Cookies

Today I made cookies for the dog. Because I love my dog and she needed some cookies. In all the baking melee I have noticed that Lucy noticed that none of the treats were for her.

Can you believe it’s already December 16th??? The count down is on in my house! I have so much to do before Christmas! There are cards to write, gifts to wrap and school parties to plan. Plus I still have about 20 batches of cookies to make! Crazy? Yes, but it wouldn’t be Christmas without …

Cookies for people that don’t feel like baking cookies. I figured that somewhere in the middle of 12 cookie recipes there needed to be something no-bake. This. Is. It. You actually don’t even need a bowl. AND people will think you are fancy. Let ’em think it. Fake fancy is way more fun than real …

Last night was the elementary school Christmas concert. Let’s be clear that I lovelovelove singing dancing festive little kids. And my festive little kid had a speaking part. So. stinking. cute.

Today I learned that 13 year olds know all the things. Like every single thing. They know it. They (and by they I mean Andrew) also like to jump at the chance to prove that I, Mommy, am really a dope. But.  The joke is on Andrew because you cannot outsmart a smartass.

In my quest to keep checking things off my holiday to-do list I watched Love Actually this afternoon. It is still tied with Christmas Vacation for the #1 most awesome Christmas movie. Because while I super love Buddy the Elf, you really can’t beat this proposal, or this freak out.

I think that on the second day of Christmas you are supposed to get two turtle doves. But unless we are talking about pecans, caramel, and Dove chocolate, I’m pretty sure no one wants that. So FROM ME, on the second day of 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, you get little cinnamon cut out cookies …

Hey Hi Helloooooooooo! I sort of feel like I haven’t talked to you in forever! Thanksgiving buried me, you guys. I mean B.U.R.I.E.D. I’ve spent all week trying to play catch up and then I get totally side tracked when another Cyber-something deal lands in my inbox. I am definitely the person they are marketing …

There are some subjects in my life that seem to just come up over and over and over again and then you all are subjected to reading about it. Sometimes I wish I were more fancy or interesting so I could write about more fancy interesting things but I’m pretty sure I don’t have the …

There are two groups of people: the ones that like raisins and the ones that don’t I am in the pro-raisin camp. And therefore I definitely love chocolate covered raisins.