Baking - Finally December 11, 2014

I couldn't stand it any longer! I had to bake something!

Actually, I needed to. My friend will be here this weekend and I got started on her baked goods.

I love to bake and I'm in my element right now. Chocolate Fudge Bread, oh my goodness at seven o'clock this morning my apartment smelled so good! Then, Pumpkin Bread. I may attack one of these loaves for lunch later. ( grin ) Then, Lemon Bread. Such a delicate smell but it scooted all the other smells away while it baked. It surprised me a little.

Then, then, I went to find my square cake pans and I couldn't find them! I've looked every where! Even pulled out all my kettles, pots, cookie sheets - everything. I don't know what happened to them!

It has been awhile since I've used them. Most of my recipes don't call for such a pan but I've kept them for recipes I'm about ready to make. I can't imagine what has happened to them.

So, I'm going to ask a neighbor if she has one or two I can borrow. I know she does some baking sometimes. I'm shopping on Saturday and I'll probably buy a couple if I can find them at the grocery.

The square pans are for Brownies. My friend loves my brownies. I also know she likes mint. She will get one pan of Double Chocolate Brownies (oh my that sounds good) and one small pan of Grasshopper Brownies.

Tomorrow I'm getting my hair cut and run to the dollar store. Run! Roll is more like it. I found a small plaza that has a grocery, the place where I get my hair cut and a dollar store. There's another store there but I forget what it is. It makes it nice if I need to do a few things all at once. And it's not that far.

The only problem is the grocery parks all of the carts on their patio, thereby blocking my way to move easily from one place to another. I've talked to the manager (or I think it was the manager) but she was sort of defensive about it. I just suggested that all those carts could easily be put on the opposite end of the patio. She said "where would I put my displays if I did that" (flowers etc) and I'm like "On the other end, it doesn't block the patio like the cart does!"

I just think this is careless and unthinking on their part. I would contact someone about it but I'm not sure who I would contact here in this area. It is a little dangerous as I have to swing out into the parking lot to get around the carts. I don't know, maybe I'm being a little over sensitive about it.

Christmas is on it's way and the spirit has grabbed hold of me. I'll be back. Think brownies, mmm.