The Weekend in Numbers

Friday:

2 bags of farm-fresh organic food picked up from our CSA

$40 spent at the supermarket, mostly on baking supplies

2 “failed” batches of Earl Grey infused shortbread, later rescued by my husband’s genius and more time in the KitchenAid

5 total batches of Earl Grey infused shortbread baked

72 Earl Grey infused shortbread cookies made for the Capital District NY Eat Drink Blog cookie swap Saturday night

1 delicious polenta casserole baked to share at the cookie swap

1 can of Select Harvest soup consumed for dinner, because I didn’t have time to cook a real meal

3 hours spent playing games at a friend’s house

Saturday:

36 lime sugar cookies with pumpkin seeds baked and packaged by sixes, for Sunday night’s local cookie swap

3 hours, total, in the car to get to and from the CDNY cookie swap (Also, we arrived 30 minutes early)

20 fantastic bloggers and their significant others squeezed into Heather’s apartment (total number of males in attendance: 4)

2 plates full of amazing food and 1 yummy cup of spiced hot Musselman’s cider consumed

3 answers I got correct in the 22 question game of “Guess the Holiday Movie Quote”

5 pairs of socks won for having the closest correct guesses for the number of m&ms in 2 different jars (30-something and 70-something)

57 cookies received from the cookie swap, 50% of which went into the freezer

1 black cardigan left in Heather’s apartment (luckily I have another one!)

Sunday:

1 lovely morning spent at church

38 Christmas letters printed (finally!)

47 pieces of biscotti made to be given to my awesome classroom aides

36 cookies received at the cookie swap

Total:

3 late (for us) nights having lots of fun

2 cookie swaps attended

5 recipes (2 cookies, 2 biscotti and a polenta casserole) baked

over 93 cookies now in our possession

0 hours of lesson planning because there are only 2 more days of school until Christmas break!

3 times I had to use spell checker to correct my spelling of “received” in this post

…and that is why there are no Highlights today.