X-Rays and Broken Bone Cookies

The call came Monday while I was at lunch with my girlfriend - it was the school secretary: "Can you come get Annie, she is really hurt after falling on the ice."  When I arrived to the school my brave girl broke down, crying and constantly letting me know that her shoulder "really hurts!"  A few hours later we had the diagnosis, broken humerus and she will be spending the next four weeks wearing a sling as it heals.

It was the first time I have had to deal with a broken bone in all my years of motherhood, thank goodness, but it was not fun witnessing the pain my sweet Annie was in.  A few days later, the reality has set in, most of her extra-curricular activities are on hold - horseback riding, piano, guitar, dance and swimming.  To top it off, she needs my help with almost everything - brushing and shampooing her hair, putting on her socks, cutting her food!  At almost 13 years old, she is not enjoying this loss of independence, but secretly I am enjoying this return to hands-on mothering.  I made some cookies to share - edible x-rays and yummy pain relief!

Sweater Cookies for National Sweater Day

My family really loves this earth and we do all we can to reduce our carbon footprints; we drive small cars, we use a clothesline, we purchase local whenever we can and we are Bullfrog Powered (learn more about this fabulous energy provider here).

Today is National Sweater Day (learn more about this WWF initiative here), where the idea is to lower the thermostat and put on a sweater.  This is the norm for us anyways, keeping the thermostat at 18.5°C (65°F) during the night and daytime, only raising the heat in the mornings for when we get out of bed and get ready for the day and around suppertime until bedtime.  It can be a challenge on cold days since both my husband and I work from home, but on baking days the oven helps me stay warm and sometimes my husband will sit near the fireplace, warming up only one room in the house.  Sweaters do help, and sometimes the warmth of the laptop is a delightful little treat!  Before long it will be hot again and we will long for the cold days of Canadian winters!

If you have not already, consider installing a programmable thermostat to lower temperatures when you are asleep or not home.  We have three in our house (one for the furnace, two for our gas fireplaces) and I installed them all myself in a matter of minutes.  According to the sweaterday.ca website, if every Canadian made the effort to lower the heat by 2°C this winter, greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced by 4 Megatons!  I will get off my soap box now, but thank you for listening!

Birthday Party Cookie Set

Cookies are a wonderful birthday gift. Cookies come beautifully packaged and are easy to share with friends. Order a set in your favourite colour combination for your next birthday gathering.

New Year's Eve Cookies

Celebrate New Year's with these wonderfully sparkly and delicious cookies.

 

 

New Year's Countdown Cookies - Let the countdown begin with these delicious and sparkly cookies (13 large cookies and 24 minis) for $40.  

 

 

New Year's Party Cookies - Welcome 2013 with these elegant cookies (6 large cookies and 24 minis) for $30.

 

New Year's 2013 Cookies - Celebrate the start of 2013 with these cheery cookies (8 medium cookies and 24 minis) for $20. 


 

Wishing all of you a wonderful 2013.  Peace on Earth.

Red and Blue Flower Cookies

Flowers, of the most delicious kind, designed to brighten someone's day. Totally inspired by Callye, Sweet Sugar Belle, cookie genius!