Bee Mine

In celebration of Valentine's Day, Bee and I made heart shaped sugar cookies. Well, I made them actually. Bee did help decorate them - which mostly consisted of her licking the frosting off the cookies, and spilling green food coloring all over everything, including herself. But we had fun, and I'm looking forward to when she is a bit bigger and really is able to help cook and bake. Her and I have matching aprons, by the way. My mother sewed them for us for Christmas, the material has a fun black, white and red dog pattern on it, and they are absolutely darling. We wore them today. We matched. 

Anyway, I love handmade, homemade things more than anything, so that is what I gave my two Valentines - freshly baked cookies! My favorite gifts to give and receive are things made by hand. (I still have the Christmas ornaments my little brother made for me when he was in kindergarten.) I know a lot of crafty people who make art, knit, sew, do bead work, make jewelry, do needlework, bake, etc. Sparky and Sleeford built our deck, and they did a fine job. Sparky also paints, and makes an excellent hot sauce from the chillies he grows. The current things that I'm into right now are ceramics and knitting, and I'm starting to get into needlework. Plus, as a Miser, I like the idea of canning and pickling things from our garden. Here's a Miser's Dream: money becomes obsolete, and instead everybody in society barters, swaps and trades with either things they've made or services they provide. How cool would that be? Miser paradise!