Baking all the cookies!

This week was the last week of work before Christmas, and we were given an early present with a day off on Friday. When I say "given an early present" what I actually mean is that there was freezing rain Thursday night and the roads and sidewalks were very, very slippery. Walking home from the Pour House on Thursday night was... interesting... I used the day to finish crocheting a couple presents, and then celebrated being done making presents by making many, many cookies. I started by trying to make these but half of them burned to a crisp, and the other half spread out and are more square than circular. A couple dozen of these beauties later and my confidence was restored. They are surprisingly minty, and I can't wait to eat them. (I didn't sample any of these, I swear!) It wouldn't be Christmas without these and I honestly lost count of how many dozens we made. Finally, we whipped up two batches of these this evening and they made the whole house smell like brown sugar and raspberries. I am so glad the Rosenberg family is a large one, because there are so many cookies that need to be eaten.

Honestly, there is very little to report house-wise. The pictures still aren't up, and things are mostly as they were one month ago. (Apparently we have now lived here for two months!) We've discovered how long it takes to shovel our driveway, which really isn't very long, and we got a new drier that thankfully gets everything dry after only one cycle. (The drier that came with the house would dry clothes in about three cycles...)

Within the next couple weeks, we will have lived in Wisconsin for a whole year. It has been a very good year. This will be my first Christmas as a wife, and in my very own home. The Christmas season gets me very sentimental. There are so many good feelings and childhood memories tied up with Christmas. It makes me so happy to think that this year is going to be a source of more very good memories.

And on Earth, peace, goodwill toward men.