Yesterday, Wendy and I congratulated ourselves for doing no baking in Christmas, 2013. For many years, we made ourselves slaves to the kitchen. Now that we are old, we depend on our daughters in law.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, to exchange a dozen cookies to each of us in Picnic Group. We actually did it for several years. As there were 14 friends in the group, we each must bake thirteen dozen cookies, then wrap them individually in a package of 12 of your special cookies, then give a gift to each other. The first year was the most fun, as you received 13 different types of cookies. The second year was tedious and the third year we voted it down, perhaps because of Gill.
Gill did not really enjoy baking but she was a good sport and baked her cookies and set them out on racks to cool. Fourteen dozen cookies is a lot of cookies. An hour later, she discovered her very sick dog, and no cookies. Her Airedale had eaten every chocolate chip cookie, them proceeded to defecate and vomit all over her house. Not only was she required to clean up her house, but she was required to bake 14 dozen cookies, all over again. She was not pleased.
The rest of us, of course, thought it funny. but we all agreed on no more cookie exchange!! Our Christmas tasks got a lot easier.
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