That Weird Year

2019—There were rumblings of a bad virus in China around Christmas and, by late March 2020, the US shut down while the virus went on a rager across the country. You would thinking working from home for the past five months would have given me plenty of time to write in my blog. Not so much. With the country on “lockdown,” people going a little crazy fighting over face masks, and a critically important presidential election looming, we have all witnessed the country on full tilt crazy. If I was a young mother right now, it would be every day is snow day which meant snow day doughnuts.

One of the most exciting things that can happen to a kid is to learn that school is closed for snow. SNOW DAY! There’s nothing better so, back in the day, we added to the fun by making snow day doughnuts. You can find the recipe on page 22 of the Cookbook. They’re cakelike and best if you make a great icing or shake them in a brown bag with sugar or powder sugar while they are still hot.

In 2011, when Josh went to U-Wisconsin, a school that was famous for snow and never closing, they had a massive snow dump which made the national news because an epic snow ball fight erupted and created a new tradition.

Being a mom was the best time I ever, ever had.