triple chocolate chunk cookies & immigration

first of all,

scroll down and read the post from FTD.

i don't know why it got posted after my sickness post,

but it did.

read it.

she's funny.

though this is P's response to

"Stop the Bus!"

NO!

i'm trying to start my project searching

off with a bang.

so today, i started off with triple chocolate chunk cookies.

essentially chocolate chip cookies but with

milk, dark, and white chocolate chunks.

delicious, right?

i set out my materials,

*side note: i am not going to go through with the recipe,

and what to do and all of that.

plenty of really awesome bakers / foodies do that.

that's not what we're about here.

adventuring, and learning,
that's what we're about.

*2nd side note: i am also listening to intelligence squared podcast

while i pretend that mixing ingredients together

is actually baking.

you should subscribe to this podcast -
learning.

look how delicious all of that chocolate looks!

first, i tried my sheet pan usually reserved for

mom's chocolate sheet cake.

and what the heck!?

is it warped?

see how the batter all moved to the top right corner?

so there was no dough in the bottom right...

which meant it burned in 30 seconds.

awesome.

so i tried mini-muffins.

okay.

so they don't really look all that great.

if there were a picture in the book, i am sure mine would look exactly

the OPPOSITE.

but they taste delicious!

(and mom, i only had a couple bites of raw dough)

my across the street neighbor used them to bribe her son to eat his dinner.

i'd consider my baking a success.

(don't worry H, if you are reading this, i won't do this often,

blog about you i mean.)

by the way,

the debators on intellengence squared were debating
"should the U.S. stop taking the world's huddled masses." it got heated just around the time
 i turned on the mixer.

so i missed some of the yelling.

i was disapointed with the result.

of the debate, like i said, the cookies were

a success.

and after the baking,

and the podcast,

and cleaning up,

and starting a load of laundry,

at five - twenty five p.m.

i walked upstairs and discovered this sweet scene...

precious p peacefully passed -out.

(that was for you mom.)

for nearly two hours.  get well sweet p!

those cute little buns you see there in blue?

yep.  cloth diapers.

we're really doing it over here!

i'll keep you updated on our progress.

currently we are using fuzzibunz one-size pocket diapers.

and i have to go get them from the laundry so we can do round 2

tomorrow.

stay tuned for another thrilling blog post from

naptown!

AND, all you 16 readers - if you have adventuring / learning
project ideas, please send them our way!