Today is Day 30 of our COVID-19 self-isolation or social distancing as it is being called now. It is also called stay-at-home orders but since we go for walks in the neighborhood and drives in the cars, I guess the social distancing is the best term to use.
The numbers continue to be staggering and I will share those at the end of the post. They are talking about the danger of shaking hands and that it might be a thing of the past even when this pandemic is over because so many germs are spread by doing so. My friends and I have been "texting" about what we can do such as just smiling, nodding, a tap over your heart instead of a hug, or a little wave. Personally I can easily do without the handshake, but a hug? That's gonna be hard. I grew up in the South and there the custom was a gentleman didn't shake hands with a lady unless she extended her hand. If that were still the case, it would just be up to the women whether they shook hands, Of course, that didn't mean that men wouldn't be shaking hands.
Friday night Wayne and I went up and hid 34 plastic eggs in the front yard for our grandchildren, Madison and Tyler, to find the next morning. Our son Patrick came out to see us while we were there. Lori had the kids in the back of the house watching a movie so they wouldn't accidentally see us. We had kept our social distance from him the whole time. Then when we finished and were getting ready to leave, I honestly forgot what was happening and told him I needed a hug. We hugged and said we loved each other and as I stepped back, it hit me what I had done. I know he is family but I hug my friends just as unconsciously. (I will share our experiences in another post. The grandkids were so surprised and enjoyed it so much.)
Yes, I am sharing a recipe with you this morning. Saturday morning, I woke up and made some cookies. They are so good and what I especially love about them is you can make them whatever kind you want to. In fact, the recipe is actually called,You-Name-It Cookies because you can make them different according to the cake mix you use. The only "special" one I had was a lemon cake mix, but just imagine using a German chocolate cake mix or a carrot cake cake mix. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the lemon taste though!!!!!!
The directions said to use an ungreased cookie sheet which I did for the first two pans. I didn't realize until I was removing the cookies from the first sheet and the second sheet was baking, that I needed to use parchment paper because the cookies kinda stuck to the pan and mainly didn't keep there pretty round shape. Didn't hurt the taste, just weren't as pretty. The recipe made three and a half dozen cookies, so I decided to take half of them over to our neighbors next door. They were working in the yard so I sat them on the truck and kept our social distance while I talked to them.
LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES
1 cake mix of your choice (I used a lemon cake mix)
1 egg, beaten
1 8 - ounce container of whipped topping, thawed
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Combine the cake mix and egg mixing completely. (I just used a wooden spoon but you could use your mixer on low.)
Fold in the whipped topping.
(I didn't like the consistency and
ended up beating it on low to get a smooth consistency.) I added just a little lemon extract at this point.
Using a cookie scoop, measure out an amount and
drop into a bowl that you have some powdered sugar in.
Roll in the sugar and
place about 2 inches apart on the sheet. They will flatten and spread as they cook.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes ( I baked the full amount of time) and allow to cool about 2 minutes before removing to finish cooling on wire rack.
The cookies will flatten as they cool on the pan. Store in cookie jar with wax paper between layers.
Here is a picture of the cookies cooling on the rack. I think you can see which ones I baked on the parchment paper and the ones I just used an ungreased cookie sheet as the directions stated.
We will see how we manage this week with the pandemic as winter seems to want to linger in Kansas City. It has made it a little bit easier with the normal and above normal temperatures, but for the last two weeks the temperatures have dropped to freezing over the weekends. The second time (weekend) the low temperatures killed every bloom on the peach tree. I was so sad. We planted the tree three years ago and this year looked like we might finally get some peaches from it. Last year it had about 10 peaches on it, but they just disappeared. Now this time the low temperatures (40s for the highs) are staying around even though the weekend is over. I guess we can at least go for a drive and the sun is shining so that always helps. Yesterday was Easter and it was sad not being with family.
