no ones future to decide

July 30, 2007 | Filed Under ordinary 

will it rain today? we don’t know as we look over the shoulders of the sun’s security guards for the occasional glimpse of something golden. i want to sleep the day away between books and the purr of the cat. it is not to be so.  ernie is probably wishing harder for sleep, coming to bed after four last night, distracted from reading and fiddling with his camera.  i don’t know how he makes it on four hours of sleep or less, but he does.

obsessing over the stitching of these for weeks, i finally gave them to annie for marshall whose feet will be born soon and can be dressed in flannel cuteness. heather bailey’s bitty bootie pattern has been in a stack of “to try” patterns for over a year and now that i’ve tried them i cannot stop. this morning i cut out three more pairs, two for new babies, one for my niece, whose fat feet will be the first girly booties i get to try. i’ve been making them all by hand instead of employing the machine because it’s a quiet project for nighttime when the idea of waking up a kid is not appealing at all.

i’ve found the perfect waffle recipe at last, one that has no sugar in the mix and is kind of eggy tasting so it’s really yummy and not too sweet with syrup. although, syrup is all that jude seems to care about when eating waffles, the pouring of it, the filling of every square, the licking and tasting. it’s a sticky disaster that ernie and i can hardly bear to watch.

i got the recipe for the waffles from a sadly unused cookbook my mother gave me a long time ago. i altered it a bit because i had less sour cream than i thought i had (just substituting milk) but it worked out just as well as i think it could have.

sour cream waffles (by someone named deanna brasch in iowa)

1c. flour

1t. ea. baking soda, baking powder, salt

2 eggs, separated and divided

1 c. sour cream

2/3-3/4c. milk

mix the dry. add egg yolks and sour cream. add milk until it’s a pancake-y consistency. beat egg whites until stiff and add to flour mixture. cook in greased waffle iron until golden brown.  serve with syrup and big napkins.

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