putting the knit in shizknitz

Because I finished on a Wed and I start on a Wed, I have 4 weeks of freedom. I’ve used up a week and a half of it so far. I can’t remember the last time I have 4 entire weeks of vacation. Through college I’ve always worked through my vacations and the longest I’ve taken off work was 2 weeks..

This week has been a blessing. I’ve kept myself pretty busy - Christmas shopping (mostly online), waiting for UPS, cooking dinner (I made my first trip to Vons on Monday that required me to make multiple trips from the car), job soul searching, reading (Women of the Silk and Rich Dad, Poor Dad), knitting, going to the gym (I’m slowly working up mileage on my bum knee), and baking.

Yes. You read it right. I baked today. And guess what, it turned out to be not so bad.

It started with a bunch of these persimmons going bad in the kitchen. Usually I would toss them. Today I made them into these yummy Persimmon Cookies. The best part was that I had almost all of the ingredients at home. I made a double batch, and altho you can see I’m not the neatest, they turned out looking (and tasting) edible.