I have to admit I can’t technically remember how the name The House of Good Lovin’, or HOGL for short, even got started but it is definitely one that stuck with us and even followed us when we moved to another apartment. The were the original founders of the HOGL- Winter, Leslie, Katie-A, Amber, and myself, but there were plenty of girls who gained membership into the group once they moved into a founders space in the house… Carrie, Stewy, and Melanie. There was seriously a revolving door on the HOGL and I made some of my best friends because of that. Anyway, since there are SEVEN girls I need to write about for this one I’m gonna keep the blurbs kinda short. I am just going to mention one of my favorite memories (by the way it was very very hard just picking one) I have from each of the girls and hopefully they will still all know how much I love them and how much their friendship means to me….
Winter: I remember that Christmas that I had a horrible earache and we laid our mattress’ in the living room and you took care of me. And when you did have to leave for a little while you left the Law & Order marathon on for me.
Leslie: My favorite memory has to be we went shooting with your friends and got to blow things up. Of course with that memory comes my interpretation of how a gun actually sounds…. Pewwwwwwwwwww pewwwwwwwwwww!!!
Amber: I know this sounds funny but I remember on Sunday mornings you would walk around “scantily clad” (or at least as much as you could). I just thought that was so funny and loved that you were just so comfortable.
Katie-A: I think my favorite memory/memories was/were our summer of Bees games. I remember dragging you to so many of those games that summer. I especially remember the never-ending but AMAZING game and when that old coach gave me a baseball. Hahaha!
Carrie: Anytime I had the chance to listen to you sing… honestly you are AMAZING!!! I think my favorite was your CD release party (at least I think that was what it was)… you rocked it on the stage and we had tons of fun dancing!!!
Stewy: Just before both of us were about to leave Utah we were driving in your car and listening to “The Call” by Regina Spektor. It was such a fitting song for the time, with both of us leaving, that we both started crying. To this day whenever I hear that song I think of you!!!
Melanie: Playing Quiddler and eating your dad’s cornbread at your parents’ house with your family and especially Freaky.
Soft Gingersnaps
By: Shawn Barto
"With molasses and spices, these cookies deliver the old-fashioned flavor everyone loves. --Shawn Barto, Clermont, Florida"
Original Recipe Yield 66 servings
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups butter (no substitutes), softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Additional sugar
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-12 minutes ( 11 minutes seemed to be perfect for my oven) or until puffy and lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.
****I actually did not change anything to this recipe and the cookies came out pretty damn good!!!****
5 comments:
Wahoo! I can't wait.
That was actually Melanie, signed in as Dave. haha
I can't wait also!
You know this, but one of my favorite memories of *YOU* was seeing you with your earphones in, singing at the top of your lungs on the couch. It makes me smile just thinking about it. Also "Laura Justification" (or "Dressed Like an Asian") games on Sundays and "R-E-A-D -A- B-O- OKAAAAAY". :)
Were you there when we were all brushing our teeth by the sink that drained really slowly? We all spit our toothpaste into one mass of swirling mouth nastiness and called ourselves "Spit Sisters". As we put our toothbrushes away, someone's fell out of the medicine cabinet and into the gross concoction. I laughed and laughed... until I realized that it was MINE! But then I laughed some more. :)
Oh, I loved living with all of you girls. Thanks for being my friends and for such great memories.
That was actually Carrie, signed in as Flirty and Thirty. :)
Best cookies ever! Yum. They went alarming fast. I blaming it on the nursing!
As for the name, House of good lovin, it came from Leslie's sister. She had a house of equally amazing roommates. At least that's how I remember it.
And now i must ask, WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO VISIT ME!!!????
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