i avoided it most of the weekend.

then last night little j remembered. "hey, i thought we were going to make toffee this weekend?"

oh. yeah. i may have mentioned that. AND bought a candy thermometer.

really, making it was pretty easy. i did get a little bored with the stirring and the stirring and sheesh, how much longer do we have to stir? we turned the heat up a little and decided it was done when the thermometer was somewhere between 250 and 300, but hard to tell with all those little lines. it shouldn't matter much anyway, most recipes are kind of a general recommendation.

i bragged to bobbi this morning that i actually made her toffee. she asked me how it turned out, and i told her it was pretty but that i hadn't actually cracked it out of the pan yet.

silence.

i told her i would crack it with her right there on the phone.

only it didn't crack. it crumbled and maybe cracked in a bendy way.

she sighed.

i sighed.

i think i am more of a peppermint bark girl anyway, don't you?