There was a long period of my childhood where we could only watch PBS with rare exceptions that included, por ejemplo, the annual showing of Sound of Music or the weekly Little House on the Prairie (for some reason, my night to do dishes often landed on Sunday night Little House night and every so often, my dad would take pity on me and help get them done so I didn't miss Carrie tumbling down the hill, or other exciting adventures). This means, lots of Mister Rogers and Sesame Street, and Electric Company for my sisters -- I never really liked that show. Lots of sunny days and chasing the clouds away. Lots of Big Bird and Mr. Hooper (do people still remember Mr. Hooper?). Lots of imitating Grover in the living room. (Okay -- that last one was just last week. The guy's a genius, what can I say?) I'm pretty happy there's public television and particularly Sesame Street (and Masterpiece Theatre, but that's another story). I was even happier to hear that my nephew's favorite letter is T -- because of this:
I'll have to sing to him about Hs the next time I'm there.
So about those cookies. They're not just for Cookie Monster. Yesterday, I made these fabulous little carrot/ginger/oatmeal cookies from the fabulous 101cookbooks site as I was searching around for something yummy but relatively healthy (ha!) to make for some workout friends (can't very well bring donuts, methinks). I considered fudging on the ingredients, but why not just splurge and get some incredibly yummy and fragrant coconut oil. I'm sure it will come in handy (one commentator on the website said that the oil is a good skin conditioner. I'm not sure if I should store it in the bathroom or the kitchen).
You can make them too. Or just come over and eat them. Heidi (of the 101cookbooks site) is also a photographer, so if you check out the cookies, you can see how yummy they look. Here's my
[Once again, my camera chose to focus on the background, rather than the foreground.]I have a little run tomorrow. I'm praying for a healthy back and nice weather. I have more confidence in one than the other. Can't decide whether I should have fun and bring my camera and relax a little. Hmmm.
Did you know there are some holidays coming up? Hurray for variety. Next Wednesday is Veterans Day, and I'm going to watch more of this. Can you imagine? Sigh. . .
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6 comments:
Oh my, Sesame Street is so hip! I'm with your nephew, I love the letter T song too! In fact, I was singing along with the original version today, but I think I'll sing the T song from now on instead. Easier lyrics but same great tune.
Were you doing NEAR.........far.......NEAR........far again?
Cookies. :)
And no, I don't remember Mr. Looper at all.
My favorite songs were Letter B and the jazzy pinball 12345-678910-11,12! song.
Looper?
Mr. Hooper was the store keeper.
I *might* have been doing near/far. What's it to you?
Delilah has been on in my car recently as well.
(Big Bird, sweet but perhaps not an intellectual giant, always called him Mr. Looper - to which he would grumpily respond 'HOOPER! HOOPER!')
i too enjoyed the pinball 12345-6789-10 song. i also enjoyed the skit about the girl taking her pet llama to the dentist. how fitting.
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