Things I have to do before leaving for New Jersey on Saturday morning to visit the family :

1. Thoroughly clean the bedroom and master bathroom to make them presentable for the dog-sitter.

2. Buy gifts for six people and wrap them.

3. Buy and trim Christmas tree.

4. Clean up family room before delivery of new loveseat.

5. Nag Michael to disassemble ( Read more... )

Last Sunday was our annual Cookie Day, when my friend Barbara, her daughter Kym, and our mutual friend Jan get together to bake way too many cookies for the holidays. This year we limited ourselves to two recipes each -- rugelach, cherry kisses, toffee crunch, ginger cherry chocolate, lemon squares, chocolate malt, macaroons, and a coconut ( Read more... )

Saturday was Cookie Day, and Barbara, Kym, Jan and I baked up a storm.  We made:

Oatmeal butterscotch cookies
Rugelach
Macaroons
Cowboy cookies
Chocolate chip cookies
White chocolate chip with cranberry cookies
Peanut butter Hershey kiss cookies.
Peanut butter cookied with miniature Snickers inside (good, but not nearly as wonderful as they sound)
Russian ( Read more... )