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Stop Time: 4:20 am<\/p>\n
Goal:<\/strong> 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Tuesday 12\/16<\/p>\n Completed: <\/strong>Oatmeal Raisin (6x), Snicker Doodles (4x), Peanut Butter (4x) Mixed: <\/strong>Pecan Sandies (4x), Lemon Sugar Rounds (4)<\/em> The storm continues.\u00a0 It’s Friday and I’m happy because The Husband took the day off to help me.\u00a0 Despite us getting in each others way quite frequently, we do make a good pair in the kitchen.\u00a0 He kept some of the baking moving while I concentrated on icing my sugar cookies.\u00a0 This year’s theme is woodland creatures, so I’ve got these huge cardinals and foxes to contend with.\u00a0 I made 6 batches of royal icing today– I’ve got blisters on my fingers from sifting– and it ain’t over yet.\u00a0 This is still day two.\u00a0 I’m beat.<\/p>\n Thankfully, when The Husband is home, I can’t forget to do things like eat.\u00a0 Or take a break.\u00a0 He makes sure I do that.\u00a0 left to my own devices I might never stop– the Jenn-o-matic 4-limbed baking contraption.\u00a0 The mixer is still acting out, in it’s death throes so there are forced breaks this year, while the mixer cools down and learns to act like a civilized person.<\/p>\n Still, even with The Husband helping, I still feel like I didn’t accomplish that much.\u00a0 That’s the problem with sugar cookies.\u00a0 There are so many steps before you can bag them up.\u00a0 Thankfully, I piped all the edging last night so I just had to flood.\u00a0 It’s been a collection of first-world problems for me so far.\u00a0 I remembered to get every color of edible glitter, food coloring and luster dust except<\/em> for the green and red.\u00a0 WTF.\u00a0 So I’m out of Juniper (my fave dark green gel color) and I had to color match using all these other greens, black and yellow.\u00a0 I have never been so glad that I know about CMYK than I am today.<\/p>\n The Husband took over with doing the oven tango–keeping 4 pans turning for me–so he’s made up a bit for his day 1 scavenger hunt.\u00a0 A part of me doesn’t want to admit it but my heart just isn’t in it this year.\u00a0 Maybe it’s that Azuki is missing from the equation, and I notice her gone every time I drop a cookie on the floor.\u00a0 Maybe it’s just that Christmas caught up to me too fast this year, and I feel that despite all my grand plans, I’m unprepared to be doing what I am doing right now.\u00a0 Whatever the case may be, it’s going to take a lot to get me there this year.<\/p>\n I have hope though.\u00a0 If anything in the world can get me into the holiday spirit, it’s making others happy with sugary goodness.\u00a0 Well, there’s a fork in day 2.\u00a0 I’m done!<\/p>\n g’night!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Start Time: 1:30 pm Stop Time: 4:20 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Tuesday 12\/16 Completed: Oatmeal Raisin (6x), Snicker Doodles (4x), Peanut Butter (4x) Mixed: Pecan Sandies (4x), Lemon Sugar Rounds (4) 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