Shortbread Cookies Fuel Leadership Thoughts

I left school at 2.30pm this afternoon to hang out with one of my favourite persons in the world, Ann (my cousin David's wife). She lured me away from work by inviting me over to make shortbread cookies for grandma's birthday tomorrow. We made four batches of three different flavours: lemon, banana and vanilla. Below is a picture of what they look like after Chris, Maygan and I got to the cookie tin a few too many times ;-)

Shortbread Cookies (iPhone quality)

While they may not appear all that exciting (blame it on the camera), they are delicious - not too sweet and not too rich in butter. And they are very easy to make... I'll need to ask Ann for the recipe later! Or maybe she'll post it as a comment *hint, hint*

Anyway, these cookies were what fueled my 3 hour brainstorming session with Maygan (another favourite person of mine!). In this time, we developed the agenda and programming for a leadership retreat that we will be facilitating this weekend. I'm so proud of us for being so creative and innovative - it's days like this when I wonder why I'm doing a PhD in financial engineering and not in sociology or pyschology. The answer to this question probably looks like this: "$".

-ange xx