Cookie extravaganza!

The Christmas season is here for sure.  Our social schedule is full to the brim with various engagements - holiday parties, musical events, and the like.  Add to that Rachel's Model UN conference this week, and we are busy folks.  So, we had to add "Alan and Rachel Cookie Baking Extravaganza" to our shared Google calendar, so that we could be sure to have time to bake for the holidays.  We are well underway in baking a variety of treats for our coworkers, Bible study, and other friends.

Don't let the picture fool you.  Rachel actually did some of the work.

On the menu are walnut cookies, peppermint bark, sugar cookies, and peanut butter kiss cookies. 

I like baking, but I still feel the lingering effects of a trying few days - science fair, Rachel being gone downtown, and some church meetings all took a toll on me.  I would like some rest, but alas the December sprint is on.  A somewhat full week of work begins in the morning....along with an NU basketball game, Rachel's OB-GYN appointment, a taping of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me", some holiday parties, and who knows what else.  Much fun but the week feels daunting at this point.

In other news, our lamp broke.  It is one of those floor lamps that comes in several sections and screws together.  Problem is, the metal piece holding the bottom section to the base practically disintegrated.  Ideas, anyone?  Eric??

-alan