Wednesday Thoughts

I'm thinking about buying a tent. If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you might be shocked to hear this because last summer I wrote a post about how I don't like camping. But this summer, I think I like it. Or at least, I like the idea of it. The reality might smack me in the face when I actually do it - too cold to sleep, dirty clothes, muddy shoes, frizzy hair, marshmallow-y fingers, raccoons and snakes, walking to the bathroom...

Nevermind about the tent.

Over the weekend I made some insanely good cookies. I realize that sounds like bragging, but it's not since I did not come up with the recipe for the cookies myself. All I did was mix the ingredients perfectly then bake them in my skillful way until they turned into the most delicious cookies anyone had ever eaten. See, that's not bragging at all. The reason I mention these cookies (besides the joy of bragging) is because some people asked for the recipe, so here it is! (Link) But be warned, it's a huge recipe - I had to mix it in a punch bowl it was so big! 

Speaking of cookies, I'm on a diet. Sort of. Lately I've been impersonating someone who's not on a diet and I've pretty much mastered the disguise. But in reality, I'm supposed to be on a diet, according to my scale. Last night, Katherine and I decided to work out together, so we got our hula hoops out and hooped for a good while. It was a really sunny, warm day and my mind got to thinking about ice cream. But I didn't dare mention it because once you put that into the universe, it sets a string of events into motion.

About fifteen minutes after we were done hooping though, Katherine and I had the following conversation:

Katherine: You know what I'm thinking about?
Me: Dairy Queen.
Katherine: Yes! 
Me: I know. Me too. But we can't. We shouldn't.
Katherine (sighing): I know.

Ten minutes pass:

Me: I wonder how many calories are in a small sundae.
Katherine: I'll look it up!

We got online and let the justifying begin. We decided walking there would help, and getting bananas in the ice cream would make it even healthier. Not to mention the cherry on top. Fruit. It's in the food pyramid. Look it up. Then to make things even healthier, on our walk back, we saw a guy we wanted needed to avoid (for reasons of him being weird), so we turned a corner and walked an extra two miles to get home.

In the end, I'm not sure who won: the ice cream or us. Pretty sure it was us though.

Happy Wednesday!