Year 3 - Day 179 - June 27

Last Monday, my mom mailed a box of books and cookies to us. She tried to time it so it would arrive on a day when my brother was here so all 3 of us could share. We have been wondering for a week where it might be, and today it appeared. Now we feel a little bad that we blamed the post office in our minds, because the address was a little tweaked from ours. :) Since the box sat in the hot sun all day, the cookies were actually soft when we opened them.

Then we drove down to Columbia for my friend's final Columbia Orchestra concert in the park. Good times!

Year 3 - Day 68 - March 8

One of the recipes I made for Christmas Cookies last year involved mint chips. I'm having a heck of a time finding those mint chips so that I can make the recipe again. Everything mint disappeared after Christmas. I was excited to see this on the clearance rack at the grocery store today. They don't expire until 2013 sometime, but I guess since there are snowflakes and candy canes they don't want to put them with the other cookie mixes. And at less than a dollar for 3 dozen cookies, I'll give them a whirl. (Although it appears that it's really just broken candy cane pieces that give the minty flavor)

Year 2 - Day 351 - December 17

Today was my family Christmas party. We drove up to NJ for the day & saw my cousins, aunt & uncle, mom's cousin & husband, and family friends. It's a long day, but we always enjoy ourselves. We make sure our baking is done before this date so that we can bring things with us. So. Much. Sugar!

Year 2 - Day 354 - December 11

Baking, day 2 brought chocolate chip, butterscotch chip, peanut butter with the hershey kisses, and mint chocolate chip cups. Plus, we made pretzel melts. I should have thought ahead and made the kisses and melts yesterday. I always forget how long it takes the chocolate to harden on the cookies & pretzels. Luckily Mike doesn't get up on Mondays so he can stay up and babysit until they're ready to be bagged!

Year 2 - Day 353 - December 10

Today we began our cookie baking. It takes more than one day, but we got a decent start. Today's batches were M&M, Chocolate w/ peanut butter chips, and fudge.

While we were doing the baking, we also made a little more than a half gallon of OJ.

This time each year, we get a box (2/5 bushel) of juice oranges from the high school band near where I work. It makes me appreciate the high cost of OJ these days, since this pitcher cost 3x what a normal container of OJ would cost, PLUS we had to spend the 45 minutes making it. :) But oh my goodness it's tasty.

Year 2 - Day 148 - May 29

Between yesterday's friends party and today's family party, I have eaten enough sugar to last me a lifetime. Just a sampling of leftovers ... cookies from NJ, snickerdoodles from my friend's mom slash mom's friend, peanut butter chocolate cake from a farmers market, canoli cake from another farmers market, and chocolate butterscotch cookies from Mike's mom. (Not shown because it's gone: chocolate strawberry cake)

Day 340 - December 6

We started the baking process tonight.  We made 4 dozen peanut butter chocolate clusters and then 4 dozen regular chocolate chip cookies.  That seems like so much, but when you compare it to how many we need - it's nothing!

Day 267 - September 24

Recently, I found out that my mother bakes and mails my brother cookies.  This is done in an attempt to make him call her, because he is guaranteed to call to thank her.

Upon making this discovery, Mike requested that I stop calling her immediately in a ploy to get us some cookies.

Cept I let her in on the plan.  By phone. :)

She spent the last few days at a friend's house, and that friend likes to bake. So now we have cookies!

Day 228 - August 16

Yeah, because THIS is going to stop me. :)

Day 130 - May 10

This is what I see when I try to watch cookies bake.  Our oven doesn't have a window. :)

Day 73 - March 14

May I present tonight's dinner - pre oven.  Mike's side is the good looking one.  BBQ chicken pizza.  My side is white garlic chicken.  Then I made 3 dozen snickerdoodles for dessert.  Well, a weeks worth of dessert. :)  I was getting a little tired of the butterscotch cookies being my only snack so I'm mixing it up!

Day 64 - March 5

Butterscotch chip cookies are tasty. Who knew? We have them so often, I've memorized the recipe.

Day 53 - February 22

 

Best. Cookie. Ever.

6 weeks ago, my little friends at school came a'knockin.  I, as always, bought a box from each girl who asked.

Fast forward to this week.  Every day, a kid brought me cookies.

Cookies that I can no longer eat!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, my husband has been a very happy man this week. :)