This past week I had two days of feeling "blue". Even though I was doing some things, I didn't feel like it. I really felt like I was wasting away. Saturday I found a book to read online and spent most of Saturday reading and finished it last night. Today I feel like sewing so I guess I will work on another Blanket of Hope.
Pandemic numbers as of right now: 4/13/2020 - 7:30 AM EST
United States
Confirmed cases 557,500
Deaths 22,000
Global
Confirmed cases 1,802,747
Deaths 113,583
to be continued...
The numbers continue to be staggering and I will share those at the end of the post. They are talking about the danger of shaking hands and that it might be a thing of the past even when this pandemic is over because so many germs are spread by doing so. My friends and I have been "texting" about what we can do such as just smiling, nodding, a tap over your heart instead of a hug, or a little wave. Personally I can easily do without the handshake, but a hug? That's gonna be hard. I grew up in the South and there the custom was a gentleman didn't shake hands with a lady unless she extended her hand. If that were still the case, it would just be up to the women whether they shook hands, Of course, that didn't mean that men wouldn't be shaking hands.
Friday night Wayne and I went up and hid 34 plastic eggs in the front yard for our grandchildren, Madison and Tyler, to find the next morning. Our son Patrick came out to see us while we were there. Lori had the kids in the back of the house watching a movie so they wouldn't accidentally see us. We had kept our social distance from him the whole time. Then when we finished and were getting ready to leave, I honestly forgot what was happening and told him I needed a hug. We hugged and said we loved each other and as I stepped back, it hit me what I had done. I know he is family but I hug my friends just as unconsciously. (I will share our experiences in another post. The grandkids were so surprised and enjoyed it so much.)
Yes, I am sharing a recipe with you this morning. Saturday morning, I woke up and made some cookies. They are so good and what I especially love about them is you can make them whatever kind you want to. In fact, the recipe is actually called,You-Name-It Cookies because you can make them different according to the cake mix you use. The only "special" one I had was a lemon cake mix, but just imagine using a German chocolate cake mix or a carrot cake cake mix. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the lemon taste though!!!!!!
The directions said to use an ungreased cookie sheet which I did for the first two pans. I didn't realize until I was removing the cookies from the first sheet and the second sheet was baking, that I needed to use parchment paper because the cookies kinda stuck to the pan and mainly didn't keep there pretty round shape. Didn't hurt the taste, just weren't as pretty. The recipe made three and a half dozen cookies, so I decided to take half of them over to our neighbors next door. They were working in the yard so I sat them on the truck and kept our social distance while I talked to them.
LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES
1 cake mix of your choice (I used a lemon cake mix)
1 egg, beaten
1 8 - ounce container of whipped topping, thawed
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Combine the cake mix and egg mixing completely. (I just used a wooden spoon but you could use your mixer on low.)
Fold in the whipped topping.
Using a cookie scoop, measure out an amount and
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes ( I baked the full amount of time) and allow to cool about 2 minutes before removing to finish cooling on wire rack.
We will see how we manage this week with the pandemic as winter seems to want to linger in Kansas City. It has made it a little bit easier with the normal and above normal temperatures, but for the last two weeks the temperatures have dropped to freezing over the weekends. The second time (weekend) the low temperatures killed every bloom on the peach tree. I was so sad. We planted the tree three years ago and this year looked like we might finally get some peaches from it. Last year it had about 10 peaches on it, but they just disappeared. Now this time the low temperatures (40s for the highs) are staying around even though the weekend is over. I guess we can at least go for a drive and the sun is shining so that always helps. Yesterday was Easter and it was sad not being with family.
This past week I had two days of feeling "blue". Even though I was doing some things, I didn't feel like it. I really felt like I was wasting away. Saturday I found a book to read online and spent most of Saturday reading and finished it last night. Today I feel like sewing so I guess I will work on another Blanket of Hope.
Pandemic numbers as of right now: 4/13/2020 - 7:30 AM EST
United States
Confirmed cases 557,500
Deaths 22,000
Global
Confirmed cases 1,802,747
Deaths 113,583
to be continued...
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