December 19, 2005

Check my morning

I'm late, I know. Now that Son is on his Christmas break we're all sleeping in, and once I got up I figured I'd better check the books and see if we're balanced. We weren't, but that's partially my fault for not keeping up with what Husband is doing. I found the problems, corrected the math, and now we balance to the penny.

I used to do this for a living when I worked at a credit union in Erie. Believe it or not, there were teachers who would admit to not knowing how to balance a checkbook. It galled me, because these people are responsible for teaching the youth...and it isn't that hard to do. If I can balance a checkbook, what's everyone else's excuse? At least, when I worked, I got paid for getting a tremendous headache.

My reward for unsnarling the checking account was baking. Today I did the easy stuff, brownies and those rip-off Pillsbury cut-outs. As ThirDEE and I have found out, one is left with the left-over dough, so if you don't want to waste it, you still have to make more cookies, whether you roll and cut or not. Son is pretty excited, though, and we planned out the rest of our cookie menu, which I've pared down to just three more kinds. It shouldn't be as stressful as I first thought it would be.

Want a cookie?