C is for Cookie

I've been in cookie hell, or rather oven hell. Get it; heat, oven, hell?!? Okay, bad joke aside, I have been a baking fool the last few days. I have the first Christmas gift to the caretaker at Mom's group on Tuesday, so I got busy. So far I have baked Peanut Butter Blossoms, Sugar, Chocolate Spritz, and N.M. Cookies. Roughly speaking I have made 20 dozen, or 240 individual cookies. From here I have two kinds of fudge, souped up Rice Crispie Treats, crescent rolls(same ones Mom used to make), Snack Mix, and Rum Balls. The goal is to have the majority finished on Sunday. I think I might just need a life ;)

Holiday happenings

December is FINALLY here and it brought the cold with it!! We are eagerly awaiting Christmas to arrive! The house is slowly being decorated and I look forward to getting a tree this evening. Yes, I am one of the ten or so people left in this world that gets a real tree for Christmas. Something about a plastic tree makes the holidays seem so artificial and commercial...

We had Holiday story time at the library this week. We even made ornaments with cinnamon and applesauce, although the adults were actually much messier then the kids ;) We are having Christmas with my family the weekend of the 19. Not sure about Eric's fam, there have been some communication trouble lately. Not sure if we are going to see Santa or not. Alex isn't quite old enough to understand what is going on and I don't want to upset him.

Eric is picking up the Christmas pictures this afternoon, so watch for those in the mail starting next week. (If you would like one and I don't have your address, please leave a comment or email it to me).

My Wheels!

After much consideration, we have new wheels. On Wednesday we test drove 3 VUEs fresh on the lot and went with one of them. It is Gun Metal Grey with leather interior. It is about the same size as my Aztek. I'm glad to be in a safer vehicle, especially with the weather.We did get a decent deal and did well with the Aztek trade in. Eric has to take the paper work to the DMV this week to get processed.

We are leaving for Christmas late Thursday morning. Mom is doing dinner at 2 pm. Not sure if anyone but us will be there, but that is a whole nother story. Ed is coming next week and will be here through New Years.

I hope everybody has a safe and joyous holiday season!