Every year in Wheeling the local Easter Seals has what they call the Cookie Caper. Basically, this is a giant bake sale where people pre-order a dozen cookies. The cookies are supplied by home bakers, like myself.
Easter Seals is a program that offers rehabilitative and assistance programs to children with disabilities. All three of Doc's therapists (physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy) are associated with Easter Seals. He works with them at NO COST to me through various grants, funds, and other assistance programs.
Since they do so much for us- and don't ask for a penny from me- I like to help them out with their bake sale. If there's one thing I can do well, it's bake!
I've spent the morning making triple batches of The Big Tex. I used a smaller cookie scoop (I normally use a full sized ice cream scoop) so that I could make more cookies per batch of dough. Don't worry though- these cookies are still pretty large. Instead of the usual five inches across, these cookies are about 2.5 inches.
And, since Doc- my biggest cookie critic- hasn't complained, I'll assume I made another perfect batch.
24 dozen down... 16 dozen to go!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Little Tex
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| The 23rd dozen out of the 40 dozen cookies promised to the Easter Seals Bake Sale. |
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Cold Hands, Warm Heart Swap
About a month ago, I signed up for The Cold Hands, Warm Heart Swap that is being hosted by Sandy a la Mode and Much Love, Illy.
Who wouldn't want to participate in something that fun?!?
I was partnered with Aime, a truly talented jewelry designer from Sense and Sensibility.
I was so excited to see her package on my doorstep! (After all, I'm always excited to see anything that isn't a bill or a note with the words "your son" and "flower bed" in it!)
I've had the joy of wearing the scarf out and about several times now- it's been snowing here since last Thursday. I received several compliments on it last night during Chaos's Cub Scout meeting. It looks amazing on me and makes my skin look all dewy and young. (And this Mama of four will take a youngish-looking face any day!)
Thanks Aime!
The Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Swap is a swap created to keep your hands warm as Winter approaches and the weather gets colder. It’s also a way for bloggers to make new friends across the blog-world. Doesn’t your heart get warm when you make new friends? Your package should include a pair of gloves AND any other items you think your partner would like! You can never have too many pairs of cute gloves and who doesn’t love getting some extra unexpected goodies in their packages too? Please make sure your package is made from the heart!
Who wouldn't want to participate in something that fun?!?
I was partnered with Aime, a truly talented jewelry designer from Sense and Sensibility.
I was so excited to see her package on my doorstep! (After all, I'm always excited to see anything that isn't a bill or a note with the words "your son" and "flower bed" in it!)
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| The Box! Part of me wondered if she had ever met my Mom, but no... my Mom uses FAAAAAAAR more tape. |
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| Is that Reese's? |
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| The Loot: A Lovely Nubby Scarf, Scented Candles, and Reese's |
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| Look at the lovely Nubby Scarf! It's so WARM! |
I've had the joy of wearing the scarf out and about several times now- it's been snowing here since last Thursday. I received several compliments on it last night during Chaos's Cub Scout meeting. It looks amazing on me and makes my skin look all dewy and young. (And this Mama of four will take a youngish-looking face any day!)
Thanks Aime!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Today Has Been Happening:
Happening #1: My youngest didn't take his diaper off before I woke up this morning. Diaper ON= no puddle. Of course, it helps that after discovering that he'd stripped naked last night that I put his diaper on backwards. He's very frustrated with that because he can't find the tabs to pull them off. I then, of course, had to teach Dad how to diaper a child backwards. Number of diapers the Husbeastie has changed since the new rule went into effect: Zero. Such is life.
Happening #2: Geekachicas.com is in the midst of their 12 Days of Geekmas. I've got several more articles to write in that series, but as filler (and to kill time), I've been posting the geeky equivalent to the 12 Days of Christmas song. I need to post Day 6 today- and I should just go ahead and write and auto-schedule the rest of the days for publishing. A few Dear Cthulu-Claws posts to write as well, then I should be done with most of GC writing for a week or two.
Happening #3: I have been involved in the Cold Hands, Warm Heart Swap this year. I'll have a post on it later, but I received my package from my swap partner- Aime over at Sense and Sensibility- today.
Happening #4: A month or so back, I entered into a Cookie and a Story contest over at MyFirstKitchen.Net. To enter, we needed to send her a memory of when we baked cookies. My entry was accepted as a finalist. Each day this month, the site will be featuring one of the finalist's stories. Today, they are featuring my cookie baking memory! Later this month, the polls will open for voting. The person that the fans vote as the winner will get a lovely kitchen prize pack. I'm really honored to be chosen as a finalist.
Happening #5: I saved over 80 percent on my grocery bill with coupons today. I didn't need much from the store- I ended up spending less than $10 total for a full cart of items that included soda, ice, ice cream, snacks, and toddler items that I would normally have never bought. Most of the coupons were for free plus overage items and most of them stacked with store coupons so I ended up getting a lot of merchandise for free. Add in several catalinas that took $2 each off my grocery bill, and it added up some nice savings.
Happening #6: I broke out my new-in-box Foodsaver vacuum sealer that I bought on clearance for $19. I was so excited to be putting it to good use finally. Now that I know how easy it is to use, I can easily see myself hitting up the green grocer holiday sales for fresh green beans and broccoli to blanch and freeze. Fresh is so much cheaper than frozen, but sadly, won't get used in a timely manner unless I manage to only buy what I'm going to use that day. So, with the vacuum sealer in use now, I can take advantage of a lot more sales.
Happening #2: Geekachicas.com is in the midst of their 12 Days of Geekmas. I've got several more articles to write in that series, but as filler (and to kill time), I've been posting the geeky equivalent to the 12 Days of Christmas song. I need to post Day 6 today- and I should just go ahead and write and auto-schedule the rest of the days for publishing. A few Dear Cthulu-Claws posts to write as well, then I should be done with most of GC writing for a week or two.
Happening #3: I have been involved in the Cold Hands, Warm Heart Swap this year. I'll have a post on it later, but I received my package from my swap partner- Aime over at Sense and Sensibility- today.
Happening #4: A month or so back, I entered into a Cookie and a Story contest over at MyFirstKitchen.Net. To enter, we needed to send her a memory of when we baked cookies. My entry was accepted as a finalist. Each day this month, the site will be featuring one of the finalist's stories. Today, they are featuring my cookie baking memory! Later this month, the polls will open for voting. The person that the fans vote as the winner will get a lovely kitchen prize pack. I'm really honored to be chosen as a finalist.
Happening #5: I saved over 80 percent on my grocery bill with coupons today. I didn't need much from the store- I ended up spending less than $10 total for a full cart of items that included soda, ice, ice cream, snacks, and toddler items that I would normally have never bought. Most of the coupons were for free plus overage items and most of them stacked with store coupons so I ended up getting a lot of merchandise for free. Add in several catalinas that took $2 each off my grocery bill, and it added up some nice savings.
Happening #6: I broke out my new-in-box Foodsaver vacuum sealer that I bought on clearance for $19. I was so excited to be putting it to good use finally. Now that I know how easy it is to use, I can easily see myself hitting up the green grocer holiday sales for fresh green beans and broccoli to blanch and freeze. Fresh is so much cheaper than frozen, but sadly, won't get used in a timely manner unless I manage to only buy what I'm going to use that day. So, with the vacuum sealer in use now, I can take advantage of a lot more sales.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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