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the past week or so i've been been making cookies to send out as presents/take to work, but i keep eating them. i finally got some lemon cookies to work yesterday. last night i made what i think is my 3rd batch of oatmeal raisin. the other batches didn't leave the house & 1/2 of a batch only made it to cookie dough status before being consumed on the couch. we have a pumpkin leftover from halloween that i thought i'd turn into pumpkin cookies, but haven't wanted to undertake the goopiness. i also have frozen Ohio rhubarb i haven't done anything with that i could make into tarts or bars or something. Although tarts might not ship too well. And i've never made anything rhubarby before. i'm running out of mailing time too. i'd like to get some things out today before work this afternoon.
today friends are flying in from ohio until new years day. they lived here in town until moving late this summer. right after nationals this year, i drove one of their cars to ohio for them & had a blast. i love road trips. my friends (k&p and their little boy who's My Favorite Little Boy in the Whole World) are staying at another friends empty condo. k&p are societal glue. so instead of xmas this year being klute (because this year he's not working it) & me & my biggest anxiety would be "how much longer can i wait for my sister to ask me about doing something together so i don't have to be the one asking?" which is probably her question also, but not anxiety. i'm dumb that way. so because of common friends, xmas is probably going to be much bigger. my sister said they asked her to host xmas at her house & she hasn't decided. which i understand. some years for thanksgivings/xmases, we've gone to my sister's house, k&p's house, my place, the casino for buffett. we do a white elephant exchange for xmas which is always alot of fun. this year i think i'll take trishjusttrish's idea of a loaf of bread imprinted with the face of mary so when you toast it, you get holy toast. that should be a good one.