Tuesday, December 21, 2010

cookies, a confession and a celebration...

We have some extremely exciting news in the KittyCate household today! V interviewed for a new job position on Monday, and today he got the call offering him the job - yay! He will be working as a telecommunications rigger (very specialised) and in our local area. Better still, the company have hired him to move in a Supervisor's role in 12 months' time, based on his previous managerial experience in labs.

Needless to say, we are both thrilled/ecstatic/over the moon! And V arrived home with a bottle of bubbles last night to celebrate...



This is a very respectable drop! Yummy



Congratulations V! I am so, so proud of you

In other news, yesterday I decided I was going to get stuck into some Christmas baking - I had these Martha Stewart sugar cookies in mind...


I have a confession to make - this amazingly gorgeous pistachio-coloured KitchenAid has been sitting on my kitchen bench, totally unused, since September 2008. I have been too intimidated to even try it! Well I used it to make my cookies last night, and seriously people, I do not know how I ever baked without this baby!



Cutting out star shapes - I wanted snowflakes but couldn't find a snowflake cookie cutter



Sprinkled with some raw sugar...



Voila! Nommy

How is everyone enjoying their last week of work before Christmas? So excited for the holidays!
xoxo

8 comments:

  1. Yay!! Well done V! And you too - I want to try those cookies... I wonder if one day computers will be so interactive that I could just reach through the screen and help myself?

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  2. Congratulations to V, and the bubbles and cookies look yummy indeed!

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  3. Congratulations to V! You two must be so happy :)

    Those cookies look so yummy!

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  4. CONGRATS TO V!!!

    Your cookies look amazing.

    Today was my last day at work, and my colleagues and I had a 'grazing day' where we each brought in food to share.

    We had home made apricot cheesecake, brownies, dips, cookies, pannetone, sponge cake and cheese. I made brie and asparagus tart and custard berry pie. It was SO DELICIOUS!!! Best fun ever.

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  5. Well done V! And ... so much better than commuting to Sydney - think of how many more sleep-ins or breakfasts out you will be able to have together.

    What a wonderful Christmas present.

    Miss-B

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  6. What fabulous news!!! When is the first day?

    Such yummy cookies! Can't wait to start my baking ;-)

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  7. Oh congrats to V! Thats awesome news, especially right before the holidays, yay! Those cookies look super tasty. I've got a mixer as well and I have used it once! For some reason I find it so much easier to just use the hand held mixer :S haha. x

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  8. Congratulations to V and you too, that is fabulous!! Champagne is the perfect way to celebrate :)
    Your KitchenAid is divine - I haven't seen the pistachio coloured one before. Just beautiful! Good to be using it now, those sugar cookies look nommy indeed :)
    I'm so excited for the weekend too! Merry Christmas :)
    Heidi xo

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