Well, today it is actually very pretty outside. It is really sunny, still cold, but it is nice to see the sun :).

Yesterday i went out and bought a mixer. i just bought a hand held one, then i had to go to another store to find a cookie sheet where i paid about $12 for the only cookie sheet in the store. I would like to try to make chocolate chip cookies, so i am TRYING to gather the ingredients for this. first, they don't have chocolate chips here, so i bough chocolate bars and will try to cut them up. then, i had to find vanilla. well, i found it, but it is sold in packets, and is powdered. no such thing as liquid vanilla in russia apparently. so, since i can't read, i have no idea how to figure how much of the powder is equivalent to the liquid. hmmmmm. baking soda was also rather hard to find here too. apparently no one here knows about cookies, they only call them cakes, and i don't know what they use, since there is a bit of a language barrier. :) i will try to make them today, so i will let you know how they turn out. at any rate, it should be interesting :)

Love, Juli