Tuesday, Yikes! Running out of time...

Just thought you should have a little early Christmas cheer.  Oliver is completely recovered and just as cute as a button.  I just want to reach out and kiss his drooling little face.

  Linzer hearts are a double layer fine sugar cookie spread with jam and then stacked and sprinkled with powder sugar.  They are our youngest daughter's favorite.  Plus a whole batch of Peppkakkor for my favorite someone, who shall not be named.  My father insisted that this cookie always be on hand year round.  He ate them like crackers with butter.  It is a wierd Swedish thing.

I was able to get most of my sewing list done yesterday, but still have a few things to do today if I can ever get into the shop.

This morning three sister missionaries came over and helped me knock out a few more batches of cookies.  They also frosted everything for me.  Yeah!

I still have one more cookie to make and then I am done. They are almond crescents. Much like a wedding cake cookie but shaped into crescents and chopped almonds instead of  walnuts of pecans.

I finally gave the kitchen floor once over late last night, it was so bad.  But I also want to make jam tomorrow so I am not going to work too hard on it until I am through.

The time to travel is coming on too soon. D#2 just called and needs us to pick up kids at school and drop Schmills off at home and bring two others down to Lewiston to grandparents house.  She just had three extra kids dropped off at her house and she does not have enough seat belts. So that will be a round trip of one hour at least.  Luckily Hubs can do it.

This is what my kitchen looks like.  There is clean laundry on the sofa to fold.  The toilet needs cleaned. You know if house work would just take a hiatus I could get more work done. 

Things to do today:

1.Get packages in the mail

2.wrap third batch of caramels (finally perfect)

3. go get kids at school (Hubs)

4. make a new batch pf peppekakka ( we ate all the first batch)

5. make linzer cookies

6. make almond crescents

7. find rings and lids for jam (check canning boxes on garage)

8. thaw out fruit for jam making

9. fix dog coat for client

10. mend two pair of work pants

11.replace zipper

12. call bride about her dress

I think that is enough.  My real focus to day was to get packages out and finish cookies. If I can replace that zipper which I had to buy last night I can call the client as her stack is done.

So I am off to the post office.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim