Jenna's Ginger Cookies

List of ingredients:

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup shortening

1/4 cup molasses

1 egg

2 cups all purpose flour

1.5 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1.5 tsp ginger

Mix all the ingredients together.

Be sure to measure very accurately.

Wiping your hands on your pants is optional.

Mommy suggests wearing an apron but this is much faster.

Double check all ingredients.

My favourite part is plunging my hands into the mess and mixing well.  YUCK!  Don't worry if the dough seems dry...you can always add a 1/4 cup milk to the mixture if you are concerned.

Next form the dough into balls the size of bouncy balls.

Roll the little balls in sugar and place on cookie sheet.

Do NOT press!

Cook in a 350 oven for ten to twelve minutes.

The cookies will spread out and crack.

Voila...cookies are meant to be shared so please allow to cool and....

share with your favourite OLIVIA cat!!!

Enjoy with my compliments....love Jenna





Sweet Jenna

My beautiful little daughter, Jenna

I've been wanted to start a blog for years.  It seems like so many of my friends have blogs and have said to me 'hey why don't you start a blog?'   I guess I don't have all that much time to blog but I also think that blogs can be such a great place to share your thoughts with family and friends.  So I guess it won't hurt to try to blog.  Seems like a blog is kind of like an online diary...only EVERYONE can read it.  That thought is scary in some ways.   But here goes...here are my heart ponderings for better or for worse :)

I've been thinking a lot about my little girl lately.  Hence the picture of her that I posted...my first picture on my blog and I have no idea how I did it....let alone how I will ever do it again...and hope that one day she won't kill me when she comes across it.   My daughter is growing up so fast.  She is really excited about the process. Her birthday is on May 29th and she will be eleven years old.  I can't believe it!  Where have all the years flown.   She is always eager to show me or tell me something to prove that the teens years are coming fast.  I keep giving her squishy hugs to try and slow down the growth process.  She assures me that its futile.

I love her enthusaism.  Life is so much fun for her.  She has such a sweet innocence about her.  She just enjoys living her life.  She is adventurous, creative, imaginative and extremely funny. She makes me smile everyday. 

I love you sweet Jenna.  Don't grow up too fast on me.  I'm enjoying this journey too much.  ((hugs))