Today I made TWO things

This is not for Maya.



It's for Isabel. Every day Isabel shows up in our kitchen at 8:45 for the walk to school. And every day Isabel shows up, she has no hat. No matter how cold, no hat. So I finally asked, and it turns out she doesn't own a hat. (!!!!!!, to a knitter) I think it was lost, and when asked why she didn't get a new one, she said , "My Mom doesn't want to go over to LL Bean for a new one." (Also, !!!, to a knitter.)

How long could I let this go on without offering? About this long, apparently. I put it out there last week. She was happy to request a blue hat. With stars of some kind.

Since it's about a zillion degrees below zero today and I was invited out this morning to a coffee with friends, it was the day to do it. A good chat, a few muffins, a little clatch of ladies who I love and ... two hours = one hat. We'll walk it over tomorrow. When it warms up to 10 degrees.

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The second thing I made was dinner. Other friends are coming, and that zillion degrees thing makes it a perfect day for stew. The colors were pretty and I already had the camera in hand, so hey, you get to see it too. Maya thinks this is stupid. I'm not sure she's wrong, but still, I got it in the camera and I kind of like the picture.

So here's my Cider Chicken and Vegetable stew - it gets a little cream before serving, and we have really tasty white bread rolls that you bake up at the last minute. My house smells good. Really good.

For dessert, I got butter cookies at Trader Joe's to dip in burbon.
Since the girlscout ones aren't here yet.

I'm thinking this was a productive day.

And PS - karen, I did like the single malt idea! That might be right.