ita, your mom sounds awesome. Is it wrong I want to convince D that we need to honeymoon in Jamaica, so I could get a lesson in the fine art of coffee selection and ginger-usage?

(D is Sun Phobic, but I could happily spend a week on the beach exploring rum, coffee and surf.)

sarameg, that is insane cookie making! I need to make some batches of pumpkin cookies while I decorate this weekend, but I think that will be about it for the holiday baking for me.

Needs more Tom Hardy, she says, nodding sagely.

That might be true.

Zen, that's lovely. And I'm glad you are home.

Erin, it's kinda over the top, even for me. To be fair, the chocolate espresso ones make 5 dozen in one batch, and the others are 30 cookies each. I needed to see if the hershey's chocolate holds up as well as the valrhona (which in the raw is much more appealing in color and scent, but the end result so far looks the same. I'll have my chocolate connoisseur at work pass judgement.)

You could send me some cookies, Sara!

Also: 19!

I like cookies.

18! Wah-waaah.

And then there's people like me who just bookmark the page instead of signing up for one more thing.

When I can get to the PO (not until after the holidays, but I bake for fun in the winter) I will! You need to send me your new address.

When the cats lie on the covered radiator by the door, they look especially stoned out. Sprawled out to maximize heat absorption and sorta heat-dopey. Both Loki and Devi have been caught in that pose.

And then there's people like me who just bookmark the page instead of signing up for one more thing.

Oh yeah, I know more of You People are reading it. But I would like for it to become an internet sensation! How do I make that happen?

How do I make that happen?

Well, I Tweeted it. What more can one do?

16!

(that's the low for tonight. What are the other numbers pointing to? Yes, I'm not tracking well tonight. Chocolate fume high maye?)

21 now.

I posted it on Facebook!