These are a few of my Favorite Things!
In the pre-alarm moments, I realized today is going to be a great day! I get to do so many of my favorite things starting with cross-country skiing with my friend without having to drive! Owen’s birthday is tomorrow, so I am baking Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies for his office, marinating short ribs, prepping dough for Cook’s Illustrated No Knead Bread (1/3 wheat flour), and adapting Ina Garten’s Carrot Cupcake recipe to a mini family sized birthday cake.
I’ll also condition the flowers I selected yesterday to prepare for our February Flower Workshop on Thursday. I’ll unearth the small French flower cans to make a set of flowers for each participant’s work station. The flowers came from Stevens & Son Wholesale in Golden, where I just opened an account. I like that they are closer than our main wholesaler and grow some of their own flowers. It was bedlam yesterday in the pre-VDay rush, but Andy gave me a tour anyway. Thanks, Andy!
As I plan out Thursday’s Workshop, I’m adding a resources page on the website. I’m thinking color wheel, seasonal flower charts, selected bibliographies, etc. I have tons of references and it will be great to compile them in one spot where others can use them, too.
Then, I’m picking up Ellis and a friend at the high school and heading to Mountain Backpacks to volunteer. I feel like I get to witness rightness in the world when I think about Shelley Harmon seeing a need in our community and doing something about it. Thanks, Shelley! Mountain Backpacks is a favorite philanthropy partner of our National Charity League’s local members, and this is going to be my first time volunteering with them. Can’t wait!
Hopefully I’ll get some dinner made, and roads will be good for the trek downhill to volleyball practice tonight.
I hope today brings you a few of your favorite things, too!
-Brooks
