Can We Make Cookies Now???

Okay, now imagine that title again, just a little whiny-er. . .and a little more. . .and a little more. . .THAT's IT!!! That's what College Girl sometimes sounds like when she has a hankerin' to bake at Pretty's house! But I suppose that she has a good enough reason this week. . .it IS nearly a holiday! lol Of course, first there was a printer to be dealt with. . .I just replaced the ink, and it's not printing right. I think the new, refilled color cartridge is bad, but I am not sure. . .because all of the services on the printer menu are in FRENCH.

I took 4 years of high school Spanish, and 4 semesters of college Spanish. . .why, oh why, is my printer speaking to me in FRENCH?!? Sooo, anyway, I think the new cartridge will have to be replaced, and I am not in the mood to bake cookies.

After the printer started printing, there was the normal laundry to be dealt with, and then a drive out to pick up some supplies for baby shower goodies. . .

You know what else? We still had to buy a turkey. . .it will need about 4 days to thaw in the fridge, so I went shopping. . .to the Super Wally World. . .on a Saturday. . .and the Christmas rush has already begun, to boot! What was I thinking? I wanted to see this in my fridge:

. . .and now I do, so yes, Virginia, we can bake cookies! After a little dance of joy, she/we mixed up batches of sugar cookies. . .

. . .and chocolate chip/peanut butter chip cookies. . .

. . .and oatmeal scotchies! Yummmm, my favorite!

Then we froze the little balls of cookie dough, on the pan, for a couple hours. This is my favorite homemade cookie trick, because once they are frozen, you can store them in a ziplock freezer bag, and bake them at will, with no mess and no fuss! You want 3 fresh cookies? You take out 3 frozen cookie-balls, and bake! Bonus - No milk in the whole bunch! Yay!!!

To offset the cookies I did end up eating today, I was so glad that Sweetie wanted to take a walk! Of course, it gets dark so early that we did not make the entire 7 miles, but I am pretty sure we did 6. A little chilly, the park wasn't crowded, and it was a lovely walk. The park looks so different than it did just a few short weeks ago. . .

All in all, this day has been a productive end to a productive week! There was a giant beading project - now finished!!!

. . .and of course, some Baby Love. . .

. . .and some not-so-secret knitting for Pretty! Look, the December socks have been started!
The pattern is Dolce, and the yarn is 5th Avenue Socksation, very polar purples in this colorway (that I cannot remember the name of). . .but I love it! It is Sock Love, for sure!

I hope there is Knit Love, and Craft Love, and Holiday Love in your heart and home this week! Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!