Busy.

What happens when I get one simple idea? I make a huge project out of it.

I'm making cookies for a few of our friends (okay - I started with a list of 4, now I am up to 11 cookie boxes/presents... whatever the hell).

I'm doing four types of cookies in three shapes.

Stars - almond sugar cookies and chocolate sugar cookies

Gingerbread Men - obvious

Christmas Trees - plain sugar cookies


No big deal, right? Well, I am a moron and decided to make my own frosting, bake all of the cookies, decorate them, package them, etc. I can't even really figure out how many cookies I need yet - and I may run out of the gingerbread men. If I run out of the gingerbread men I will be sad and so will the person (people?) who receive packages lacking gingerbread yumminess.


Other things I've discovered today:

Making and decorating cut out cookies in large batches requires approximately 3 days. I hate refrigerating dough, what a painful waiting experience. And then - cooling cookies? Allowing frosting to dry? gah.

If you are my friend and not Jen (who will get cookies) and you are NOT getting cookies, I am sorry in advance. I was doing fine until Tyson caught wind of my cookie plans and added some of his work friends (3) to the mix.