Honestly, Laura, I work better with a deadline.

Twas a lame joke. Procrastination R us too, so yeah deadlines help.

what I want to know is when Laura saw Cashmere in the bathtub

I'll never tell.

My cookie making efforts are frustrating me. I may have to close up and turn on the A/C. It is so warm that dough that shouldn't need to be refrigerated is all sticky and gooey. Grrr. All of it in the fridge for a while now.

Before I begin my holiday baking cycle, I'd like to give a small thank you to the makers of self-cleaning ovens. I ran my cycle today and was amazed at the results. I can now begin baking holiday cookies with a clear conscience and a clean oven. Hurrah!

I'm still an occasional shopper at Target. Thing is, they don't always carry every drug--even if it's not related to contraception. I tried to get DH's diet script filled there once and the pharmacist told me they didn't carry Adipex because of problems they had with forged prescriptions. And most insurance carriers didn't cover it anyway, so they stopped stocking it. The turned me down flat without even saying where I should go to get it filled.

I sent my angry letters regarding their policy and hope that enough of their customers do the same. I would hope that they would listen closely to the people spending millions of dollars there. Sometimes, that's all you can do.

I forgot . erica was in my dream last night. Oddly, I was sitting in her lap and we were seriously discussing the merits of various apples. And yelling at cars that were driving to fast thru the park.

That's funny.

Hi. Skipped a zillion posts, 'cause I've been crazily busy this past week.

One more week of classes. I can make it, right?

You'll make it, Hil.

I just sent out an obnoxious email to the members of my family that I am sending the cookbook to. something along the lines of 'knowing the nature of the gift , but not the full flavor of the contents'

I'm a frustrated cookie chef. I should have cranked the A/C, but it wasn't hot today. It's about 72 now.

I managed to make 94 of the little almond cookies by keeping the dough in the fridge. I would fill the cookie gun, put it back in the fridge for a while, squirt out a sheet of cookies, then cook them, repeat. That worked out pretty well since the recipe was for 96 and I gave both the boys some dough. I couldn't keep the dough out of the fridge for more than a few minutes though.

The pecan cresent cookie dough didn't give me a hard time so they all are done.

The gingerbread cookies are impossible. I cool the dough until it is rock hard. Roll it out to cut the people. And by the time I get a few cut it is a mess of goo and I can't get them on the sheet intact. I just balled it all up again to try again tomorrow after I turn my house into a walk in freezer. Maybe it's just too humid in here because really not that warm.

Grrr. Tired now.

cookie sheet kept in the freezer to put on the dough after you work on it. Not sure how much it will help, but maybe some.

Hmm. I could put my bread board in the freezer overnight and roll out the dough on a cold board tomorrow. That might help.

Calling it a night now. Sweet dreams all.

Do we have an official deadline for the submissions?

Nope. Not yet. More info to come...