Rain, Rain Go Away!!

I know how much we need rain for good, healthy crops but I'm so tired of the clouds and rain. It's been so gloomy around here lately and I tend to feel a bit depressed without the sun for several days, kinda how I feel when I try to make it without the Son for a couple days.

We haven't been doing much outside for a few weeks so I've been busy looking for things to do, not like I don't have enough with school and all but still.

Oh yea, yesterday we went to visit the national preacher and his family, they're very special to us. Anyhow as custom in Croatia I needed to take something when we went and so I opened my cook book. You know what I decided to make, Snickerdoodles, the most under-rated cookie in the world. I've seen them many times but they always looked so boring, well I made some and do you know what, they were delicious. The whole family loved them and they were gone before I knew it. Snickerdoodles
INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, mix together the shortening and 1 1/2 cups of white sugar until smooth. Stir in the eggs one at a time, blending well after each. Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into the batter until blended.
3. Roll the dough into balls the size of small walnuts. Roll in a mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned, but still soft.

Enjoy!


Hannah and I have been doing some sewing lately. She's getting pretty good at following instructions and sewing so today she made a cute little book bag. I really want her to learn how to be a good homemaker and sewing happens to be one of the skills that will help her.


Oh yea and I did a little sewing too. The national pastor's wife just moved their 4 kids into one big room. She painted the walls a lime green and then the furniture is pink, purple, blue and green. Ljubica, the national's wife was looking for a nice way to dress up the window that was covered with simple lace curtains so today I used this tutorial and made some bunting to go over the window. This picture doesn't really show how cute the bunting is but it's so cute. I used bias tape to sew them to and it turned out really cute.

This bunting is a great way to dress up a child's room. Have fun!

Hope you all have a great Lord's day tomorrow!!