September? Already??

Time goes so fast.  So, so fast.

I would say that I can’t believe it’s already September but in truth, I can’t believe it’s already 2025.  Granted, this is not the 2025 that I would have ordered.  It feels more like the 2025 that Marty McFly went back to in Back to the Future 2 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac than reality, but yet, here we are September 2025.   

And things are…well, to be honest the vibes are off.  I mean on a global, universal level, the vibes aren’t great but even on a micro level, things are a bit funky.  Not in a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad way, but just in a meh way.

I mean, I feel like September vibes are always weird anyway- it’s one of those odd months with a lot of birthdays (not mine) but also no other holidays.  It’s too warm to be winter, but too cold for summer.  It’s getting close to holidays but too early to decorate for anything, it’s too far into the year for a new start (except for school if you’re up north), but too early in the year to switch off.   

But here we are….on Earth, Wind and Fire Day (the 21st of September).  And because there are so many birthdays this month, I made Birthday Cookies from Christina Tosi’s Kids Only Cookbook.  I want to try to make a cookie cake for Thomas’ birthday in December, but that might be another week!

So here’s to better vibes for the rest of the month and to birthdays and cookies of course!

Happy 2025!

Happy 2025- I hope this year is precedented and uneventful for everyone– although I already have a feeling that this won’t be the case.  

New Year, New Cookies?  Nope.  Same cookies actually.  This week I made two cookies I’ve made before- but only one that I’ve written about.  Both are from Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar Life Cookbook.  Her Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Rice Krispies- or Rice Bubbles here in OZ!)  and The Greta Sugar Cookie Bars (with festive New Years Sprinkles!)  My friend, Jinx, was back in Amsterdam and brought back more Van Stapele cookies for me…. Honestly, they’re so good.    I need to both savour them and eat them before they go stale.  The paradox of having something you truly love but don’t have often.

The Greta Sugar Cookie Bars (minus one piece)

In other exciting news, we FINALLY bought an air fryer- and we’ve used it nearly every day we’ve owned it so far.   Mostly for french fries but I’m on the look out for air fryer recipes to try!  

So yeah, 2025 will be the year of the air fryer and the cookie- not sure about cookies in the air fryer but I’m sure we’ll try it at some point!

Oh and we also made Sushi! Because sometimes we cook things that aren’t cookies and we really loved our trip to Japan last year !