It's been a Christmasy kind of night. I left work, and was just going to go to the local P&C in town to get some cat litter, a card for J for Christmas, and a few other small things, but somehow I talked myself into going to Walmart instead. I kind of hate going to Walmart, especially alone, so it took a lot of talking.
I'm glad I did it, though. J had told me not to buy him anything for Christmas, once we found out how much work my car was going to need. In fact, he didn't just tell me not to, he forbid me to. But recently he said that maybe it would be all right if I bought him this book from Walmart, about AC/DC. :) So I picked that up (after calling him to find out where he had seen it, because it wasn't in the book section), and I got a couple of small things for the person whose name I drew for the secret Santa thing at work. And I got some stocking stuffers for J, too. So it was a good thing I went.
Then I came home, and I rolled, cut and baked the sugar cookie dough that I made last night. I love these cookies (made from Sarah's Mom's recipe), but man are they a lot of work. I was in the kitchen almost an hour and a half rolling them, cutting them, baking them, making the frosting and then frosting them. It's tiring! Once the holiday season is over, this recipe is going in the file until next year. (Here's a game for you - can you find the non-Christmas shaped cookie in this picture? Can you tell what it is?)
Once I finally had them all frosted, sprinkled and put away, and had washed the flour off the counter, I came in to the living room to start to write this, and J called me into the bedroom, where he is watching TV - we caught the last five minutes of the Grinch. :) Just enough to see his heart grow three sizes and for him to find the strength of ten Grinches - plus two. I love the Grinch.
And now I'm going to ignore this mess that is now in the kitchen sink, and I'm going to relax. For 45 minutes, and then it'll be bedtime already. Sigh. Where does all my free time go? Really, it goes away much too quickly.
(p.s. Sarah, does this count as my Christmas thing to be made, for your assignment? :)
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Hubby and I are thinking of baking christmas cookies, but I don't think they'll be from scratch! I am impressed with people like you who do!
They're so much work! :D I was in that kitchen for almost an hour and a half, and I didn't even have to make the dough, since I had done that the night before! Whew. :)
You are so domestic . . .
Sometimes! :)
Sure it counts! Even if it is my mom's recipe. LOL! Umm I see the non Christmas one but I can't really tell what it is... I'm thinking its turned on its side and it's maybe an animal? A rhino? Or maybe its the butt of someone bending over, but that just seems too dirty.
I'm glad I was all "that sounds more like a Walmart trip." lol! They have lots of ACDC stuff right now since they have their new album.
You're the only one to guess! And you're right, it is an animal - an elephant. :) My nephew used to love elephants, so I bought a cookie cutter shaped like one. And now we have an elephant mixed in with our snowmen, trees, candy canes and stockings. :)
My niece is an elephant fan I hear! Apparently either African or Asian elephants have ears that are shaped like the continent they are from. I'm guessing it must be the African ones.
Well Rhinos and Elephants aren't quite the same, but I still think I was close! :)
You were very close! It was hard to tell with all of that frosting on it.
I am guessing that it is an elephant....and now everyone knows my name if the read the beginning of your entry here
Ha! Oops. Now they don't. :)
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