If you're not gonna run at least make some cookies!

Today was the first day I gave in to the temptation of a hot cup of coffee and the morning news. I was suppose to run, but I didn't. I am going to run in the morning with Edgar (and Eli of course) and I figured one day off wouldn't kill me...now as long as I don't do that all the time, right?!

One thing that I did do today was decorate some sugar cookies for Ben & Carly's swim banquet (is it a banquet Jenny?) I'm not sure what the 'official title' is, but she needed a dessert, and I was more than happy to help :) I haven't had a chance to make sugar cookies in a while, so it was fun to get my stuff out again. Plus these were super easy, because they were one color (well...two if you count white). I finished them pretty quickly, and had fun doing them.

'Aquatic Club of Temple Terrace' in case you were wondering :)

And some fish.
The batch only made 17 cookies-mostly because the circles were pretty big. I would have made a double batch, but I was completely out of flour. In fact, I was surprised I had enough for one batch! Edgar was pretty sad that he didn't have any samples. I keep promising him I'll make some more cookies, but I haven't gotten around to it yet...(remember these?!)
Jennifer came over and watched Eli while I finished up. He was eating lunch when she got there (pork chops, cheese and apples. YUM!) then played for a bit. He was getting really fussy, so I picked him up and said 'Do you want a nap?' and he immediately put his thumb in his mouth and his head on my shoulder. Hint taken. He went down for an early nap-though not a long nap. Oh well.
The only other exciting part of the day happened while I was driving back from the grocery store. It was 4:10 and I got a call from our realtor's call center asking if our house could be shown at 4:30. As in, in 20 minutes. huh....I had a car full of groceries and a house not ready to be shown. I got home and literally ran around my house for the next 20 minutes. (Eli happily watched his video). I was fairly impressed with what I accomplished in 20 minutes...I:
Unloaded the 'refrigerator' groceries
Put away the clean dishes in the dry rack (thankfully I had done the dishes before I went to the store)
Wiped the counters down
Put away all my cake decorating stuff from decorating the cookies
Packed up the cookies to take to Jennifer
Wiped the spots on the floor with a rag (Never get white tile...it shows EVERYTHING!)
Wiped down the bathroom counter (Including stashing all the stuff on the counter)
Cleaned the tub (remember last night's spaghetti? yup...still there)
Put out the 'nice' towels and bath mat
Put away the iron/ironing board
Straightened up my room
Straightened up Eli's room
Straightened up the office (There's an awful lot of stuff in the drawer right now...)
Put all of Eli's toys away
Took all the stuff that was on the end table and stashed it in the car (it was starting to get late...)
Turned off the computers
Put the laptop in the car
Got my kid in the car
Headed to Ryan and Jennifer's for an hour.
PHEW! I was literally sweating big 'ol drops of sweat! (So it's not that bad that I didn't run this morning, right?) I was reminded of the many times as a child I waited until the last second to get the house cleaned up before mom got home, and I was running like a mad person trying to get it done. The house looked presentable...however, I don't think they actually even came. I was a little frustrated. Edgar got home at 5:30 and there was no card or evidence that they were there. Now WHY would someone call and make an appointment and NOT SHOW UP?! Oh well, I guess...at least the tub is clean.
SO, that's been my day. I'm sitting here watching the Tigers beat up on the Rays. It's fun to actually be able to watch the Tigers for a change! (And HONESTLY, I'm a Rays fan...as long as they are not playing the Tigers) Eli actually sat and watched the game with me for about 15 minutes without even moving. I'm sure he's a fan.
Okay...I'm going to go now. Have a great Friday! (Well...what's left of it anyway...)