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I have been very busy. Doing what you ask? Baking cookies of course! Tried my hand at more techniques of icing. Some I did right, some I still have lot to learn. It's bed so much fun though. The problem is they don't disappear fast enough. So I have so much cookies lying around the house. Waiting for then to halve before making the next batch. Till then, something to show I am sticking to my resolutions!

Cookies and more

Several months ago as we were planning Bakku's first birthday I had come across many party ideas which included homemade cookies. I was hooked. I love planning parties. I love theme parties even more. The icing on the cake ( cookie in this case) was having a homemade something the kids take back.

I made the cookie a few times and even managed an eggless version. Since I have been baking quite regularly I thought how difficult can icing a cookie be, right? Wrong!! Especially if you wait till the last moment to even experiment with icing. My mom in law was kind to say ' they should look like they were made at home'. My Neighbour said it looked like a kindergartener had iced it. So you get a rough picture of how bad it was.

But the idea of making cookies stuck. They were simple and I could make a healthy alternative to store bought ones for my biscuit fanatic ( read Bakku). So the first thing I did was I went shopping (don't we all do that when you get a great idea! No? Okay then maybe just me). I found some tools to start off with and searched for some blogs to learn and refer from. The more I read the more I got hooked. I also had good encouragement from the in-laws. So what was the problem you ask. The cookies never lasted till I got around to icing them!

So finally I decided that I will not wait for the cookies to harden for a day or two and just went ahead and  decorated them. My first attempt at my new hobby.

New Beginnings

Happy New Year!!
So this year started on a high note. We went to watch the fireworks in Dubai and the next morning we sort had an impromptu picnic and shopping outing ( don't ask how the first led to the latter). We rented a 4WD and packed a good amount of food and set off to see flamingos.

New year resolutions you ask?

Well for one I want to write more and blog more often. With an iPhone and iPad at my disposal, I should not have an excuse ( except I still have a toddler running around the house). I also hope this will lead to my active reading also.

Another thing I really want to do is hone my baking and icing skills. I seriously want to take up cookie decoration as a hobby. I need an avenue where I can be creative and since dance is off for a while, why not I say!

Of course the job hunt and weight loss plans are on and going, but feel very slow moving for now.

Let's see how much of all this shapes up.