re-cap, re-dux

i've been in too bad of a mood to write. so i'll recap the weekend, which was quite good, much to my surprise. actually, friday was not that great, now that i think about it. i took 3 extra strength tylenol at work for my back and next thing i knew, i was pretty much slumped over my keyboard, not knowing whether i was coming or going. it was an awful sensation and rest assured, i will never take tylenol again.
saturday, frances and i got tacos for breakfast before meeting martin and bella at the movies.
after that, we went to wheatsville to pick up our food for the rest of the weekend and then went home to wait for rubi dazzle and miss esme to come over for a sleepover. they got here around 6:30 and we decided to go to amy's to get ice cream and let the girls go nuts on the playground. when we got home, i finger painted rubi and frances, which seemed like a fine idea until they got in the pool to rinse off and took much kiss my face and scrubbing to get the aparantly water-proof finger paint off their little bodies. we finally got into bed around midnight, exhausted, full, clean (sort of.)
sunday morning, we all got up and went to little city for iced mochas and hot chocolate. when rubi's mom and dad came to pick her up, the had a big white box filled with mrs. johnson's. great. just what i needed. we then proceeded to target where i managed to escape for under $30 - an absolute first.
frances and i then went to shipe pool on the last day before closing for the winter (and i use that term very loosely.) shannon and family pulled up right behind us as we got there which was great. we then all reconviened at the house miss esme is watching to make dinner and play in the gorgeous backyard and (not so) secretly envy the homeowners and wonder 'why can't we live here???!!'
unbeknownst to me, monday was a 'workday' at frances's school. i found this out as i was trying to push open the very locked door. dammit! so i brought her with me to work and that lasted one whole hour. we spent the rest of the day going to the library and making cookies. yesterday, her new class openened and everything went very smoothly. only 364 days until she starts kindergarten. phew. i thought we'd never make it.

sugar cookies
2 C. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

mix dry ingredients. beat butter & sugar for 3 mins. add egg & vanilla & beat. add dry ingredients & mix on low speed. the dough will look like moist pebbles. chill dough for one hour. bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

(i used sunspire chocolate candies instead of m&m's because the colors aren't soo...primary.)