I was rereading the about page for Life’s Tidbits the other day and started thinking about ways to share more random tidbits.  Specifically I was focused on “life is a compilation of the small things, tidbits…”.  So here goes nothing.  Below is a collection of some very random tidbits from the past week or so …

1 – I’ve taken butter out of the refrigerator to soften three days in a row and end up putting it back.  I keep meaning/wanting to make sugar cookies, however I think it’s best for my waist line if I don’t have 2 dozen cookies laying around for me to eat … I mean the last time I had them around I started eating them for breakfast on a Friday! Truth!!

2 – Texts You Don’t Want To Get From Your Parent – #5 is pretty darn funny!  #7 is fabulous.  #8 goes out to my sister … :) and omg please don’t miss #12 … scratch that read them ALL!!  90% of these made me LOL … I am laughing so hard that the dog is confused and is barking at me.

3 – I have been battling a case of writers block over the last couple of weeks.  I feel like I’m finally coming out of it, but blogger writing block is a first for me.  I found it really frustrating that the words just weren’t coming to me.

4 – Revenge has become one of my favorite TV shows and I don’t really know anyone else who watches it.  Literally I’ve been trying to recruit people to watch it for a few months now so I can chat about it with someone.  I managed to get my sister all sucked into the show, but haven’t been successful with anyone else.  Do YOU watch Revenge?  … oh my I think I’ve taken to recruiting via blog posts (hang head in shame)!

5 – I think my new recipe for March is going to be a Chocolate Peanut Butter and Raspberry Truffle.  I wanted to call it PB&R, but that kind of reminds me of the beer PBR instead of of the PB&J sandwich I was going for.  Any suggestion for a cute name for my new truffle?

6 – Lightroom is my new favorite photo editing software thanks to my friend Sara.  Don’t get me wrong I am certainly not ready to part ways with PhotoShop, however Lightroom makes editing photos super fun and easy.

7 – Lofty goals of getting back into running came to a screeching halt after just one run.  In just a few short weeks there will be no more “it’s just so cold outside” excuses …  hopefully the spring weather will help my running motivation levels!

8 – One of my oldest friends is coming to visit me next week!!! She did this horrible thing about a year ago and move all the way to the west coast.  It just isn’t the same without her in DC.  I am super excited to spend some quality time with her next week.

9 – When I learned that Google Reader was “closing its doors” (so to speak) on July 1st I kind of freaked out.  Google Reader has been like an iv for reading blogs, new and trashy celebrity gossip.  I use the mobile app as well as the bower based version more than once a day.  Not to worry I found a replacement I do believe (… more to come).  Were you as upset as I was to learn Google Reader will be no more?

10 – This post has zero pictures. I wonder if anyone is going to read it … I mean everyone likes a little eye candy.  Maybe I should add some pictures in next week … thoughts?

BONUS TIDBIT – Once tomorrow’s blog post goes live I will have blogged 4 (YES FOUR!) times this week.  I think that’s a new record.  I’m pretty stoked. =)

What random tidbit do you have to add this week?

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It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time to share another Tasty Tuesday recipe!  Ever since I ate a sugar cookie at Potbelly’s I’ve been on the look out for a killer homemade sugar cookie recipe.  Have you ever had a Potbelly sugar cookie?  They are A-MAZING! You should seriously try one.  It is a little crunchy on the outside and complete heaven in the middle.  Yes, I know, I am completely obsessed.

During my quest to replicate this recipe I found a post on HWTM blog that resulted in a pretty good cookie.  In all honesty though it didn’t rival the Potbelly cookie, so the search continued.  Last week a friend shared a recipe from Savory Sweet Life with me.  With rave reviews I hoped these sugar cookies would meet my expectations … and boy did they ever!  Yummolious!

Not only is my quest for an amazing homemade sugar cookie over, but I can also check off cooking one new recipe each month from my new years resolution list, for the month of January!

One thing to note about this recipe is finding the sugar crystals in the grocery store is tough. Neither Safeway nor Harris Teeter carry the sugar crystals, so planning ahead is important.  I was able to locate sugar crystals at Michael’s and Amazon.com.  Since the sugar crystals wouldn’t be delivered until Friday and I needed the cookies for girls night on Thursday I went ahead used left over blue sugar sprinkles.

Ingredients

  • white sugar
  • salted butter
  • egg yolks
  • vanilla extract
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • cream of tartar
  • salt
  • coarse sugar crystals  {can substitute regular granulated sugar}

Get full recipe here

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream the butter and sugar together until it is nice and creamy.  Mix in 1 egg yolk at a time and then the vanilla extract.

In a bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, cream of tarter, and salt.  Slowly add to the mixer until the cookie dough is completely mixed.  Scrape down the bowl to be sure everything is mixed.  Using a medium scoop, form dough balls.

Roll the cookie ball in sugar crystals and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart from one another.  Or you can use a baking mat if you don’t have parchment paper.  I suggest flattening them out just a little so the center doesn’t get too puffy (the original recipe said not to flatten them).

This recipe makes about 30 medium sized cookies.  Bake for 12-14 minutes.  Make sure not to over cook them.  They will harden as the cool.  I made the mistake with one batch of leaving them in too long cause they didn’t look golden brown to me.  Remove from oven and allow cookies to remain on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Enjoy and Happy Cooking!

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