my favorite

Lately, this is my favorite place to sit. Near the window.

Our apartment is small, about 600 sq feet, 2LDK (which stands for 2 bedroom, living, dining, kitchen in Japanese real estate terminology), and we have lots of "stuff" (luckily we have closets to hide most of it), but I get bored with our layout every so often and Satoshi and I move around our furniture...this is our latest layout.

Opposite from where I sit is a chaise, which is great for napping.

The arm rest is a perfect to place a cup of coffee or tea and a plate of something.

My legs aren't long enough but the chaise can also be used as an ottoman, when sitting across from it.

In the evenings, I sit here and read. Actually, I also eat dinner here too...while watching television.

I know you shouldn't watch television while eating but it helps keep me company since most times I eat my meals alone.

Here is one of my 3 o'clock snacks...cappuccino and cantucci.

During the day, I turn the lights off to save electricity. It is quite dark in some parts of our apartment, so I look forward to the really sunny days.

Where is your favorite spot to sit?

cantucci

In August, I saw Yvonne's post for cantucci, printed it out and set it aside.

Then, as I was thinking about what to bake for Christmas, I tried Lebkuchen, but Satoshi said they were "too hard".

And then, I remembered I had printed out the recipe for cantucci from Yvonne's blog and realized I should give it a shot.

The recipe was rather easy to follow. The only problem I had was that the dough was REALLY sticky and gooey, I'm not to certain why.

Still, they came out great, I think Satoshi will approve of these.