely wasn't him...he was snoring...loudly.
I threw off my blanket and jumped out of bed. Of course my heart is pounding as thoughts of rats, mice and cockroaches fill my head and because I was so worked up it didn't cross my mind that we don't have either rats or cockroaches in this area. Mice yes...
I proceeded to toss and turn the rest of the night, just waiting for this creepy sensation to happen again, ready to beat the living crap out of whatever I found. Alas it didn't happen and all I got out of the deal was a bad night sleep.
It was early when Kevin and I left for work, we have the privilege of travelling together each day. My head felt fuzzy and the pitch black outside made me want to dive back into bed and get more rest.
We live on a country road that doesn't see much traffic and the snow that had begun falling in the night was pristine and untouched by anyone else's tire tracks. The soft crunch as we drove was crisp and clean, the snow coming down softly. The flakes were so tiny and fine that I thought of God filling a huge salt shaker full of sparkles and shaking it onto the earth.
Tonight after the craziness of the day is over, I will curl up on my couch with my yak-wool blanket from Nepal, the book I am reading, a cup of homemade hot chocolate and a piece of Skorpor which is a Swedish shortbread type of cookie bar. I will thank God for the day and for beauty that surrounds me if only I would take time to open my eyes.
This is my glimpse of spectacular today...what is yours?
I threw off my blanket and jumped out of bed. Of course my heart is pounding as thoughts of rats, mice and cockroaches fill my head and because I was so worked up it didn't cross my mind that we don't have either rats or cockroaches in this area. Mice yes...
I proceeded to toss and turn the rest of the night, just waiting for this creepy sensation to happen again, ready to beat the living crap out of whatever I found. Alas it didn't happen and all I got out of the deal was a bad night sleep.
It was early when Kevin and I left for work, we have the privilege of travelling together each day. My head felt fuzzy and the pitch black outside made me want to dive back into bed and get more rest.
We live on a country road that doesn't see much traffic and the snow that had begun falling in the night was pristine and untouched by anyone else's tire tracks. The soft crunch as we drove was crisp and clean, the snow coming down softly. The flakes were so tiny and fine that I thought of God filling a huge salt shaker full of sparkles and shaking it onto the earth.
Tonight after the craziness of the day is over, I will curl up on my couch with my yak-wool blanket from Nepal, the book I am reading, a cup of homemade hot chocolate and a piece of Skorpor which is a Swedish shortbread type of cookie bar. I will thank God for the day and for beauty that surrounds me if only I would take time to open my eyes.
This is my glimpse of spectacular today...what is yours?
SKORPOR
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup sour cream
3-4 cups flour (enough to make dough stiff)
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 cup nuts, finely chopped
Mix all ingredients together and pour into a long sheet pan. Bake 1 hour at 325 F. Take out of oven and turn oven down to 200 F. Cut Skorpor into 1"x4" strips while still in the pan and put back into the oven to dry until hard and light brown (about 1 hour). Melt Toblerone chocolate squares in double boiler until smooth and spread over strips to coat. Let harden and enjoy with your favorite hot beverage.
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