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December 16, 2007
Baked Goods
This has been the Weekend of My Baking. I started yesterday with about 12 dozen cookies (German spice cookies and citrus sugar cookies) and a cranberry orange bread. Today was magic cookie bars and cheesecake, and assembling lasagna for us to pop in the oven for dinner tomorrow night. I'm putting together cookie plates for the teachers at the Bug's school, and bringing the bread and cheesecake to a potluck we're attending today. Last night was my boss' Xmas party, and because we could not get a babysitter we had to take the Bug with us. It was fine, in fact we got a lot of compliments on how well-behaved she was. She was very low-key and mostly sat in the living room eating olives. We also got about a foot of snow last night, which is a little unusual. Normally they forecast tons of snow and it all goes to the north and west of us. We're sort of just out of the path of the lake effect storms. I am not a big fan of snow, but it's kinda nice to have it on a weekend night when it doesn't really have a negative impact on my morning. The Bug also had a blast playing outside while we shoveled. So, it's definitely feeling like Xmas to me! Moreso than in recent years. I'm not sure why. I think it's a combination of being settled in our own house and having the Bug be old enough to get excited about it. It's actually a lot of fun planning stuff around kids for the holidays. Cheers!